Aloha everyone, it’s Friday! I can’t believe its been a month since I last wrote something here. Things have been crazy as you can imagine. I’m going through a ton of stuff here, bidding on projects and trying to make the transition over to focus on my photography. You see, my goal for this year ...
Aloha everyone, it’s Friday! Man, it’s been one of those days. I’ve got 18 million things on my todo list and more stuff keeps on accumulating quicker than I can check items off! Well, at least I’m getting this newsletter off! Priorities, ya know? Because of all the feedback I got when I wrote about ...
Aloha everyone, it’s Friday! Sorry for that last AF being so short. At least there were a couple good photos in there though, right? Anyhow, what I want to talk about today is lenses… Remember, what I write about here is just a guide based on my opinions. There is no law to any of ...
Aloha everyone, it’s Friday! I was going to write a long article about lenses, but its late Thursday night and I’m beat! Been cruising around this island for almost two months now pretty much non stop so I need a little sleep. However, I am going to post a few photos here that I think ...
Aloha everyone, it’s Friday! Here’s what we’re going to cover today: How to make salt, Getting started in Photography Alright, here we go… How to make salt First lets look at the difference between table salt and sea salt. Table salt is heat blasted, chemically treated, mixed with iodine and anti-caking agents to basically ...
Aloha, it’s Friday! Got plenty of stuff on my mind today so I’m going to race through it and give you the quick update of what’s been going on the last few months. OK, buckle up, here we go. So, I’m now an official Maui Firefighter. <- Bet you wish you could like that! ...
In this issue: Finishing up Panama! Aloha everyone, it’s Friday! Took a week off, but I’m back for more! 3 times in one month! When was the last time that happened? Alright, anyway, let’s get back to Panama… We left Bocas del Toro on an early morning flight back to Panama City where we caught ...
In this issue: Bocas del Toro, Panama continued… Hey, hey! Two weeks in a row, whaddya know! First off, thank you for the responses to the last Aloha Friday. I’ve learned that those pretty flower-like plants are called Coleus. And got a suggestion that the rock sculpture thing could be fossilized trees that had fallen ...
In this issue: Panama! Panama-a-a-a-a-a!!! (That’s my Van Halen reference, in case you didn’t catch it…) Alright, let’s see… Maybe I should re-introduce myself to y’all, since I’ve been out of touch for so long. Hi, I’m Mike. OK, so got that out of the way, let’s go to Panama… First stop on our 33 ...
Aloha everyone, it’s Friday! Wow, what a long strange trip its been so far this year! We’ve had more excitement than we can shake a broom at, and it just keeps coming… Let me fill you in on the latest batch of info. A little over two years ago 2700 people applied for a position ...
Aloha everyone, it's Friday! I know, it's just a working title, anyway. Maybe we should start making these quarterly newsletters instead of weekly ones... I'm not doing a very good job of staying on top of this. But here's why: I was getting ready for my wedding! Yes, the one day of your life that is truly all about you (well, if you're the bride, anyway). ...
In This Issue: Mahalos for a fantastic 2010, The culmination of The Kalaupapa Canoe Project ...
This is going to be a real quick newsletter, just to share a few things and some photos/video from the Kamali'i project...
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Well, Thursday night, but by the time most of you get this, it will be FRIDAY!!! I know you're confused since I just sent you an Aloha Friday just a few weeks ago. But you know, I really enjoy writing these entertaining newsletters. Some are littered with facts and events and some are just for fun. This is a fun one. With a lot of shock value to some... Let's jump right in...
Aloha everyone, it's Friday! First off, thank you all for the congratulatory emails. I had a feeling I'd get a few, but didn't know that everyone would be sending me messages! But at this point I have to apologize to everyone for not being clear on something...
Hey What are the chances? It seriously IS Friday this time!!! Thank goodness, an Aloha Friday that actually comes out on a Friday. And speaking of giving thanks, that's exactly what I want to do right now...
Wednesday, Friday, whatever. As many of you know by now, especially all you Facebook junkies (you know who you are)... I got engaged about a week and a half ago. So, most of this newsletter is going to be dedicated to that...
For those of you who don't know, a few weeks ago my younger brother, Steve, passed away. It was a sudden death, one caused by his own hand. ...
In This Issue: Vancouver and Chicago Trips, Firefighter Testing, The Maui Film Festival Aloha eveyone, it’s Friday! Seriously, it IS Friday!!! Man after being back on the island for a week now, it certainly feels good to be home on the weekend! Alright, let’s dive right in… Vancouver / Chicago As you know, last time ...
Alright, you got me, it's Tuesday. Maybe I should start off by introducing myself. Considering I haven't written an AF newsletter in over 2 months... I know, I'm a slacker... Got a lot of cool stuff today though, and I promise I'll make up for it by attaching a lot of pictures.... ...
