Passed by the Pier 1 Imports location at Ward and saw they are moving. Where is this long time location moving to?
To ease with the move, everything is on sale although most of the good stuff is already gone. Or quantities are limited. I did see brand new items on sale.
Darn you Dancing with the Stars!! After staying away for the last season, I made the mistake of taking a peek at Season 17. One unbelievable dance lead to another, and now I’m hooked once again. Week 1 was indescribable. Each performance got better and better. I was waiting for the first to fall or taper off the progression. Due to their “experience,” I didn’t expect much from Bill Nye and Valerie Harper, but they definitely entertained.
Okay, there seems to be some unfair advantages with performers in the mix but still, dancer for dancer, this is a talented season. With the stiff competition and the sentimental vote for the elder dancers, you cannot predict who’s going home each week or who’s going to win the DWTS mirrorball.
Skipping ahead to Week 2, here’s my favorite with Jessie Spano aka Elizabeth Berkley dancing samba.
Surprisingly, Pinterest. Yes, Pinterest. That Pinterest, the visual bookmarking site that had its start with crafters. I joined in April of 2011 and not finding pins that strongly piqued my interests, I started pinning stuff that I was attracted to, namely kicks. Of my various Pinterest boards, my Kicks Pinboard is the most active with 573 pins and over 2600 followers.
That amount of followers easily eclipses any of my other social networks, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, and even Plurk (my favorite social networking underdog). So whatever magic and mojo Pinterest possess, I can attest to it.
I’m still trying to wrap my head around the thought of Vanilla Ice starring in a 1990’s cop show called Vanilla Heat. Can you picture it, or is this awesomeness just too huge to comprehend? Or does Vanilla Heat sound like a bad porno starring Robert Van Winkle? Either way, blame The Impulsive Buy for this tangent.
Back to the point of reviewing International Delight’s new Vanilla Heat coffee creamer. It lives up to its name, giving your java a jolt of sweet and spicy simultaneously. It’s an odd but proven combination.
Here’s an oddity though. I first tried Vanilla Heat in a Starbucks iced coffee I happened to have. The cold drink laced with Vanilla Heat scorched my throat. I don’t think I overadded the creamer, but it definitely was hot. So much so I thought I wouldn’t be able to finish this creamer. But then I tested it in hot coffee and surprisingly, the heat wasn’t so bad. It’s subtlety nice – the way it should be. I’m guessing that the heat from hot coffee kills the heat of the Vanilla Heat, but I haven’t yet had a chance to test this hypothesis.
Check out Target for this seasonal creamer. Who knows how long it’ll be available.
Peet’s Coffee & Tea is coming to Kailua sometime in the near future. It’ll be located in a new development that’s finishing up construction on Hekili Street, next to Boots & Kimos and Zpizza. This will be the first Peet’s in Hawaii that’s outside of Waikiki.
I’m a fan of the changing variety of drinks offered by Peets. While on a staycation at the Waikiki Sheraton, I downed several raspberry mochas. More recently, I enjoyed their Coconut Latte while at SFO before cruising Alaska.
Can’t wait for yet another coffee purveyor in the Kailua community. Down the road would be Coffee Bean and further down is Kalapawai Deli and its espresso bar. On Hahani Street is Starbucks. In between these is Whole Foods and their coffee bar, and across the street is Morning Brew. Yeah, I think this area is well caffeinated.
Did you see Coffee-mate’s new creamer called Caramel & Coconut? This new flavor is a collaboration with the Girls Scouts, but odds are you probably overlooked this new creamer thinking it’s part of the Natural Bliss line.
Just look at the packaging, and you’ll understand how you can easily mistake this creamer. And if like me, you had a unflavorable run in with these natural creamers, like me, you now tune them out.
But the Girl Scout flavors are not Natural Bliss as visually indicated by the red cap (and lack of Natural Bliss labeling). I found this at Target by the way.
A serendipitous visit to the Safeway in Manoa yielded the last box of donut croissants in the store. But not only are these donut croissants, you call them dou’ssants and make sure you really play up your French accent when talking about this fluffy goodness.
I couldn’t find them in Kailua, and I’m not sure if there are other varieties, but the dou’ssants come in a box (or container) of four for $6.99.
Look for them in the stands with the other fresh baked goods. Sadly, I’m too stuffed to try one. Come back tomorrow for a review of a dou’ssant.
Or actually now. In a food truck. In the Kakaako area. Yes, another cronut source as arisen in the Aloha State. CroDough Hawaii just had their first offering as captured in their Twitter stream @crodoughhawaii shortly after their story in the Pacific Business News.
These CroDoughs look legit and handcrafted with love. That and I like the gangsta, square look of them. Check out more CroDough pics on Instagram. Some Yelp reviews are already posted.
Truly reaching the mainstream, cronut-inspired donut croissants are advertised at Safeway bakeries. I went looking for these mass made donut croissants but couldn’t yet find them at my neighborhood Safeway.
I like to review popular search terms that bring readers here to Pulpconnection, and sometimes, I just gotta laugh. One search term that’s been percolating for the past week is “moose knuckle.” The culprit is the pulpy post “Was That a DWTS Moose Knuckle, Gilles?”
If you recall, back in 2009, actor Gilles Marini’s wardrobe on Dancing with the Stars was a bit too shapely. If you’re not sure what a moose knuckle is, the Wake-Up Crew on I-94 had a lesson back in 2008. Of course, this lesson was led by the famously funny Gregg Hammer.
Speaking of things you learn or hear on the radio, today’s discussion on Da Bomb 102.7 was about golden showers, and one caller was descriptively enthused about this activity. And no, this topic wasn’t about the golden showers fireworks.
The love it or hate it reactions to Apple’s newly released iOS7 mobile operating system remind me of the Air Jordan 11 when it launched. There is no middle ground with both iOS7 and the AJ11 polarizing its audience.
Too shiny, too unconventional, too flashy, too bold – the naysayers described the XI, initially including myself. When I first saw these Jordans, I was so confused. I really hated them, two tone black and white, and the leather, the shiny patent leather that no kicks used. But then, look at them, watch them move, look at the simplicity yet sophistication of the design, notice the elements combining together, see the possibilities, truly see the Air Jordan 11. Then love them. Love the most iconic design of the Air Jordan line. Watch it endure over the decades with retro after retro, colorway after colorway.
Now look at iOS7. Tinker Hatfield meet Jony Ive. iOS7 is definitely bold and bright, the apps fly around the screen, its flat UI is unconventional (no buttons?), but yet it all works. It just works. Maybe this isn’t the pinnacle of iOS, but it just may endure the test of time as users learn to love it.
With its legions of dedicated fans, pretty much everything about the Disney Cruise Line has been documented and discussed. But I’m adding five tips off the well-known path while cruising with Disney.