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Whenever I go to Maui I always try and make it to Sam Sato’s for lunch. If you never been there you’ll be amazed at the amount of people who are waiting in line to be seated at this hole-in-the-wall...
So I had the opportunity to go to the Joy of Sake-Honolulu (joyofsake.com) this past Thursday with the @meetoworld gang. I have been to past Joy of Sakes and this was no different. In fact it was...
A few weeks ago I met someone from Chicago, IL (the President's home state) who moved here for work. In making conversation I asked her if she was registered to vote here. She said, "Of course it's my God given right!" I thought this was a pretty interesting response. Did you know that in 2008 nationally voter turnout for the 18-29 demographic was 51.1% while in Hawaii (the President's original home state) the turnout for the same demographic was 30.9% (www.civicyouth.org). I have heard anecdotal reasons...
So why blog? Well I am just speaking for myself here. First let me say that for me a blog is kind of like a PowerPoint of your life. The images and videos are your slides, and your posts are the notes you use when giving the presentation. Pretty simple but let me go a little deeper. About 17 years ago I had a liver transplant. Not because I was an alcoholic or anything like that (seriously), but because there was just something genetically wrong with my liver. I was very fortunate that I waited only a few days...
http://blip.tv/file/3973528/ In this Sake 101 episode the Meeto World gang tries "Nanbu Ryu" - Southern Stream. Whether you are new to sake or a sake sommelier you want to check out Sake 101 with Meeto World.
http://blip.tv/file/3973443 Check out the latest sake tasting from the Meeto World Gang! Oyama Nama is made only during a few months in the year and is one of my favorite sakes. Learn more about Oyama Nama with Meeto World!
Tonight's tweetup at Formaggio Grill in Kailua was eye-opening fun. First of all the food was great from mini crabcakes to margherita pizza but what was really juicy and tasty was the prime rib panini! Added to this great food was a taste of Formaggio's Dining in the Dark. Some daring tweeps took an interesting challenge. Experience a tasting of red, white, and rose wine in random order and blindfolded, then put the glasses of wine in the order: red, white, and rose. It was quite tricky but @melissa808 gave...