Category Archives: Lucky You Live Hawaii

Happy Birthday SPAM

Posted on May 11, 2012 by yesindede

75 years ago today Hormel Foods registered and trademarked the meat product SPAM. Any card carrying local worth his weight in salted seemoi has one time or another rejoiced in this invention/concoction/food discovery. Mainlanders, I realize may be put off, nay, repulsed by the notion … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Food, Happiness, Hawaii, Lucky You Live Hawaii, Thoughts, Uncategorized | Tagged breakfast, Culture, eating, Food, Hawaii, Life, recipe, SPAM | Leave a comment

Orchids Galore

Posted on August 5, 2011 by yesindede

The 59th Hilo Orchid Society Show & Sale opened to the public this morning. Orchid Safari is this year’s theme. As usual, the Orchid Society showcases thousands of flowers in glorious explosive colors and species. As diverse as the flowers were … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, flowers, Fun, Happiness, Hawaii, Lucky You Live Hawaii, orchids, Uncategorized, Whimsy | Tagged acasallis cyanea, Culture, flowers, Fun, Hawaii, Hilo Orchid Society 2011, Life, Lucky Me, miltonia, Orchid, phalaenopsis, Prosperity, ryncostylis retusa | Leave a comment

August Arrives with another Sleepover

Posted on August 2, 2011 by yesindede

Summer welcomes August with a smile and I am still smiling too. I returned from an overnight visit to an organic coffee farm devotedly run by my friends Hillery and Eric. We had been talking of this visit for…say…15 years … Continue reading →

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Sleeping Around

Posted on June 13, 2011 by yesindede

If you are expecting to read about sexy and salacious randy-bouts STOP reading NOW. My short trip to Oahu this past week was filled with errands, appointments and many items to check off my must do list. It wasn’t all … Continue reading →

Posted in Buying, Drink, Food, Friendlies, Fun, Hawaii, Life, Lucky You Live Hawaii, SleepingAround, Travel, Uncategorized, women | Tagged eating, Food, Fun, Hawaii, Life, Lucky Me, Sipping, Summer, turtles, women | Leave a comment

Flower Friday March 4

Posted on March 4, 2011 by yesindede

There were lots of plants, food and fun local crafts at Saturday’s ‘Treasures of Hongwanji.’ Hawaii Island’s Honpa and Higashi Hongwanji temples gather under one roof for some festivities and handmade crafts and food specialties for the public to share … Continue reading →

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Orange You Happy?

Posted on March 1, 2011 by yesindede

Good Morning March! As I was standing at the sink washing up some dishes, I glanced to my left and this vision of orangishness captured my attention. A vignette of jars of marmalade, ripening tomatoes, an orange cutting board and oh … Continue reading →

Posted in Color, Food, Fun, Happiness, Hawaii, Life, Lucky You Live Hawaii, Thoughts, Travel, Uncategorized, Whimsy | Tagged boats, eating, Food, Fun, Hawaii, Life, Lucky Me, orange, sunset | Leave a comment

Tangerine Juicey

Posted on February 23, 2011 by yesindede

There has been a lot of whirring and slurping going on around our kitchen lately. The tangerine tree in the backyard produced its usual abundance of sweet fruit. The boughs dropped heavy with clusters of ripening tangerines. We found ourselves … Continue reading →

Posted in do good, Drink, Food, Happiness, Hawaii, How To, Life, Lucky You Live Hawaii, Thoughts, Uncategorized | Tagged blessings, do good, eating, Food, fruit, Hawaii, Life, Prosperity, tangerines | Leave a comment

Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 15, 2011 by yesindede

Every day should be Valentine’s Day. Or at least you should treat the ones you love like…well…the ones you love! If it takes Hallmark to coerce you to pay simple attention to someone you care for, then so be it. … Continue reading →

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A Welcomed Drizzley Day

Posted on February 8, 2011 by yesindede

Believe me, I am as much a fan of a sunny, blue sky, wispy cloud, gentle tradewind kind of day as any living soul you know. But yesterday’s misty drizzle provided a welcomed relief for our less-than-normal-rainfall Hilo town. It … Continue reading →

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Christmas Continues

Posted on January 3, 2011 by yesindede

Christmas Day in Hilo dawned and developed into another glorious stunner. We happily postponed our fixings for an intimate dinner for two and merrily headed out for the beach-the same Onekahakaha Beach Park where we spent this past Thanksgiving with … Continue reading →