If you are the kind of person who judges books by their cover, then you already know that Amy Poehler’s book, Yes Please, is awesome. Yes Please is real, hilarious, and inspiring….

Sorry guys, what I am going to share with you today is no hidden gem, no special secret. Like I said last week, sometimes, popular things are popular for a…

I’ve written about how much I love The Pillbox Trail in Kailua here and again here. It’s a short, steep hike that brings you high enough to take in 360-degree views of the windward…

I’ve never been good at finishing things I start. I accepted three completely different graduate programs before finally getting a degree in health communication. I started another blog for…

I think that sometimes, when life is getting crazy and you have so much going on that you can’t even think straight, that is exactly when you need to…

“They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.” – Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried Tim…

You can’t see Laie Point at all from the main road. It’s tucked behind some houses pretty much in the middle of nowhere. I think this is part…

I’ve had this blog for less than a year and have been trying to post consistently for only a few months. In that short time, I feel like…

I went to college less than 8 miles from my home. I didn’t move out of my parents’ house until I got married. Then I moved 5,000 miles…

A few completely random pictures from my time in New York City and Long Island. I had so much fun despite being sick — I mean, when you have…