Carrot oddities

At the launch for Melanie Kosaka's Lei Fresh Hawaii-grown food app at Cafe Julia, Whole Foods brought along some carrots for display, including these oddities that look like a pig's foot and claw or bottom of a deformed doll. (More pornographic ones were left behind I was told.)

Everyone needs a little pink dress, right?

This RED Valentino dress stopped me in my tracks at Neiman Marcus, with its sheerest silk chiffon floating over crinoline. Must. Try. On.

Indestructible parrot perch

Persephone enjoys the guava perch built by Leila Fujimori. It's one of the few kinds of wood that can stand up to a parrot's beak.

Island flowers

I don't take enough time to appreciate flowers:

Lizard pose

I  can't believe this lizard stuck around the pots in my yard long enough for me to get this portrait. I took dozens of photos and it was just looking at me, turning its head in different ways to get a better look, which made it look like it really was posing for portraits.

Bird art

A bird started this nest that I found on the ground this morning. I love their handiwork, weaving natural and unnatural materials together including straw, ferns, twigs and polyester. I could do this with my mouth!

Dinner at Asuka Nabe + Shabu Shabu

Had a delicious meal of ribeye and pork loin shabu shabu at Asuka Nabe + Shabu Shabu restaurant in Kaimuki, with sides of lobster balls, mixed mushrooms (shimeji, oyster, king, shiitake and enoki), pork- and-chicken meatballs, pumpkin, choy sum and baby bok choy. Yum, yum, yum. Easy to have eyes bigger than your stomach here.