Hansgrohe Raindance
When you want it to rain inside your home, the Hansgrohe Raindance Showerpipe
Twerking and dancing while in the shower is optional however.
Passion
Wizard Data Analysis
I am intrigued. Wizard for Mac.
A lot of times I’m fighting with Excel to figure out this kind of stuff. Perhaps…
Where to Find Cronuts in Hawaii
Officially, you’re not going to find a true cronut in Hawaii but cronut-inspired treats have popped up in Hawaii. Where can you find these cronut derivatives? Here’s a growing list.
Pacific Beach Hotel
Croissada at the Pacific Beach Hotel. Described as “a delicate blend of a croissant and malasada filled with a Polynesian vanilla Bavarian cream.”
Regal Bakery
BUTTerNUT from Regal Bakery, but you can call them BUTTNUTs.
Halekulani Sunday Brunch
Croissada from Halekulani. Available at Sunday brunch in a mini version.
Saint-Germain Bakery
Croissant Donuts or is it Donut Croissants from Saint-Germain’s Bakery. Available with or without cream but only at the Ala Moana Makai location.
CroDough Hawaii
CroDough Hawaii is mobile to satiate your cronut craving in your neighborhood.
Safeway
Yes, donut croissants are available at Safeway locations, going for four for $6 (with Club card membership). They are called Dou’ssants.
Leave a comment if you know of or find any other cronut-like creation.
Clueless About Coffee Cup Couture
Obviously, I am clueless about what’s fashionable for coffee cup designs. This morning, Starbucks announced their limited edition Swarovski mug to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL). My reaction at seeing this bedazzled mug – “meh.” Crystal-studded and holding 12 ounces of coffee doesn’t equate to $150 in my book.
But yet, after a few scant hours, all 600 of these Swarovski keepsakes were purchased. Coincidentally, eBay has them with bids ranging from $300 to $700. Besides resale value, I don’t see the appeal. The crystals are sorta cool, but I can’t imaging holding the cup with the crystals biting into your hand. The ombre hue is nice but alone not worth the $150-price tag.
And that green crystal circle. I’m guessing it’s supposed to represent the Starbucks mermaid logo, but it’s so abstract, I wouldn’t recognize it unless you told me this was a mug from Starbucks. I’d rather order $150 worth of PSL to drink, but that’s my cup couture-less opinion.
Exploring the Disney Wonder
Here’s a virtual tour of the Disney Wonder via my pictures. While the ship looks empty, it ain’t. The pictures were taken either really early or late in the day.
The oddest part of the staterooms on the Wonder are the “split” bathrooms. Instead of one room, the shower and a sink are together in a room while the toilet and a second sink are in another room. I guess this split arrangement does make it more efficient so one person doesn’t hold up the use of a single bathroom. Just something to get used to.
Tweeting HuffPostHawaii
Although the Huffington Post Hawaii doesn’t officially go live until September 4, they’re ramping up their social media presence on Facebook and Twitter. Just for fun, I happened to be the first public @mention of @huffposthawaii.
Fellow Hawaii-focused bloggers, you offering up your services?
Pulpconnection Has a Pulse
Seems like Pulpconnection has a pulse now, actually being more responsive and not timing out. Could it be things are fixed?
But the damage to Pulpconnection’s blogging ranks is probably already done. Only way to climb the ranks is to keep blogging. Just Do It!
25 Years of Just Do It
Twenty five years ago Nike unveiled its “Just Do It” campaign. 25 years! Check out the commemorative anniversary video and wait for the Asian baller.
DCL Tip: Strong Magnets
If you’ve looked at Disney discussion boards like Disboards.com to prepare for a Disney cruise, you might have seen forum posts about decorating the magnetic stateroom doors. While I can vouch that it is possible, my tip is to use strong magnets, really strong magnets.
The stateroom doors on the Disney Wonder are thick and barely magnetic. Large surface area magnets like a flat sheet work well, but smaller “button” magnets are easily dislodged. When your door slams, the average magnet will fall off, littering the hallway. Strong Like Bull magnets would definitely stick, but at their value, I wouldn’t leave these unattended.
Bring along extra magnets if possible and also tape to attach them to your door decorations. Even though we tested our decorations on a refrigerator, they didn’t stick to the Disney doors without extra magnets added on.
Here’s our door that was remade several times after our decorations fell off.
Oh, don’t forget Disney’s policy that you can’t use any type of adhesives (like tape) on the door themselves.
Reviewed AAA Sportfishing Company
To help plan for trips and vacations, I’ve been using TripAdvisor more and more. This service provides great user-contributed reviews and suggests local activities. After a great experience fishing with Captain Jerry of AAA Sportfishing Co in Ketchikan, Alaska, I had to provide a review.
Here’s my very first TripAdvisor review – “Changed my view of fishing!”
Sage Advice from Chris “Ashton” Kutcher
Build a life, find your opportunities, and always be sexy.
Much respect, Chris, much respect.