A quick trip up Mauna Kahalawai in Northwest Maui produces a plethora of pictures, an update coming for The ETP, and a plug for Facebook...
In This Issue: I apologize profusely (alright, well I'll make a note, anyway) for not sending an update sooner. Also, updates to the Earth Trot website, a painting project gone awry, coaching outrigger canoe paddling and an update to the Earth Trot Project...
In This Issue: We finish our journey through the islands of the Philippines, stopping at Malapascua and on to Cebu before flying back to Maui. Also, bonus pictures from a great photo shoot of my friend Caroline in traditional Hawaiian hula attire...
In This Issue: We continue our journey through Sipalay, Dumagete and Bohol in the Philippines, Talk about ripoff automotive places and I wish you all a very safe and merry holiday season. Now let's get started... ...
Thank you to everyone who ordered calendars. I really appreciate it and together we'll do great things! Not only will you be happy with the pictures, but you should also know that all the profits are going straight to The Earth Trot Project. I haven't updated the graphic with how much we've raised so far, but right now I think we're really close to about $1,000! I'll look at the account soon and update it...
Aloha everyone, and Mabuhay! That's about the only Filipino word I learned, and I'm not really even sure what that means, but I've been told it means "long life," but its used kinda like we use "aloha," for just about everything. ...
Aloha everyone, it's Friday! Well actually, it's Thursday. And TECHNICALLY it's Wednesday night. But there's a reason I'm sending this AF off today and not on Friday. But we'll get to that...
Aloha everyone, it's Friday! Let me start off this Friday by saying that this is by far THE MOST IMPORTANT Aloha Friday I've ever sent off. In this issue I'm going to disclose to you the details of a project I've been working on diligently for over a year. One that you are all quite involved with already and one that will see me giving away $50,000. I hope that keeps you salivated enough to read on...
Aloha, it's Friday!! I really didn't mean for it to be so long before writings, but I'm sure you've all grown accustomed to my lack of consistency. Guess, I'm not really cut out for a desk job with deadlines, huh? Remember when I used to be good at getting these things out to you every week? Oh, yea, that's when I was pretty much unemployed. No clients were sending me work... if only there was a way I could get paid for just writing these things.... hmmm...
Aloha, it's Friday!! Bet ya weren't expecting an Aloha Friday this soon after the last one were ya? Well, today is a special day, so I thought I would pay tribute to it...
Aloha, it's Friday!! Well, you wanna hear my excuse this time? It's a good one, seriously. I have been meaning to write, honest... then this story fell into my lap. I've unfortunately had to cancel my ambitious plans to travel through the Philipines and China for this year. In fact, I probably won't be doing much traveling at all this year. You see, I was just set back my entire traveling fund by a ridiculous situation that occured a few weeks ago...
Aloha, it's Friday!! Another month has come and gone and yes, once again I've slacked on sending out Aloha Fridays. This should be a Aloha monthly newsletter instead of weekly... Anyway, It's Friday and I've got a bunch I wanna cover today, so sit back and buckle up...
loha, it's Friday!! I can't believe I've let a month pass without writing. I know, its terrible. You know what's even worse? I don't have much for you this week. Even the pictures are weak. But oh, well. I'll make the best I can of it, so let's go, maybe I'll remember something extremely interesting as I type this out...
Aloha, it's Friday!! Whew, boys and girls how's everyone doing today? I'm a bit tired, was up all night with my new girl Sylphia. She is something else, let me tell ya! In fact she's sleeping right behind me right now, but I think I'm going to have to wake her up again pretty soon... Wow, what a woman...
Nah, I didn’t forget about you! What? Oh, you forgot about me.. hmmmm…. Well, maybe this will help respark the electrons floating around your cerebellums: GO CUBBIES!!!!! Yea, got ya back, didn’t I? I know you missed me! For real, I’m super sorry for not writing in a while. I’ve been meaning to, but you ...
Aloha everyone! Sorry it has taken me so long to get one of these off to you. I didn't know if these were getting sent out or not. I got very few responses from the last one. It must have either not gotten to everyone or you all found it completely boring. Then again, I know there are only a handful of you that actually read these anyway...
Aloha Arequipa, Costa Rica and Guatemala! Well, this will be the last Aloha Friday for my South America trip. I'm sorry about taking a couple weeks off, but things have been pretty crazy out here. Anyway, so last time I wrote you I was in Puno, Peru up by Lake Titicaca...
Aloha Lago Titicaca! Good morning everyone! So, after Machu Picchu, I headed back to Cuzco and arrived at about 5:00p or so. I decided instead of spending another night in that town (remember, it was pretty damn cold here..) that I would hop on a bus to Copacabana, Bolivia. So I found a bus that was departing later that evening and got on board...
