I love it when my friends and family come to visit. I get to see people I love who live thousands of miles away from me, and they…

My friend Erinn just left after an awesome two-week visit to Hawaii! We decided to make the most of her time here by island hopping over to Kauai for…

Over Memorial Day Weekend, our friend Alan visited us! Alan was Nick’s Best Man at our wedding. They’ve been friends since they were in middle school, and over…

Literally off the beaten path, on a side street in Honolulu that I would never think to turn down, Side Street Inn doesn’t look like much at all from the…

February was a great month! My brother was here for about half of it, and I spent the other half exploring the island with Nick and working on…

Ever since we started dating, Nick and I have loved to go kayaking together. Wherever the Navy sends Nick or whenever we go on vacation, we usually end…

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 love reading bloggers’ year-end posts! I was thinking about how I could summarize my year, too. I realized that the best way for me to say it…