aloha!

[mentoneman]

been over in the islands. unreal trip! we took my son's (Alika) girlfriend's (Lene) little sister Lindsey with us (son and girlfriend live on oahu), who is also my daughter's TT's best friend, and it was her first time in a plane. also the first family member to visit Lene since she moved, and that was such a joy to be able to do. The sister's were so happy to see each other! and i tried to be the best tour guide for Linsdey and shared the magic of the islands with her. she's the one of the right next to my wife

all my brothers and sisters reunited there and we had just killer family time

i think we went to the beach every day for 11 days and the surf was up the whole time.
saw brother zachman and his son which was very cool and played through his bradshaw monster!
shot some amazing stuff for a tv show in hawaii i'm trying to put together
ate incredible amounts of the best local food including poi we pounded fresh at my cousins taro farm
saw tons of whales migrating
snorkeled hanauma bay
swam and surfed waikiki
went to waimea and saw 20 foot surf
shot/sightsaw/coordinated fun from sunrise to sunset many days

flew home and ran sound for a classical music performance then did a 2 day shoot this weekend at chris pratt and anna farris's home for a spoof hunting video

i need a vacation! and i really need to play my guitar!!!

 

[tweed]

 

[Digital Jams]

Face punching on tour.

Congrats on the family reunion Pat

 

[jcj]

Man....sounds like a fantastic trip. Hawaii is so beautiful

 

[Sixstring]

Da Family reunions are Da Kine Bra...

 

[Gainfreak]

Simply Awesome!!!

 

[mentoneman]

i wish i could take all of you on a tour of oahu--guarans ball bearans you'd never want to leave. it is the best place on earth i know of.

this is my cousins taro farm in kailua. total jurassic park backdrop and drop dead beautiful lush scenery

of course i had to sample the drop in at their moss slide


but this had to be my favorite shot of the trip...i get misty just looking at it..i surprised my son and brought my wife over 2 days after me and the kids arrived..he didn't know she was coming--and she was DYING to see her baby boy so keeping it a secret for the past two months was killing her!

surprise!

aloha

 

[Jeff Hilligan]

Pat you are blessed beyond belief. But hey I am gonna keep on believing my time is coming!

 

[Mark Day]

Hawaii is my favorite place on the planet!!!
Love the pics!!!


Mark

 

[Kaleiwahea]

Ho, Bruddah Gullah-gullah! Your boy looks exactly like you did (minus the hair) back in the day! That's an awesome vacation - SO jealous!!

Hana -bada!!

 

[jerrydyer]

when I was in Kauai last summer I got to go tho the Waialua family reunion. A friwnd from church who was born and raised there was there the same time. It was cool.

 

[gbsmusic]

Wonderful pics and story of it all!! The 1st picture of the water is just amazing!

 

[* velcro-fly *]

guarans ball bearans...

What? Why ?

Charge em Tita...guarans ball bearans

 

[MARK1970]

Pat that was cool of you sharing. I really liked the pic of you sliding down the slippery rocks. I could sit in that water all day with some cold ones.

 

[mentoneman]

Lene at manoa falls trail

my son jumping in at maunawili falls

i went out this day on a boogie board and caught one a bit bigger than this one
maybe one day i'll post the video...it was classic!

my daughter and the rest of the girls went to my old high school St Louis (go crusaders braddahs mark and zach!) and plucked plumerias till the security guard chased them out, to make a bunch of leis

the buddhist temple in palolo valley...like 5 minutes away from my house!

hanauma bay family shot

the kids on the whale watching cruise off diamond head/waikiki

 

[mentoneman]

Pat you are blessed beyond belief. But hey I am gonna keep on believing my time is coming!

i sincerely hope you can get your family over there..it's ridiculous.
i look at somne of the pictures and can hardly believe i grew up in a place so beautiful and happy.

 

[mentoneman]

Hawaii is my favorite place on the planet!!!
Love the pics!!!


Mark

+1000000

round trip was 410 per person from LAX and that was sorta high because it was spring break...can go cheaper. my wife went on my frequent flyer miles. i save quite a bit having a house there to stay at for free though! but cheap rooms in waikiki start at 70/night

 

[mentoneman]

Ho, Bruddah Gullah-gullah! Your boy looks exactly like you did (minus the hair) back in the day! That's an awesome vacation - SO jealous!!

Hana -bada!!

ho menpachi eyeballs!

no ak da kine...jus bag out from florida wit da family bah

ho broke da mout onoliscious POG(passion orange guava)/lychee wit vanilla ice cream and li hing powder....waiola shave ice moved to a nice new shop off kapahulu across from foodland...and ps hot tip...go to the foodland roof friday nights to get one killer view of the fireworks show over ilikai/waikiki!

den da las straw brah...

HOOOOOOOOO!!!
how's dat for hitting below da beltbuckle boo boo?
kalua pig, lau lau, poi, lomi salmon, and teri chicken over rice. already wen scuff da haupia first!

 

[thiswaythatway]

Great to talk to you out there, sorry i missed Zach's but i did pop in his store and meet him. Yes, i love it there and it's depressing being back in my crappy state

My wife's parents live half a mile from Hanauma so i have been there a lot. I swam all the way out to Witches Brew once, i thought the beach was MILES away. But i had 2 scuba divers under me as i was snorkeling on top.

Let's see what else did we do....I'll spell these wrong. Hanauma of course, i went to that waterfall in your pic where you son is jumping in. Nasty trail getting there though. I hiked up to the top of the Koauloa mountains, took an hour to get up there but I'm a hiking fool I also hiked up Koko head, up the railroad tracks. That was just 30 minutes or pure torture But I plan on doing that a few times every year i go there.

Maiwea was kicking when i was there but since i didn't have any boogie board i just ducked under the waves. Had to get the traditional shaved ice at Matsumoto's, which is my wife's Maiden name, took my daughter on the train at Dole Plantation. Went to Sandy Beach, and my favorite calm type of beach was the one near Bello's air force station, Waimanalo?

Hiked up to the Light house. And i hiked up a few more places in this book i have called the 50 hikes in Oahu. I hear the Stairway To Heaven has been closed down.

Love it there. My wife could get a job there easily at the VA Hospital and I'd leave it all behind and go there. Need to twist her arm.

 

[thiswaythatway]

Oh, favorite place to eat was a Sushi joint called Yohei Sushi on Dillingham Blvd. Not sure why i remember the street name? Also a place called Gazen which is close to Waikiki, Japanese fusion.

And a place call Kit N Kitchen was the best bang for the buck.

What's up with the radio station situation out there?