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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – September 1, 2010

September 1, 2010
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Happy September gang! Errryone having a great 3rd quarter thus far? I hope so! We hit triple digits in comments again with 157 last week! Very Coolio! And… in case 497 times wasn’t enough… I’ll mention again that we’re still on our Rice theme (for these next two WIH Wednesdays) in honor of… what else?: [...]

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Opal Thai Food Wagon – Haleiwa’s Hidden Gem

September 1, 2010
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When wifey and I spontaneously decided to have date night out in Haleiwa the other night, I did what any unassuming young American would do: I checked out Yelp one fast one. At the top of the list was this curious place called Opal Thai Food. Curious because 1) it was a wagon and 2) [...]

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Secret Recipes L’Dat!

August 30, 2010
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Growing up with a mama with mad cooking skillz (and no written recipes), I was never really exposed to recipes and the art of putting them together. Now that I’m a bit older, I have a strange desire to be like Mike her and learn how to cook with my eyes closed. But since I [...]

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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – August 25, 2010

August 25, 2010
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Wow, did I really forget to post a WIH blog last week Wednesday??? I can’t believe it! I just checked my date sequences and noticed that it skipped a week. Sheesh, I must *really* be out of it. Sorry about that gang. To make up for it, I’m posting two for y’all this week! Like [...]

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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – August 4, 2010

August 4, 2010
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Another day, another ridiculously difficult WIH! Sorry mang! This one moa worse too. Gotta last a couple weeks. I’m off to the muthaland. Grammy’s not doing the greatest so we gotta go visit. So yeah, sorry gang, this one goin’ have to be quick. Points for… * Location?: 1 point * General area?: 1/2 point [...]

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Scenes from the IntelliGo Launch Party!

August 3, 2010
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Late yesterday afternoon, my homey at the Star-Advertiser asked me if I had a blog ready to go for today as they were planning on posting my mug in the print version of the paper again. Apparently, the demand to see my face again was that overwhelming. CHEEYEAHRIGHT! I wish. But yeah, a fella can [...]

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Visit Us at the 1st Annual Hawaii Rice Festival!

August 1, 2010
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Save the date for September 11th, 2010, a day when rice takes center stage. Diamond G Rice presents the 1st Annual Hawaii Rice Festival which will celebrate with the rest of the country the joy that is rice. This unique, one day event will be held at the Waterfront at Aloha Tower from 12PM to [...]

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Great Catch! Izakaya Tairyo Reels Hawaii In

August 1, 2010
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If you’ve driven anywhere near the vicinity of Piikoi Street recently, you’ve probably noticed a rather peculiar looking building fronting Hopaka Street. Covered with large kanji characters, big blue waves, and bright red fish, it’s hard to miss. And if you’re anything like me, your mouth probably started to salivate (along with your imagination) at [...]

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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – July 28, 2010

July 28, 2010
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Wow, only 33 comments for last week’s WIH. Sad yeah? Everyone I see tells me my pics are too hard though, so I’m hoping that that’s the reason, and not that they/you are getting bored with me. Ahahaha! So for this week, I made um slightly easier (at least I think so), and I gave [...]

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Fun Day Monday: Memorization Tactics

July 26, 2010
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Gooooooood morning yo! Yep, it’s Fun Day Monday and your boy is here to post once again. Two Mondays in a row now? Miracle ain’t it? Well, there’s actually a good reason… Aside from missing y’all very dearly this weekend (as, I’m sure you did me ), my ugly mug is supposed to be donning [...]

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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – July 21, 2010

July 20, 2010
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Hole-E-SHE-mokes! Tree posts in a row! No can be! Well, believe it! Haha! Nah, we go see if I can maintain da pace going forward. Probably not, but at least I’m keeping the 3 of you checking in every day on your toes. Hehe! This week, I think picture #1 is too easy, so I’m [...]

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Happy 15th Koaloha Ukulele!

July 20, 2010
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Last night, bruddah Alan Okami and Koaloha Ukulele Company celebrated their 15th year anniversary at the Willows Restaurant. I was one of the fortunate ones to get an invite to this special event that included live entertainment by Jon Yamasato, David Kamakahi, Herb Ohta, Jr., James Hill, Pali Ka`aihue, and others, and some ono kine [...]

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Fun Day Monday – Hidden Symbols in Logos

July 19, 2010
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It’s been a while since we did a “Fun Day Monday” post, so I thought I’d shock y’all, and blog about this fun/interesting one forwarded recently amongst our marketing department. Pretty interesting stuff, especially for you marketing/art/graphic types. — An interesting bit of Logo trivia… I was not aware of these things…guess I’ll have to [...]

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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – July 14, 2010

July 14, 2010
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A-ight gang. You asked for it: an easy one. This one’s a gimme… I think. Hehe. But once one of you smarty pants peeps get it, what we goin’ do for the rest of da week? Hmm… Guess Immagonnahaveta just ask a lot of questions den! LOL! Points for… * Name of restaurant?: 1 point [...]

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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – July 7, 2010

July 7, 2010
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Since you guys were so “on it” with last week’s photo, I thought I’d kick it up a notch (BAM!) and make this week’s photo even harder (if that’s even possible. Hehe). Ready for da challenge? Cringe in horror as I present to you these delightful questions my loves… Points for… * Name of park?: [...]

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Ready, Set IntelliGo! – Sharing Your Road Runner Mobile Connection Just Got Easier!

July 1, 2010
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Late last month, Oceanic Time Warner Cable introduced an exciting, new product to add to the Road Runner Mobile lineup. Nicknamed IntelliGo, the Sierra Wireless W801 Personal Mobile Hotspot acts like a portable mini-router and allows you to share your Road Runner Mobile connection – on the go! – with up to 5 friends via [...]

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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – June 30, 2010

June 30, 2010
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Yep, thought I’d be shmall kine mean and torture you with some “Extreeeeeeme Close up” action for our WIH photo this week. Howevah… I do have a slightly sensitive bone in my body, so I sprinkled in a “hint pic” for a split second for y’all. You’re welcome! Hehe! So let’s get this party started… [...]

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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – June 23, 2010

June 23, 2010
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AURIIIGHT! We be off to a good start gang! The first two (real) posts for WWE on the Star Advertiser side got 159 comments and 118 comments, with barely any linkage on the site! Sa-weet! Much love you guys! What’s even better? I just noticed that the good peeps at the Star Advertiser created a [...]

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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – June 16, 2010

June 16, 2010
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Wow! 159 comments last week! Much love gang! I know it was shmall kine hard to find, but thanks to all y’all for finding your way here one way or another. And now… it appears as though they got that blog widget/box thingie working on the right side, site-wide, so hopefully, we’ll get a few [...]

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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – June 9, 2010

June 9, 2010
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Hey Hey HEEEEY! Looks like WWE (World Wide Ed) is up and running on the new Star Advertiser template. Props to bruddah Troy and his staffers for all their hard work so far. Yay! However… I’m still not quite sure if anyone will be able to find this post from within the new site’s structure [...]

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