whenever people visit us here on oahu, we usually take them to leonard’s bakery during their stay. i might be one of the few people on this planet that actually doesn’t care for malasadas (those sugary fried dough balls pictured above)…only because i’m more of a chocolate-with-rainbow-sprinkles-donut kind of girl. however, that doesn’t stop me from introducing our guests to this bakery since 99% of the population really love these glorified donuts. (i personally take more interest in their cute pink boxes for their good design!) a few things to note: you may wait in a pretty long line if you come here because tour buses drop people off here in loads throughout the day. but if you go early in the morning, you might have a better chance of avoiding the crowds and getting a super fresh (and super hot!) malasada. enjoy!
reis and i had such a fun time with laura and peter during their visit last week. laura and i also spent some quality girl time together getting fried at the beach (i’m still waiting for my rudolph of a nose to turn into a tan). i love playing tourist when visitors are in town and going places i wouldn’t normally go if they weren’t here. but i equally love nights in where we cook dinner and it feels like our visitors live here. one night she dyed my hair while we watched the season finale of the bachelor and ate ice cream. it felt like we were right back in college when we were housemates and that kind of thing was the norm. miss those days! i’m so excited they will only be a drive away in a few months!
one of my best friends laura and her boyfriend peter came to visit reis and me for the week and it’s been SO much fun having them here!! we had a great weekend touring them around the island which included good food (+ plenty of dessert), good conversation, beach time, stops at our favorite coffee shops, our weekly trek to the north shore, and movie-watching.
acai bowls are really, really good. they are my favorite thing to eat for lunch and i always eat them the same: strawberries, bananas, and granola on top, no honey, hold the berries. but ya know what else? they are so expensive! especially in hawaii. with my recent shift to freelance life, we’ve had to adjust our monthly spending habits and a $10 bowl just isn’t in the everyday budget. so now we make our own. and they are just as tasty! here’s how i make mine:
