Post car show, we decided to walk across the street and eat at 678 Hawaii, since it was still relatively early and we didn't need to fight for parking. Regardless of how early in the evening it was, we still had to wait for a table for about 30 minutes, I guess because our party was so large. Once we were seated, the magic began. Since we were three sets of couples, one ordered the wagyu set, me and Kevin ordered the pork set, and our other friends ordered the beef set (I think). 

678 Hawaii is always a tasty experience. I introduced my friends to pork jowl that night, and the overall consensus was that it was the best thing on the table! Don't be afraid of jowl! 

Unlike last year, this year, I had a specific car I wanted to see. I've been wanting to check out the Fiat 500X:

I think it's cute like the Fiat 500, but it's like a mid size SUV. I chose that car with a family in mind, which kind of turned out to be a stressful and frustrating thing. I've never actually liked SUV's. The only one that I would really like to own is  Range Rover, and those are damn expensive, so that's out of the picture. I've never bought my own car. I drive a Nissan Maxima, but it's 2001 and given to me by my parents after they got a new car. So, although the car is mine, it's not really mine. You know what I mean?

Considering that it's from 2001, I'm recently having more and more problems with it. I just had to replace the alternator, I've had to replace the windshield, and I'm going to have to replace the tires soon. I know that's just normal wear and tear, but it's annoying (especially the alternator part).  So I'm going to probably need a new car by the end of the year. Thing is, I just don't know what I would like for myself. After deciding to look at cars just for myself, without a family in mind, I settled on the Subaru WRX. I know, I know. We made many jokes about how I'd be the coolest mom at the school, and how I'd get my kids there in five minutes flat. But truth be told, it has a five-star safety rating, and it's spacious. So, there you go. 

I shall now leave you with a massive photo dump, mainly of exotics (because that's what I would really want instead of a Subaru). 

It was on my Instagram. It was all over my Facebook. There was no escaping the alarmingly purple stack of pancakes that were ube pancakes. Everywhere I looked, there they were. It almost seemed as if all of my friends were going over to Oahu just so they could taunt me with pictures. But, in March, I finally managed to taste the fabled ube pancakes for myself. 

Ube is purple yam. Most people might know it better as Okinawan sweet potato. I think they are the same thing, but I am not entirely sure, so please correct me if I am wrong. Ube is the Tagalog word for it. It is very, very purple. But, more on that later. First, where can you get it?

Yogurstory is located right next to Sorabol (which has awesome Korean food, btw), which is right across the street from Walmart on Ke'eamoku St. It looks kind of small from the outside, but it is actually a two-story restaurant, and it's really cute inside! The wait was maybe around 20-30 minutes. It was crowded on a Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. 

I wanted to try a technique that I've been seeing often, but I had no idea what it was called. Recently I found a tutorial video by Nailist TV calling it a "peacock" technique:

 

So, I figured I could replicate this with regular nail polish if I used thick enough coats. Mmm...that didn't work out too well. 

The picture on the left is my inspiration, the picture on the right is my attempt. 

I noticed that Waialae Ave is becoming a much hipper place. There's graffiti (the artsy kind, not the crappy kind), we heard a band practicing, and there are more boutiques than I remember. I wish I had the time to check it out in the daytime! But, we did take advantage of the graffiti.