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Kamehameha vs. ‘Iolani for the State Basketball Championship

March 10th, 2011 · No Comments

Kamehameha vs. ‘Iolani

That night our friend, Dallas’s fellow Kamehameha Schools classmate, Monte came to pick us up at our hotel. The Kamehameha boys basketball team was playing ‘Iolani for the state championship at the Stan Sheriff Center on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus. Last year Kamehameha lost the final game to ‘Iolani, so a lot was on the line.

Kamehameha Cheerleaders

We met up with a bunch of Dallas’s old classmates and some of their kids. Everyone was super excited. This was a big game.

Throughout the game the score was pretty close, within a few points. But then in the 3rd quarter Kamehameha went up and ‘Iolani could not get with it. Kamehameha ended up winning 64-53.

Monte took this horrible photo of us after the game (my camera’s fault, not Monte’s!):

Front: Healoha, Donovan, Dallas, Rachelle, Shannon, Keone. Back: BJ & Pam

After the game we went out to celebrate. Monte took us to a nearby sports bar called Rock Bottom (not the chain). Dallas’s classmate Alika was there and it was nice to see him again. At some point we were ushered into a seperate space and karoke began.

Nakanishi Twins on the left, wearing leis

That’s when I noticed we were partying with VIPs. Jessie Nakanishi, the Kamehameha Schools head coach, his twin brother and assitant coach Julian, and a few of the other Kamehameha Schools coaches were all there with us celebrating. Pretty crazy. The Nakanishis were one year behind Dallas’s class at Kamehameha schools. I was just watching this interview with Jesse. He looks so young!

Likelike Drive Inn

Later on that night, early in the morning, Monte took us to Likelike Drive Inn for breakfast. This place reminded me a lot of the Wailana Coffee House, a late-night spot we went to last time we were in town.

Monte, Rachelle

Loco Moco

I don’t know what Dallas and Monte got, but I dove into my loco moco with record speed! It was so delicious. Especially at 2:30 a.m.!

Ctrl-Alt-Rock Recap

February 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Sarah, Scott, Matt, Shannon :: Double Door, Wicker Park, Chicago

Scott & Jim :: Double Door, Wicker Park, Chicago

Laura, Margaret, Erin, Kevin :: Double Door, Wicker Park, Chicago

Caroline, Jocelyn, Justin, Chuck, Alicia :: Double Door, Wicker Park, Chicago

Rachelle, Justin, Chuck, Alicia, Timmy :: Double Door, Wicker Park, Chicago

Caroline, Jocelyn, Rachelle, Justin, Chuck, Alicia, Timmy :: Double Door, Wicker Park, Chicago

Scott & Rachelle :: Double Door, Wicker Park, Chicago

Here are a few of my favorite photos from Chicagoist’s Ctrl-Alt-Rock event on Thursday night. I think it was even more of a success than last year. We had 4 bands play and I negotiated a deal with Goose Island to get a few kegs of 312 Urban Wheat donated. Double Door agreed to sell the 312 for $3/cup and I put up a $300 tab so all of the 312 beer was either free or only $3. The bands were really great and probably about 300 – 400 (??) people came out even though it was only about 3 degrees outside. It was a fun time!

More recap here and more photos here and here.

Chicagoist Dinner

November 12th, 2006 · No Comments

Fajitas in a Steaming Cauldron :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

Erin, Scott, Chuck :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

Kevin Getting in the Way :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

Chuck, Justin, Thales, Sean :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

Shannon, Kevin, Joanna, Rob :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

Andy, Laura, Scott, James, Todd :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

Benjy & Jocelyn (Alicia, Erin, Olivia, Sarah) :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

Erin, Olivia, Sarah :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

We took the Chicagoist staff out on Friday night to Zapatista for a big, year-end, pat-on-the-back celebration. It’s great how everyone gets along so well. We all had an awesome time. The food at Zapatista was excellent (Chuck did a review here) and there was no shortage of sangria. Big thanks to Chuck for taking the lead and setting everything up. It made it easy so that all I had to do was show up with my credit card and have a good time.

Chicagoist Staff Happy Hour @ Piece

October 29th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Scott (Co-Editor) :: Piece, Wicker Park, Chicago

Kevin (Politics) & Todd (Sports) :: Piece, Wicker Park, Chicago

Todd (Sports) & Chuck (Food & Drink) :: Piece, Wicker Park, Chicago

Kevin (Politics), Todd (Sports), Chuck (Food & Drink), Shannon (Weekender), Caroline (Food & Drink), Scott (Co-Editor), Timmy (Weekender), Alicia (General), Jocelyn (General), Matt (General), Erin (Alum), Thales (Ask Chicagoist), Laura (Food & Drink), Olivia (General) :: Piece, Wicker Park, Chicago

Kevin (Politics) :: Piece, Wicker Park, Chicago

Shannon (Weekender), Caroline (Food & Drink), Timmy (Weekender), Alicia (General), Scott (Co-Editor), Jocelyn (General), Matt (General), Erin (Alum), Thales (Ask Chicagoist) :: Piece, Wicker Park, Chicago

On Thursday night most of the Chicagoist staff met up at Piece for pizza and beers. Except I somehow managed to stick to salad and diet soda (whoo hoo for my diet!). It’s always fun to get everyone together and remind each other that we’re real people behind all the emails and forum posts and site posts. We also got to meet 6 of the 8 newest contributors, which was really cool.

The Kitchen is the Heart of the Home

December 8th, 2002 · No Comments

When I think of grandma I picture her in her kitchen. Even though she is no longer with us, her kitchen still overflows with activity. The kitchen is the heart of her home. Dawn and Rachelle.