Author Archives: jeela

journalist living in Honolulu

a few pictures from San Francisco and Monterey

A few photos from my recent trip to Northern California.

oh now it’s personal, Sarah Palin

In Alaska I’ve met women like Sarah Palin.

theme upgrade MNML

Summer is over, time for the old Bluebird theme to go!

salty licorice fix

Carousel Candyland in Kahala Mall is the only place in Hawaii with a reliable source of black licorice and most importantly, the salty salmiak kind. Above are the four strong ones they had earlier this week.
The kitty kat one is very mild and sweet with a hard, gummi texture but sort of a waxy, shell [...]

Poi Dog Pondering - Perfect Music (Hyde Park “Ecstasy” mix)

Funny the small coincidences in life. Like an old friend in Chicago directing music videos for a band formerly of Honolulu. What are the chances?
Marco Giovanni Ferrari
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I want to ride my bicycle

Last year, I gave up my parking pass and have been biking to and from work. I live about 10 minutes away from my job so it’s not like a Herculean feat, tho I do sometimes do it in a skirt and heels. And then it starts to rain! But for the most part, I think it’s actually easier than driving.

Sergio Goes 1964-2008

Photographer, filmmaker, friend.

caffeine withdrawal is real

It seemed like a practical move when I quit drinking coffee; it wasn’t for health reasons that I did it. I had no idea I was so strung out. If I had known from the beginning how caffeine withdrawal feels, I probably wouldn’t have made the switch. Come to find out Caffeine Withdrawal Is [...]

late spring articles

Eating cheesecake and sampling cocktails, yeah, I know, I make it look easy. But the painstaking hours of research paid off because both these articles look good enough to eat. And drink.
A Sergio Goes photo takes full page in the Hana Hou piece and the four (count em, 4!) pages in HI Luxury include [...]

music and life

Music and Life: An Alan Watts Animation produced by Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

dreamland Bhutan

The Honolulu Academy of Arts was buzzing on Sunday afternoon, when I finally made it to see The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan, which had been there since February but held over til this weekend.

Manoa vog

The afternoon sun was an unnatural-looking orange smudge in the sky when I got off work yesterday. The city was covered in a blanket of gray. I honestly thought there was huge fire somewhere. Nope, just the vog back again.
These were taken the today, looking into Manoa valley.

9 a.m.

6:30 p.m.
Mel breaks down the [...]

photographs from Japan

Hawaii photographer Rowen Tabusa took these photographs on a recent trip to Japan