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After Party at The Living Room

June 26th, 2009 · No Comments

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Kamu, Sheri, Dallas :: The Living Room, Honolulu

The Gordon Biersch party was not enough for some of the Kamehameha Schools Class of ‘94, so when the first party ended, we continued on to The Living Room at The Wharf, a 4 am bar down the road. Dallas, Kilo, Nalani, Brandy, Jay, Donovan, Chris, Sheri, Alika, Kamu, Maile, Jacque, Khira, and I claimed an area of the bar that was like a raised room on its own with a pool table.

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Sheri, Brandy, Jay, Chris :: The Living Room, Honolulu

We sat around and drank more and played pool.

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Jacque, Maile :: The Living Room, Honolulu

Then Dallas got the camera out and started taking photos of people. This made them happy, as you can tell from this photo.

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Kilo, Nalani, Donovan, Sheri :: The Living Room, Honolulu

Kirah just wanted to go home.

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Kirah :: The Living Room, Honolulu

At some point around 3 am (?) we were all really tired. Some people did the sensible thing and went home. Dallas, Kilo, Brandy, Jay, Donovan, Kamu, Chris and I instead went to have breakfast at Wailana Coffee House. When Donovan started falling asleep in his wor wonton mein, we realized that the night had to end at some point. And besides, we were going to see most people the next day. So, Dallas and I said our goodbyes. We got back to the hotel at something like 4 am.

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Kamehameha Class of ‘94 Reunion

June 26th, 2009 · No Comments

On Friday night, each Kamehameha class that was in town for reunion activities had a class party at a different location. Class of ‘94 was celebrating at Gordon Biersch on the harbor at Aloha Towers. We were outside, on the water, a local band called Kapena was playing and Dallas was reconnecting with all his old friends. It was so great to see him back with a lot of people who meant so much to him growing up and still mean a lot now. I feel like we have a whole new set of very close friends. And everyone was so nice and welcoming to me. I didn’t feel much like an outsider at all. We had such an awesome time that the night just flew by and before we knew it the band stopped playing and Gordon Biersch was closing.

Here are my many photos from the Class of ‘94 Kamehameha Schools reunion (for a good laugh, don’t overlook Dallas’s yearbook photo!):

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Sansei Seafood Restaurant and Sushi Bar

June 22nd, 2009 · 6 Comments

Dallas and I decided to go to dinner at Sansei because ever since we went there a couple years ago we have been talking about Chef D.K.’s delicious dungeness crab ramen. Also, I’d been emailing with Chef Carol Wallack about what restaurants she recommends in Hawaii (she splits her time between Chicago and Hawaii) and she said that Sansei was one of her favorites too.

This time we sat with all the locals at the sushi bar. Many of the things we tried were specials or things the sushi chef just gave us to try, so I don’t have the full descriptions, but everything was delicious. Eating seafood is one of my favorite things to do in Hawaii!

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Hawaiian Moi (a type of Threadfin) with Maui onions and truffle oil.

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Cajon seasoned Escolar (also marketed as “Butterfish”)

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Dungeness Crab Ramen with Asian Truffle Broth: Ramen with a black truffle butter dashi, julienne Thai basil, cilantro and diced jalapeno peppers with dungeness crab

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Hamachi Kama (neck of the fish)

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Kampachi carpaccio with thai pepper sauce

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Panko Crusted Ahi Sashimi Sushi Roll: Sashimi grade Hawaiian ahi, arugula and spinach wrapped into a sushi roll, panko-crusted, flash-fried and served with Sansei’s mild soy wasabi butter sauce

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Nigiri: Mackerel, Maguro, Escolar

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Kirin Light (me), Orion (Dallas)

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