Aloha Machu Picchu! Here we go. It's 5:00am and I'm sitting at the bus stop waiting for the first bus to arrive. I wanted to get to the summit before the crowds of people. I knew that would be difficult, but I felt it would also give me the best opportunity for photographs...
Aloha Peru! Onward we march to the depths of Peru! So as you previously read (assuming that you read), you'll recall that I was leaving the Galapagos Islands and heading to Peru. When I left the Galapagos I flew into Guayquil in Ecuador. From the airport there I found a flight that would take me to Lima for a night and then off to Cuzco bright and early the next morning...
Aloha Galapagos! Ya'll ready for this? Two weeks in a row. How you like me now? Alright, so as you may recall, last week I had somehow made it to the airport after 3 hours of sleep and found a flight to the Galapagos Islands for 8:30 in the morning. So that's where I'm at now... ...
Aloha Ecuador! It's a damn good thing I picked up that Spanish book on the way to the airport... But first... Congratulations to the 2007 Chicago Cubs. No they didn't win the World Series (but did we really expect that?) but they did finish the season strong and did win their division. I'm happy that we had a winning season at least. And let's not forget, we just did win the World Series in [19] '07 and '08. Next year starts today, and with the introduction of our new shortstop Alex Rodrigues, we should be pretty solid. I'm expecting a bright future for our boys in blue...
Aloha everyone, it's Friday! Alright its not, but I won't be here this friday, so you're getting your lovin' now... I actually leave in a few hours for my South America trip, so I'm going to make this real quick.. Just wanted to give you all a heads up if I don't respond to your emails or phone calls for a while. I'll be back in front of the computer at the end of September some time, so I'll respond to you all then...
Aloha everyone, it's Friday! OK, so its Tuesday, but I'm thinking about taking the next two days off, so its kinda like Friday... You know I want to talk about the Cubs, but since they've lost 8 of their last 10 or something like that I'm going to hold off and just let you know that the season is not over yet. So Cub fans, stay calm, we've got 50 games to go... anything can happen!...
Aloha everyone, it's Friday! How 'bout them CUBBIES!!!! For those of you living under a rock, or who just aren't interested (shame on you) The Chicago Cubs have won 11 of their last 13 games to climb to only 4.5 games back of the division leading Brewers. Our middle relief has been fantastic, and the hitting has really come around. The Cubs are now playing to their full potential. I'll be honest, I don't think they are a world series caliber team yet, but they could easily make a run into the playoffs. Then next year when we pick up A-Rod and Griffey Jr. we'll be a force to reckon with...
Aloha everyone, it's Friday! Yea, that was only about what 2 weeks since I sent the last AF off? So, I'm getting better at making this a weekly occurrence again. Twice a month is much better than its been in years though, actually. I mean if you go back and check out the archives, this is the first double issue month since I've been posting them online...
Aloha everyone, it's Friday! Hope everyone is doing well. It's been a few weeks, and during that time many things have happened. My brother came in town for a week, my old teacher from the CIA came in right after my brother left, and of course, Betsy left...
Aloha everyone! Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there. Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you (I swear I start out every newsletter like that, don’t I?). I really am going to get better at this. I’ve been running around like crazy lately with a bunch of new ...
Aloha everyone! Hope you are all doing well, staying warm and dry (unless you’re out here in Hawaii, then I hope you’re staying cool and wet – surf more). I’ve got some big news to cover today that will change a lot about the way I live and my future, but I’ll save that for ...
Aloha everyone! Let's see, it's pretty late over here, so I'm going to try to bust through this as efficiently as possible as I have to be in a canoe in a few hours to teach people how to paddle... First off, let's set the record straight about Da Bears and their Super Bowl appearance. The better team won. Yep, its as simple as that. You can argue if you want, but when it comes down to it, the Bears were outplayed...
Aloha Everyone! Yea, yea, yea.... I know. It's been forever since I last sent out an AF. The problem was I didn't have any pictures to send with one. And because I know many of you don't even read this and skip right to the pictures anyway, I felt it was best to wait and send out a good one when I had pictures...
Aloha Everyone! I know you're probably a little overwhelmed I'm sending another AF out only 2 weeks since the last one arrived. And since most of you are likely to be still reading the last one, I'll keep this a lot shorter so you can get on with the pictures and the rest of your day...
Aloha Everyone! For those of you who haven’t heard, I’m fireproof. Well kinda. My right hand is pretty charred with second degree burns, but the rest of me has survived quite well. As you can imagine, typing is rather difficult and this AF will take me a good amount of time to complete for sure, ...
