Looking for a Career Change?
Consider becoming a music DJ and get good enough to mix in Las Vegas. Your payout? Potentially $46 million in a year. That’s $46,000,000.00. $200,000 per show ain’t too shabby at all.
Pulp
Mot Juste. Exactly.
Someone at work pointed out this “word” – mot juste. Mot juste is simply defined as:
the exactly right word or phrasing
I doubt I’ll ever use this word though. If I said it, people would probably think I mangled the word “mojo.” But I’d love to hear if you were able to work in some mot juste.
Conspiring Against Pulpconnection
Oh, I see what’s going on here. Someone’s conspiring against Pulpconnection to lower its blog ranking over on BlogRank, right? I mean Pulpconnection has been ever so slowly climbing the BlogRank charts, so “they” needed to take action by disrupting services and thereby affecting my rank.
Well…maybe the reason for the prolonged outage isn’t nefarious, but it makes for a good fantasy. I am surprised to see that Pulpconnection made some gains in the various ranking scales of BlogRank, hitting the 15th spot in the ultimate rank for Hawaii blogs.
Oh yeah, the site is still slow. Sorry. 🙁
Any Box Will Do
Whenever you have stuff to move and deadlines are involved, you’ll do anything to finish the move. Any truck is a means of transportation. You’ll pile stuff high and lash it down. And any box is a container to carry more stuff. Just remember that. Always.
DCL Tip: Don’t Eat the Food in Front
This tip probably applies beyond the Disney Cruise Lines, but it’s worth saying. When eating in a buffet setup like at the Beach Blanket Buffet onboard the Disney Wonder, don’t take or eat the food that’s on the front edge of the serving trays.
I personally witnessed one too many kids poking, prodding, taking, and putting back food that’s in front. Yes, that food frontline could be abused (though of no fault to the cruise line), so grab the food in back. And parents, please remind your kids that if you touch it, you take it (and don’t put it back). In this case, I think wasting food is a better alternative than the potential spread of germs on ship.
Now, if you happen to be dining at Palo where no kids are allowed, then you don’t have to worry as much. But I did see a diner drop a dessert on the ground and wondered what she’d do with it. Luckily I already had my desserts. 😉
Crazy Shirts Big Surf
New on the wall at Crazy Shirts is their Big Surf design. A white shirt with vibrant colors is eye-catching. Add in the classic orange and brown hues, and you definitely have a winning shirt!
If you don’t have a Crazy Shirts location near you, you can order online! Just follow this link Big Surf – White Crew Neck T-Shirt.
Asian Carnivores, Behold the Ramen Burger
Ramen fried to a shape of hamburger buns along with a juicy burger. Add in secret sauce, and that is the ramen burger.
Finding Croissadas
By now, you’ve surely heard of the craze for cronuts. But being New York based, getting an authentic cronut is simply too hard in the islands. I had a remote chance of sampling Canada’s frissant during vacation but too much to do in too little time. So here in the islands, there were two cronut contenders, the cream-filled croissada from the Pacific Beach Hotel and the suggestively named BUTTerNUT from Regal Bakery.
I planned to make a side trip for some Buttnuts, but lo and behold, a pack of croissadas came my way! No, not those croissadas from Pacific Beach Hotel but instead from the Sunday brunch at the Halekulani. Yes, this posh hotel serves their own version of the croissant-malasada hybrid. And they are tasty, like a malasada on the outside but on the inside, layered and flakey like a croissant. The Halekulani croissadas are tiny sized to complement, not outshine the brunch menu. I’m not sure if these are available at other Halekulani dining locations or at other times, but if you happen to brunch there, you must bite into a croissada for me.
Bus Stop
I’m stopped at an intersection for a red light, so is the Da Bus two lanes over. What’s wrong with this picture?
What Are Speed Humps?
I’m guessing the Fergilicious Fergie named these neighborhood speed bumps. And no, they didn’t look like lady lumps.
Demand a Buttnut
Need comfort food while waiting for tropical storm Flossie to arrive? It’s not too late to partake of the buttnut, Hawaii’s answer to the popular cronut. Well, okay, the real name from Regal Bakery is BUTTerNUT, so it seems like “buttnut” is the intended moniker.
Available in bavarian cream, green tea, and POG, the buttnut isn’t in the same class as THE cronut and probably not on par with the frissant. Personally, I’d rather try out the croissada before demanding a buttnut. But then again, the buttnut is available here and now in the 808 state.