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Potato gnocchi with shrimp and peas

I am world-renowned for my ability to get dangerously lost when driving, but my condition has been in check for the past few years thanks to GPS.  Unfortunately, yesterday I had a relapse on the way to a Junior Club meeting in Honolulu when I made the fatal error of inputting the wrong address.  Worst of all, I dragged my sweet friend down with me.  She sacrificed getting in to the meeting on time for directing me via cell phone to where I needed to be.  Half an hour later I was still lost and we both decided it'd be best if I pulled over while she came to get me.  The

SustainableSushi.Greenpeace

If you've ever poked around the internet in search of Sushi sites you may have come across http://www.sustainablesushi.net/ . Sounds innocuous enough-a sushi lover helping other sushi lovers chose their favorites wisely, right? Wrong.

Supper Plan Sunday

We had a busy weekend that involved our favorite restaurant on Friday (Sushi Sasabune)... ...an attempt to surf (underscore, attempt) on Saturday...

Sushi Story Prepares To Sink Piven

This week actor Jeremy Piven takes his "I got mercury poisoning from eating too much fish and had to bail out of your play" argument before an arbiter as the play's producers seek money from the hard-partying star. Apparently we haven't heard the usual whining and distorting associated with this silly case because the New York Post reports "everybody's under a gag order."

Vegas wrap-up

Who would have ever thought that my trip back to Washington, DC this week for work would require more summery clothes than I am used to wearing in Hawaii?  It is smoking hot and sunny in the city and I'm loving it while it lasts.  Thunderstorms are expected started Wednesday through Saturday when I leave.  But sunshine awaits me back in Hawaii!

Best sushi of my life

My dear college friend, Stephanie, was visiting from Texas the last several days, and we had a ball.  We took a surf lesson... and swam in a cage surrounded by wild sharks...

Piven, you can fool some of the people all of the time…

The star stuck New York Times is out shilling for Jeremy Piven. The Old Gray Lady appears to be smitten with the actor, perhaps that's why it's the only paper reporting that Piven, "convinced a group of fellow actors that he did not violate his contractual obligations when he dropped out of the Broadway play "Speed-the-Plow."