Aloha Everyone! Damn, that's two Aloha emails in a month, maybe I'm starting to get back on track... probably not, but maybe... Getting prepared over here for our trip to Bali, Indonesia next weekend. I'm starting to get pretty stoked. I guess we end up getting into Denpasar at around 9:30pm. So we'll try to find a place to crash around the airport the first night probably...
Aloha Everyone! Wow, I can’t believe I’ve let two months slide and still not given you a dosage of your cure for the summertime blues. Well, here’s your LONG awaited Aloha. It’s been quite a wild ride the last two months. I haven’t had much of a chance to sit down and write like this, ...
Aloha Everyone! I couldn’t wait until Friday to tell you about the crazy day I had on Saturday, so let’s dig right in… So you all know that I’ve been heavily involved with Outrigger Canoe Racing now since January. I know I mentioned in the last Aloha newsletter that I won my first two races ...
loha Everyone! So it's actually Friday today. I can't remember the last time I sent out an Aloha Friday on a Friday. Alright, let's dig right in... It's baseball season. Cubs are 5-3 as of right now, but should continue to improve on that record today versus the pirates. Even without Prior and Wood the Cubs are looking pretty good. Though what's up with Carlos Zambrano? Yikes, he's having a rough start. Ah, but don't you worry, he's my boy and he'll come around just fine. I really like the new lineup. Juan Pierre and Jacque Jones are good additions to the lineup and I'm really liking Matt...
Aloha Everyone! I know I promised you more Aloha newsletters, and you've probably given up on me by now, but if you haven't, stay with me. I have a good reason for not writing in a while.... I was actually working on writing an Aloha Friday a little over a month ago, when that was put on hold by an insane situation that I'm going to describe now...
Aloha, It's Friday -er actually, it's Monday. Dang. I know. It's been over two months and no Aloha. Where's the Aloha? I got so many emails from inquiring friends and family and the reason I didn't want to write an aloha before now was because I wanted to show everyone how our kitchen was coming along. But instead of the project taking two to three weeks, it took two to three months. I had started writing the story of the whole grueling process, but it would fill up thirty or more paragraphs, and I just don't feel like writing that much. And I'm sure you wouldn't feel like reading that much,...
Aloha, It's Friday. Well, I'm back from my trip, and though it wasn't exactly as I anticipated, it was a great time! If you remember, Betsy and I were going to a wedding in Denver, well that was great. Betsy's folks flew out for the wedding as it was for one of her closest friends since kindergarten. It was a nice time with nice weather. After the wedding, Betsy flew back to Maui bright and early the next morning. It was a good move on her part because it got COLD a few days later...
loha, It's Friday. Another month, and I'm still slackin' on sending these "weekly" emails. Ah, well, it has been a productive month at the least.... Let's see, last time I left off telling you about our dinner at Ferraro's at the Four Seasons. Yea, that was great. In fact, it was so good, we're going back this weekend. A little weekend getaway, Betsy and I will be checking into our suite at the Four Seasons Saturday morning and enjoying the rest of the weekend at the resort...
Aloha, It's Friday. I can't believe its been over a month since I last wrote. Dang.... Anyway, here's what you missed.... Betsy's parents came for a visit shortly after my last email. This was there first time in Maui. In fact, it was there first time seeing a palm tree. Or the Ocean. Heck, it was there first time on a plane since the 70's. Yea, what a trip...
Aloha, it's Friday. Well, the big news is I launched Earth Trot this morning. This is a project I've had on the back burner for nearly a year. I'm very excited to finally have it done and uploaded. The site is basically an online journal containing my photography, downloadable screensavers and of course, these cherished "Aloha Friday" emails. As we are halfway through the year, and I've just converted all the old AF's to pages on the site (well the ones from this year anyway), I've realized how much I've slacked in sending these to you. What can I say? I've been busy. Real busy, actually....
It's 7:30am, back to the grindstone. Aloha, by the way. I've been meaning to write this email for a long time, but this morning I finally am getting around to doing it. The last few weeks have been hectic. I've had to share my office with visitors who have been using it as a bedroom. We've had three people out here in the last three weeks. I guess all this talking about how great it is out here has really made people want to come visit. Either that or you really miss us. Doubtful...
Aloha everyone! I got a lot of emails last time asking for more pictures of the house… So here’s a huge barrage of photos of the house, including some before and after pics. As you can see from the images below, we’ve been doing a lot of work trying to make the house a little ...
Aloha everyone! I know, I know, it's been too long. You've forgotten how much you enjoyed getting your "weekly" dose of Aloha. Well hell, I've been busy. Real busy, actually. But today I have a few minutes to shoot you off an email and let you know how its going out here... ...
It's been about two months or so, I think, since I've last written an Aloha weekly email. And just recently it seems like many of you have been commenting on that. Thanks, I appreciate your interest. Well, I'm back...nananananananananaaa...