Recent Instagram Shots...

Doggles for Adam.  Purchased at Bark Ave. in Koko Marina Shopping Center.

 Cool present that my nephew got for Christmas.  Perfect for Star Wars addicts of all ages...

 The neighbors gave us a box of these crazy cookies.  I am addicted and will be making plans to get them from the mainland next year.  I hear there's other seasonal flavors, too.  Yummay!

Bear with another Bark Ave. purchase.  Love that store.  Please support your locally owned businesses.  I did lots of Christmas shopping for the doggies in my family.

 Musubi wreath that gets hung every year. 

Red velvet pancakes from Yogur story.  

Addicted to Instagram.  Follow me on there @splitobsession.

Puppy Love

This daddy...



Plus this exhausted mommy...


Equals 2 tiny and adorable Norwich puppies...

Gingerbread Please...

 Sad, sad gingerbread...

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For the past 4 or 5 years, we've gotten a store-bought gingerbread house to decorate with the kids.  No one ever wanted to eat it, after it was done.  This year, my mom insisted on making her own individual gingerbread men, trees, and stars.  We had a contest, and my mom had prizes for the best-decorated.  The kids kicked our butts with their colorful, skittle-filled trees.  Hopefully, this will be our new tradition.

Here's my prize...

If you want some breakfast goodness...

Every local in Hawaii knows Liliha Bakery. They're known for their iconic cocoa puffs that are topped with chantilly frosting (note: everyone is happy if you bring them for dessert at a family gathering). We love breakfast at their super busy counter. Here's their famous butter roll with bright red jelly.




My usual order of mahimahi and eggs.



Delicious sweet bread French Toast.



Liliha Bakery
Phone
(808) 531-1651
Liliha Bakery
515 N. Kuakini Street
Honolulu, HI 96817


Hours
24 hours a day from Tuesday 6 a.m. to Sunday 8 p.m.
Closed Mondays.

New vintage treasures for sale on ebay NOW...

Lovely tea cups with bamboo design...SOLD

Vintage 70's aloha shirt from Sears...SOLD

Black and white Iolani Executive aloha shirt...SOLD

Vintage teapot with cool glaze...

Tori Richard blue and white aloha shirt...SOLD

Let's hear it for 4-day weekends!

Here's some pictures from the eating and napping fest that was my Thanksgiving weekend. Peartini from Pearl...





Bear and I watched the dog show on Thanksgiving...


Pumpkin crunch from The Alley...


My cousin's famous potato salad...


Lemon crunch from The Alley. That's right, I drove out there on Thursday and Saturday for 2 different cakes. It's that good.


I need another 4-day weekend A.S.A.P.

11/11/11 my birthday...

APEC is in town and everything is a little strange around Honolulu.  Everyone seems to be avoiding the roads and anywhere near Waikiki or Ala Moana.  I actually had anxiety about doing anything for my birthday because of the massive conference.  Who knew all these world leaders were planning to be here for my birthday! Despite road closures, it actually turned out to be a great day.  We had lunch at Big City Diner Ward with my sister, mom, niece and nephew.    

 

Then it was time for a haircut right across the street at Jsalon.  Love getting pampered on my birthday.    

 

Hung out with the family a bit more and picked up a few cupcakes from Cake Couture in Aina Haina.  

The red velvet is always a favorite of mine.   We also decided to try the cinnamon toast flavor.  It tasted exactly like Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal.  I highly recommend both. 

Cake Couture
Aina Haina Shopping Center
820 West Hind Drive #104
Honolulu, HI 96821
808.373.9750

Bruce and I had dinner at Chef Mavro.  This was our first time there and it was amazing!  I think I've found my new favorite restaurant.  We may have to make this an annual tradition.  We had the 4 course meal with wine pairings.  I had to switch out the pork for the lobster risotto.  That was actually my favorite dish of the evening.  Service was excellent and the restaurant was beautiful, too. 

The 3 different malasadas with vanilla ice cream was delicious. 

Chef Mavro

1969 South King Street, Honolulu, HI 96826
Phone # 808.944.4714 : chefmavro.com

I am so happy to have the rest of the weekend to relax, avoid APEC traffic and hang out with Bear and Bruce.  So grateful to have had the last year on this planet and looking forward to making this upcoming year even better than last.