Mink Hippie and I have been trying to eat in every restaurant in Kailua. Not long ago we decided to focus on the chop suey joints. For an interesting background on Chop Suey click here to explore this unique Chinese American cuisine. It’s not Chinese food… The generally accepted wisdom on chop suey is that…
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Italian Food in Kailua
At the moment, we have visited all the Italian Restaurants in Kailua. Here they are. All of them are good. There will be a few new ones soon… 1. Peppino’s Italian Food-(23 Hoolai St, ph (808)262-5833) My personal favorite. Best Pizza in the Pacific. Low key, tasty, bring your own wine, won’t break any budget….
Sunday in Hawaii, Trees, snot, stars, canoes, and Superheroes
Grossology Had a very nice weekend and found some great things to let Hawaiichicken readers know about. Saturday evening we had dinner at a GREAT Indian restaurant in Waikiki. India Cafe. The samosa’s were great, the spicy shrimp sambal was spicy and delicious, the dosai were amazing, and really everything was great. Tiny place, great…
Broken wine bottles, trashed boats…1500 year old Byzantine Port is almost Modern
That’s Istanbul not Constantinople…looks like my yahoo email is working again. Now that it has also been completely excavated…stick to chris@fukn.us cd ISTANBUL, Turkey – It seems a typical scene of urban decay: abandoned buildings, crumbling walls, trash and broken wine bottles. Yet it’s more than 1,500 years old. Engineers uncovered these ruins of an…
Misyar Very Much
This is also referred to as ‘travellers marriage’. Personally it sounds like it can work out pretty well. The abuse thing is universal. I knew plenty of guys that got married when I was in the service. Probably half of them got married for the extra cash and the freedom to live off base or…
No Reservations: The Shwarma and Shrapnel Episode
As you’ve probably heard, Israel bombed the bejesus out of the airport in Beirut, stranding a bunch of tourists (mostly Arabs) in Lebanon. Turns out that Tony Bourdain (chef, TV ‘personality’ and mystery writer) is also stuck there…. [Thanks, MeFi.] “we are currently shooting an episode of NR in Lebanon–and it should be video gold….
Adventures of the Polar Yacht Vagabond
A few years ago when I was promoting Rough Living: Tips and Tales of a Vagabond, I made the acquantance of Eric Brossier, the Captain of the polar yacht Vagabond. Some day I hope to have the time to take him up on his offer to crew on Vagabond. In the meantime, I love following…
Polo in Hawaii
If you are looking for something fun to do on a Sunday and happen to be on the windward side of Oahu. Head down to the Honolulu Polo Club in Waimanalo. We just went for the first time and I have to admit to having a great time. The setting is beautiful, the game is…
Kim Jong Il wants to buy in Hawaii…or at least bomb fukn.us
Well friends, it is apparent to me that Kim Jong Il is thinking of joining the rest of the world’s rich and famous by buying a house in Hawaii. Where most celebrities and eccentrics are forced to deal with the outrageous prices for real estate here, there are a few perks to being the dictator…
Wired 14.07: Train to the Roof of the World
Train service from Beijing to Lhasa starts tomorrow, July 01, amid concern about the changes that will come with the greater influx of people.� According to UPI, tix for the first official trip sold out in 20 minutes.� Here David Wolman wheedles his way onto the train… To score a ride sitting shotgun in a…