October 2009
1 post
Hang tight. Blue Girl is super busy, but she’ll be back soon.
September 2009
5 posts
“Whatever is lost, you will remember. You will always hold it in your heart.”
– Kathleen Tyau
George McFly is my kind of guy!
“I am your density. I mean…your destiny.” —George McFly
An invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break. —Chinese Proverb Who might be at the end of your red thread? Think about it. If that thought doesn’t bring a smile to your face— you need to dream bigger....
Menehune: The Oompa-Loompas of Hawaii
I can already hear the tiny Menehune voices protesting the comparison to Wonka’s uncomely little helpers. In fairness, I should clarify that the menehune are smaller, shapelier, and much better looking than the oompa-loompas— nouveau or original. In fact, it is said that the menehune were miniature hotties that enticed many a full- sized Hawaiian native into an interracial union. How’s that for...
Sing...Sing a Mele
7:30 a.m. Rise and shine with… Hawaiiannette - Annette Funicello 9:00 a.m. Drive to work with… Gidget Goes Hawaiian - James Darren 10:30 Time for a coffee break with… The Hukilau Song - Alfred Apaka 12:00 Let’s eat with… Pearly Shells - Don Ho 1:30 Daydream of paradise with… Blue Hawaii - Elvis 3:00 Get through the afternoon slump with… Sweet...
Water is Life
“Water teaches in a very clear way how we must live our lives. The story of water reaches from every individual cell to encompass the entire cosmos.” -Dr. Masaru Emoto from The Hidden Messages in Water “Water sustains all life. Her songs begin in the tiniest of raindrops, transform to flowing rivers, travel to majestic oceans and thundering clouds and back to earth to being again. When water is...
August 2009
10 posts
“Shine radiantly like the sun and softly like the moon.”
– Bharti Kirchner
We Are Family
While living large, as a pre-teen wahine, in San Clemente, California, I often complained to my mother that the stork had dropped me off on the wrong coast, in the wrong time period, to the wrong family. I was certain that I belonged to a Jewish family in 1950’s Manhattan. After grooving with the Crujido clan for over three decades, I’m thankful that directionally challenged, big-billed bird...
Pau Hana
For laborers who immigrated to the islands in the early part of the last century, “Pau Hana”— which translates literally as “stop work”— signaled the end of a day of back breaking toil in the sugar cane fields of Hawaii. Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, and Portuguese men dreaming of a new life made Hawaii their adopted home and, in the process, created a pupu platter culture that has given...
“Hawaii isn’t just a place in the middle of the Pacific, it’s a place inside you—...”
– Tad James
Tiki: An Homage To My Polynesian Pop Loving...
In the late 1960s, as a micro-mini wahine, growing up across the bay from the city to end all cities— San Francisco— my parents were indoctrinating me into the cult of Tiki. The sound of exotica was lilting from hi-fi’s everywhere, Mai Tais were the drink of the moment, and Trader Vic’s could be found from coast to coast. Read: Tiki Modern-Sven A. Kirsten A must read for those of you obsessed with...
July 2009
12 posts
“Kowtow to no one. Be extraordinary.”
– Kiana Davenport
Wahine-on-the-Go
Shave ice at Matsumoto, flirting up hot surfer boys on the North Shore, shopping for bikinis till you drop. How can you experience any of that if you’re afraid to fly? All that’s about to change, so start packing! Banish fear of flying! Look out the window and imagine little menehunes (the little fairy people of Hawaii) preparing the plane for takeoff: tightening bolts, sweeping away debris, etc....
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I Dream Of Molokai
Once upon a time there was a wahine kahuna living in exile, far far away from her beloved island home. More often than not, she was filled with longing and sadness. In time, this led to a volcanic malaise that, no matter how hard she swiveled her hula hips, she just couldn’t shake. Then one night she dreamt that she was flying over the Hawaiian archipelago. As she passed over each island— Hawaii,...
Dial S for Sexy
Sexy is more than an adjective, it’s a state of mind. It is also a word that has myriad definitions— all filtered through the lens of personal experience. Contrary to the blather propagated for the last few hundred years in both Western and Eastern culture, perfection isn’t sexy— it’s boring. True sexiness lies in the small imperfections, the off-kilter, the unseen. No one should ever try to...
