Hanging out in San Diego – September 13 & 14, 2013

So there is one thing I’ve come to realize since I’ve moved out here. I’m never going to like a beach here it seems. I’ve been spoiled by my home of beaches. Nothing against the coastal beach parks crew and all but it’s just not that great to me. 

I’m from Hawaii, where our sand isn’t dust. When Limu (seaweed) washes up on shore, it doesn’t smell so bad and infested with so many tiny bugs. I really didn’t know what to do.

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However, here are some photos from San Diego.

Now, the rest of San Diego was nice. Went to Old Town San Diego which was like a little Mexico if that’s what it’s like. Everything had a real Mexican vibe about the place.

We ate at a place called Casa De Reyes and wow was it great. There was a 40 minute wait to get a table but that wasn’t really all that bad considering the restaurant was surrounded by shops. They had a stage where people were performing dances. By the time I had been through two stores and a bit of entertainment, it had already been time to get our table.

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I had a great Cumin Rubbed Salmon with Mango. OMG TO DIE FOR!

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Anyways, take a look at the rest of the set up top on the slideshow.

626 Night Market – August 31, 2013 – Arcadia

Here are some of the photo I took during the 626 Night Market out in Arcadia California. It was an interesting experience. So much more food than my stomach could handle ever. I wanted to try everything but alas I couldn’t. They had the world’s largest cup of Boba Ice Tea there. I don’t know how I felt about them serving the drinks out of it though.

Oahu Vacation – November 14-19, 2012

So I finally had a chance to come home on vacation and well of course I had my camera. So this will be a documentation of that vacation. I must say that where I have moved to really really lacks color so I was excited to finally put my camera to use again. Also, sorry to all the peeps that would have expected me to cover an event while I was down there but I really was just looking to relax. Maybe next time. So lets start this Journey.

It was a long drive to LAX from Victorville, but when I got there and on the plane I was pleasantly surprised. I got to ride on Hawaiian Airline’s new Airbus. Talk about awesome! I really wish I paid some attention to when I was choosing a seat so I would have been more prepared for the long flight. You see that each seat has a Touchscreen in them, but right next to them is a USB slot. Before the flight I loaded up my phone to have a good amount of videos for me to watch on the flight over. Hawaii Five-O’s episode could not have been more timely for this flight as it was a “terrorist” episode. Couldn’t help but laugh at that. Anyways, what I did not know was that the screens are able to interact with a USB drive. I probably could have loaded all those videos to a thumb-drive and watched them on a bit bigger screen. Oh wells, next time. Also, no it didn’t recognize my phone as a thumb-drive, but it did keep it charged the whole flight so that was awesome.

Another surprise was the lunch! WOW!!! Grilled Chicken, Brown Rice, Peas & Carrots, Chocolate Cake, Salad? ON AN AIRPLANE!!! Almost unheard of now a days. Thank you for being so Awesome Hawaiian Airlines.

 This was a nice sight to see, Rain. Something as simple as rain made me so happy. Where we are now, it has rained maybe five times. I never realized something so simple would have been missed so much by me. This was also in Ewa Beach and the brand new shopping center they were building.

Soon after landing though and dropping off all my stuff at my parents place, I was ushered off to dinner. My brother chose the spot so Hooters in Aloha Tower we went. Since I had been on a plane for so long and then driven all over the creation, well lets just say I had to “go.” So go I went and to my surprise I found something pretty fucking hilarious. Well I thought it was hilarious.

While waiting for my brother, I saw two beautiful sights still around. The Falls of Clyde and amazing sunsets.

I also started using what I thought would be a catchy hashtag on Instagram called #hawaiinoneedfilter. Well it really doesn’t need it at all.

After dinner my dad wanted to go and see One Drop playing at Mai Tai’s so we went to Ala Moana. Oh how I have missed this mall. I never would have thought that after working that mall for almost five years that I’d miss it that much. The holiday decorations were in full effect there as well so that was a treat as well.

Center Stage was snowing like they have been doing for the last couple years with their soapy snow. If only the people knew what we do with those foam cannons during certain show :-P LOL

One Drop started playing at around 10 so it was going to be a great show from then on. Only thing was that it was getting late for me as I had already been doing a lot of shit!! My ass needed some sleep so when they took their first break we talk story with them then took off and went home. Good time though to hear live local music again.

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HALLOWEEN 2010!!!

Wow this year was crazy still. I was kinda doubtful because, well lets face it Halloween fell on a Sunday and lots of people needed to go work the next day LOL. This fact includes me :) but putting that aside I’m very happy that I went out last night.

Again this year I did the same thing like last, start at one end of Kalakaua and work my way down to the Hyatt where I’d be posted all night. Lets just say the street was fun and the party was off the chain. I noticed this year that there was a lot of popularity in Johnny Depp characters (Alice in Wonderland mostly), political figures, sexy lingerie , and for some odd reason Jersey Shore. There were quite a few Snookies. Oh yeah and lots of Lady Gagas too LOL. It was all kinda hilarious.

Oh yeah and big ups to the promoters who decided they’d all be the Blue Man Group. It was freakin awesome LOL.

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Halloween at the Hyatt

Handlebars – October 29, 2010 – @SoHoHawaii (HAPPY BDAY BABY J!)

Hi Hi! It’s time for Handlebars again @SoHoHawaii October 22, 2010

I gotta give a special shout out to SuperCW she’s just that awesome and i love running into her at night hehe HI HI! grab a copy and read her article it’s good stuff!

NEW PARTY! Handlebars – October 15, 2010 @SoHoHawaii

Yup! Brand new party going down every Friday (except 1st Friday of course LOL). You bring your mustache and we bring the party LoL. Open bar 10:30-11:30 then all drinks $3 till midnight! Come check it out!

Friday Night Backyard BBQ @FreshCafeHI

Yup that’s right it’s a new party that the Vertical Junkies are throwing down. Every week you pay cover and you get free drinks inside! HOW AWESOME IS THAT!! LOL Plus if you come early you get free burgers and hotdogs just like a real BBQ LOL Trust me it’s totally worth it.

This week we had Anuhea performing live allowing our ears to be blessed with her beautiful voice. It was also the kick off party for the new redesigned VerticalJunkies.com

Next week we got Natural Vibrations!!! Wooo! Come down and get with the party!!

DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA! I think we should have a K-Drama Night LOL