Daily Archives: August 6, 2012

11 posts

Let’s Try It: Hilah Cooking Chick-Fil-Gay

Well, now that the Chick-Fil-A brouhaha is dying down, you’re left still craving one of those delicious, fried chicken sandwiches. And probably down a couple friends on Facebook. What’s a hungry liberal to do? Well, we can always pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and head into the kitchen and make a sandwich of our own. And when we put our own sweat, tears and love into it, it just tastes better. Luckily, Hilah Cooking is here to help us out!! Continue reading

Discovering Lanai’s Shipwrecks and Petroglyphs with Pablo

Preface: Lanai is a small island just a stone’s throw from Maui. It used to be the world’s largest pineapple plantation. The plantation was replaced by two ultra-swanky resorts when Dole realized that it was much cheaper to grow pineapples in Third World countries. Recently, Oracle’s Larry Ellison bought 98% of the island for half a billion dollars.

While on Maui about eight years ago, I decided to take the ferry to Lanai for a one-day jaunt. Tackling the Munro Trail in a 4×4 was my goal. Lonely Planet suggested an outfit that rented sturdy Land Rovers. A phone call quickly revealed that the company went kaput. Continue reading