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Adventures in Hawaii Kai

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Got some catching up to do…

Last week, went to the East side for dim sum and happened to catch the grand opening of Beard Papa’s, the maker of fresh ‘n natural cream puffs, located in the Koko Marina Foodland. The short line took forever to move. We ordered 6 puffs and were in line for about 30 minutes! I’m no expert, but from my introduction to the efficiencies of Lean Six Sigma, I would recommend the guy packing the puffs be “cross-trained” into another position. How hard is it to take an already cooked puff, fill it with cream, powder it, then pack it in a box?

The puffs are good. Crispy on the outside and sweet with a lot of filling on the inside. Eventually, more varieties will be added to the menu after the production line gets their act smoothed out.

After downing the puffs, we drove to the lifestyled Safeway in search of chocolately fruity goodness and proceeded to clear out their inventory of the Coffeemate Chocolate Raspberry creamer.

Check out my pictures of Beard Papa’s grand opening and the lifestyled Safeway.

Bonus: Some local guy’s quest to try Beard Papa’s puffs from Shirokiya.

Pau: What Songs Should Be Bumpin’ at Club 939?

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The last Listmania: What Songs Should Be Bumpin’ at Club 939? is now over. Thanks to everyone who participated.

The full topic thread is still available, and for a limited time, you can purchase songs from the playlist . Check out the
What’s Bumpin’ at 939 iMix
available exclusively through the iTunes Music Store (iTunes software required).

Featuring:

  1. My Humps, Black Eyed Peas (bklyngrl)
  2. Gold Digger, Kanye West (GY)
  3. Me So Horny, 2 Live Crew, (GY, WW)
  4. Thong Song, Sisqo (TM)
  5. Erotic City, Prince (Anon)
  6. Knockin’ da Boots, H-Town (WW)
  7. The Art of Self Destruction, Pt. 1, Nine Inch Nails (WW)
  8. I Touch Myself, The Divinyls (Anon)
  9. I Wanna Sex You Up, Color Me Badd (Anon)
  10. She Bop, Cyndi Lauper (Anon)
  11. I Want Your Sex, Pt. 2 (Anon)
  12. Dirty Cash, Stevie V (WW)
  13. Du hast, Rammstein (WW)
  14. The Beautiful People, Marilyn Manson (WW)
  15. Lucky You, Deftones (WW)
  16. Angel, Massive Attack (WW)

At least visit the iMix and rate it.

"I am a rubber"

While watching today’s KHON2 morning news, there was a segment about a failed bank robbery attempt at a local Central Pacific Bank. Supposedly, the individual passed a note to a bank teller that said, “I am a rubber.”

I don’t know if the teller was afraid or amused?

Update: I found the on-line article about this rubbery robbery attempt.

Listmania: What Songs Should Be Bumpin’ at Club 939?

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For this edition of Listmania, what songs should be playing at Club 939? You know, what songs would get [insert the name of a single male with lots of cash, like Shaun or Wayne] in the mood to give up that hard-earned cash?

I’ll start off with a few (iTunes needed to listen):

Why’d I choose these songs? Read about it in the comments.

What songs do you think should be bumpin’ at Club 939? Talk about them in the comments, and I’ll add to the list.

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Hangin On by Camile Velasco

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Almost missed this one. Local girl and American Idol, Camile Velasco, released her new single Hangin On on the iTunes Music Store.

At 99-cents (a fourth of the cost of a iced grande, non-fat caramel macchiato at Starbucks, $4.01 in Hawaii), buying this song ain’t no wallet-buster. Support the local talent and give it a listen!

Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit

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Got to attend the Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit for work. A bunch of State, Federal, and DoD bigwigs were in attendance though I missed seeing Governor Linda Lingle.

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Since this is a security summit and all, security was tight. The Sheriff’s Department and National Guardsmen were out in force, guard dogs were patrolling, metal detectors scanned all attendees, and there was even an explosives/chemical detector.

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Hey, wait a minute… is that Wayne’s World running the detector? Why are there red warnings on the detector’s screen?

Lifestylin’ with Safeway and Jordan

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“Lifestyle” themes appear to be the latest trend in marketing. Safeway is renovating its stores with its Lifestyle look with the Hawaii Kai branch being the first in Hawaii. I guess with the Safeway Lifestyle remodeling comes the chocolatey fruity goodness of Coffeemate’s Chocolate Raspberry creamer. Went to the old school Safeways in Aiea and Kailua, and none of these had the goods.

Nike’s Jordan Brand also introduced its Lifestyle lineup featuring Carmelo Anthony, Quentin Richardson, and Terrell Owens. This clothing campaign is inspired by the early days of MJ and “challenges us to learn the Jordan Way of Life by being authentic, never compromising, earning excellence and aspiring to greatness.” Corny, yeah, yeah, I know.

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Sadly though, I think if you saw Jordan’s Lifestyle trio (sports reputation aside) walking the aisles of your local lifestyled Safeway, you’d think you have to change your lifestyle, or at least markets. I’m just saying.

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Starstruck

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Caught up with recent talks about stars, Jessica Alba, Kalai Miller, and the KITV news dudes, I’ve been inspired to report more celebrity news.

Diets of the stars have always been popular, and now Lindsay Lohan and Hilary Duff have adopted the waif thin, sickly look. To see how this works, I’ll be eating grapefruit snacks (sold at Costco) to curb my weight so I, too, can look like I’m starving.

Are they or aren’t they? Rumors have been flying about the state of marriage between Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey. E! Online even posted a report about the two filing for divorce then posted a retraction shortly thereafter. Whatever happens, I’m on Nick’s side. Ever since watching the Newlyweds, it looks like Nick is a cool, grounded dude. But Jessica, you know her boots are made for walkin’.

Okay that was enough celebrity posts, my starstruck phase is over. Back to the real world.

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Today’s Local Celebrity Encounters

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Ran across three local celebrities while in the Ward area today. While eating lunch at Kakaako Kitchen, saw KITV news dudes Dan Meisenzahl and Rob DeMello.

Then the highlight of the day must have been seeing No Ka Oi classmate, Clifford “Kalai” Miller at Borders. It was great to see the buffed up actor strutting his stuff around the store then walking past me without an acknowledgment. Must be he didn’t remember me since I was holding my daughter. 😉

Oh well. I did pick up the boo Buzz Marketing with Blogs for Dummies so that I can figure out what the heck I’m doing here.

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Fruity Chocolatey Goodness Comes to Hawaii

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Happened to be at Safeway in Hawaii Kai looking for this year’s Slam Kicks issue when I saw a bottle of fruity chocolatey goodness, Coffee-mate’s Chocolate Raspberry creamer. It’s finally reached Hawaii. On past years trips to Cali, I’ve been guzzling this stuff down. It’s yummy! Yes, I’ve even had this stuff imported on a few occasions.

Don’t know why it took so long to come to Hawaii. Maybe rapper Kanye West had some choice words for Nestle. Or maybe the rich, white folks in Hawaii Kai complained enough? It don’t matter, you just got to give it a try.

Wayne’s World, this is why you leave space for cream in your cup of joe.

Tangent #1: the Hawaii Kai Safeway is nice, very nice compared to other Safeways I’ve been to. Kind of a rustic decor.

Tangent #2: this Safeway still suffered from a shortage of the purple carton Lactaid milk. It ain’t just Kailua.

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