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I took video along the way....here are some moving scenes from the Zazzle Bay to Breakers 2012! May 20, 2012 in San Francisco

Bay to breakers 2012

Video uploaded from my mobile phone.

Bay to Breakers 2012!

We talked story with Melissa Rivera about the HGTV White Room Challenge

We caught up with Hawaii-based designer Melissa Rivera, who was just on HGTV's "White Room Challenge." Let's hear how it was to be on reality TV, w...

Our canal ride in Yanagawa, summarized in video with a farewell song by Mr. Nakagawa

Hachi is a very strong cat!

Here's a quick video of Kalakaua Ave. during the Waikiki Spam Jam, April 28, 2012. 30,000 people attended.

The inaugural Taste of the Nation Hawaii happens Sunday, April 29 from 6 pm at the Bishop Museum. Call 1-877-26TASTE for tickets.

Cat Toth and Val Ogi do the taiko challenge

When you go to RoboSquare, check out the Robot Samurai! I should have recorded this from the beginning but I was busy in the "photo booth." LOL

Here's what our double room looked like at the Dormy Inn. I thought it was small, but then I visited my friends at the Hotel Chisun (see related vi...

I thought our hotel room was small until I visited Val & Kyle at theirs! This looks like a cruise ship cabin....with the one porthole.

Hawaiian Airlines invited me and Cat on their inaugural flight to Fukuoka. Here, we talk about our goals for the trip.

We visited Zaifu in Fukuoka, a shrine dedicated to those who wish to do well in their studies. Vanessa Stewart of KHON shows us how to purify ourse...

Catherine Toth and Melissa Chang sample the Japanese version of McDonald's and their new menu items. You don't have to eat ramen to say you've eate...

Japanese dancers at the gate before we boarded the inaugural direct flight to Fukuoka on Hawaiian Airlines.

For some reason, Paulie Oatcakes (An apple-headed seal point Siamese) is suddenly obsessed with the bathroom faucet. He sits and stares at it when ...

If you're headed to Waikiki Beach Walk, here's my secret entrance to the parking.

This is a roughly assembled video, but I wanted to show you some things (like the teacup and slide) that can't be conveyed in my still photos at ww...

Just wanted to show you how close we get to the reindeer in this winter wonderland.

The Scottish Festival in Hawaii at The Willows. Here's a quick interview with Bill Cumerford. For more information visit www.scotshawaii.org

Photos and video don't do this justice, but hopefully you get an idea of what it was like when we drove to the Arctic Circle.

Just a couple quick shots of our drive back from Denali.

We visited the dog mushing puppies at Denali. March 2012

Donna Blackburn at A Moose in the Garden shows us how to make instant fog with hot water in Fairbanks.

Roommates @Tarazirker & @Frayed_laces are subletting a room and talk about what it's like to live where they are.

Trying to get Paulie Oatcakes to play with his felt ribbon but he just wants to yoga!

Tony "Ruption" Williams is officially my favorite poser! Just a few secs behind the scenes at sound check for the Hawaii Unite Music Fest 2/18/2012...

Cat Coore added his cello talent to the Third World performance at the Hawaii Unite Music Fest 2/18/2012

Ag intern Zack Barnes took us on a tour of Ono Farms in Hana.

We wanted to show you some of the scenic and/or delicious pit stops along the Road to Hana as you drive to Travaasa Hana. These places close early,...

We took a tour of The Marks Estate and found this old and very unusual Steinway piano. Aaron Landry took it for a test drive.

The Old Lahaina Luau opens their show with a special pule, or prayer, that was written especially for them by a local kumu.

Bixby Ho's lion dance troupe performs in Chinatown - January 2012

January 2012

The right way to make it. January 2012

Charene walks us through her listing at Kalani Iki Estates to show how she's staged it for sale.

Money talk: $775,000 fee simple

Contact: Charene D...

Grace Ho & Jennifer Lieu show us how to say it in Chinese!

Central YMCA held a two hour Jam A Thon on December 17, 2011.

Central YMCA held a two hour Jam A Thon on December 17, 2011.

Central YMCA held a two hour Jam A Thon on December 17, 2011.

The YMCA held a two hour dance event on December 17, 2011.

The YMCA held a two hour dance event on December 17, 2011.

The YMCA held a two hour dance event on December 17, 2011.

The YMCA held a two hour dance event on December 17, 2011.

The YMCA held a two hour dance event on December 17, 2011.

This historic home in Makiki Hts. is rarely available and subtly spectacular. Contact: Matt Brummel, Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties, 808-748-34...

You get a view of the forest and mountains all the way to Diamond Head and the ocean.