The Best Acai bowl EVER!

I'm lately obsessed with acai bowls for breakfast or lunch. After taking my kids to the park with my dearest friend Sarah she suggested we stop at a place called the "Health Bar" for some grinds. It's in Kapahulu in a tiny shopping center in the back of Kapahulu on the corner of Kana'ina and Monsarrat....

From the outside I thought it was a health food store but little did I know the awesome wonder I was about to sink my tastebuds into. There's not a lot to look at inside either so you're not missing much there. However, once you try this acai bowl you will be hooked....forever!

Behold!!!! THE MANA BOWL...This heavenly and healthy contains: blended frozen acai, mixed berries, strawberries, bananas, granola and honey and bee pollen. That's it! Who knew a wanna-be goji berry from the Amazon could taste so awesome. I mean sooooooo AWESOME. The granola they use is scrumptious and they put just enough honey and the acai taste is perfect....mmmm, I wanna go get one right now.

If you listen to radio in Hawaii....as Taka would say," Looks Onoricious!"

I'm definetly into eating...I'll never be rail thin, darn

I had been hearing about the awesome little bakery, "Hokulani Bake Shop." And cupcakes are the new couture in cake lately so I decided to try them out for my BFF's wedding shower. This was the most awesome cupcake...or even cake for that matter. I ordered the Guittard Chocolate with chocolate frosting. It just explodes with the most awesome chocolate taste in your mouth. And there are even these tiny little chips of chocolate in the cake itself...and the frosting...I want a tub of it to smother on my eggs and steak even.

These are the cupcakes that I had made for Kalani's 3rd birthday. The frosting on top is meant to look like fire cause his theme was fire trucks. They did a pretty good job. I ordered 30 and gave out 20 and my husband and I loved them so much that we horded the last 9 for ourselves.....mmmmmmmm-mmmmm!

This is a random thought: I love it when I buy something and it is filled to the top. It's always these little things that make you happy. We bought this honey and when I went to take off the freshy-seal it was full to the top and I felt satisfied that I got my money's worth. Thanks honey!

So once I opened the honey I had to make my favorite power breakfast!

Greek Yogurt Num-Num:

1/2 cup plain Fage greek yogurt (preferably o% fat)
3 large strawberries cut into small chunks

big handful of your fave granola (Quaker rocks or "Eating Right" brand from Safeway)

small handful of raisins (if you like raisins)

big drizzle of honey over the whole thing

TADA!

DO SOMETHING AWESOME AND FUN TODAY!

A place of our own

Alright, so as I was saying my little family and I will be moving into this cute little house very soon. However we are in the process of debating whether we should demolish this house (sniff) or stay in it for a couple months before we get our loan...and then demo it. It is quite cute and just the right size for us...unless we have more kids (not in the plan but you never know).


So above is a pic of the full front, except you can't see the garage. It needs to be torn down cause it's full of termites. Hawaii's full of these little munchers, they just love how exotic we are and the climate is just right for them to breed...ewwww.

Here is a view of the side yard. Needs lots of work. But those little flower beds are so inviting.
A view of a beautiful day (ignore the power lines). The sky is telling me it's gonna be a great beach day (only 5 minutes away, life sux for me right?).

The inside is next to come. See you soon, hopefully tomorrow.

Dreaming out loud

Stumbled upon my dream home the other day in Hawaii Home & Remodeling magazine. A beautiful little cottage that was just re-done in Lanikai. So small the pic, sorry cannot help it.
I love open floor plans and just the breezy look of the whole place.

Check out this huge deck...if I have that I'll invite you all over to play. Sigh.

Open celilings? I mean are you trying to make me drool? Funny that things like this make me so happy eventhough it's not mine. White is so refreshing and clean...oh wait, I have 2 boys, not clean for long.

You can read the article:
http://www.hawaiihomeandremodeling.com/articles/2010/June/hawaii_homes

and drool all by yourself.

My family and I are going to be moving soon into our own little Kailua cottage and possibly remodeling.....can they build me another one like this? We shall see...and so will you. I'll be posting pics of the house and all the hard blod,sweat and tears of work that my mom has put into it...very soon...after the kids go to sleep :)

PLEASE EAT THIS!

So I'm currently on a major post-partum diet to shed the baby weight from my recetly birthed baby named Mikela (Hi Mikela, momy's blogging). This past weekend I was ravaging for something healthy to eat in Kailua, my hometown and decided that I would try out the acai bowl at this little (NOW TOTALLY FAMOUS CAUSE OF OPERA AND LOST) juice spot called "Lanikai Juice." I know these "acai bowls" been around for a while but I only recently let the juicey, sweet, frozen mountain of purple yumminess into my life recently cause I thought it would be too sour for my precious tastebuds..SO NOT....in fact,SO AWESOME! The combination of the frozen acai with granola, honey, bananas, berries, coconut, and even some coconut milk in there....talk about orgasm! And it's actually good for you??? Well yeah, it's actually called a "superberry" filled with mondo amounts of anti-oxidants and those fatty acids that are so good for you.

Lanikai Juice is only in Hawaii (good for me, bad for you if you not here). But they have 2 locations: Kailua (Paradise) and Kahala (rich people nomad land). PLEASE EAT THIS!

Welcome to my HI Life

Well, well, welcome to my HI Lifestyle Blog. My goal here is to let you in on my life in Hawaii and to show you what the best (and most expensive) place to live is all about.

I was born and raised in Hawaii and have lived here my whole life so far. I have an Oregonian Husband turned "local braddah" and 2 adorable boys.

Right now we live in Nu'uanu (noo-oo-wa-noo) which is a small area right outside of Downtown Honolulu (geography check: capitol of HI). But soon we will be moving to Kailua (Mokulua Islands in Lanikai, Kailua pictured) where I was born and raised. I'll be show-and-telling about that adventure in moving as well.

So stay tuned and follow along on my wild HI Life ride!