Okinawa Hai!

CONTRIBUTED BY MARY RICHARDSON Round 1 is a super sports/game complex near the Convention Center. My husband and I checked it out last Sunday. We have no children, so it was kind of a date. We had a great time. (Understatement, I had to pry my 40- year old husband away from the arcade at [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER GELORMINE This past week, I got adventurous. I decided to take a trip with my kids… to Toys R Us in Naha. {cue eerie music here} We were only there for a quick look-see, but on our way out of the store we heard the melodious tones of children laughing and shrieking. [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER GELORMINE OK, I’ll admit it: it’s been a couple years since I was a teen. *coughs*  And I’ve never been a teen living on Okinawa, plus my older child is just barely past the age where I allow her to cross the quiet street in front of our house without holding her [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER NORDELL I thoroughly love being a stay at home Mom. I am so glad I am able to stay home and spend time with my girls. Of course being a stay at Mom is not all sunshine and rainbows. It is very hard work and truthfully it can get a bit lonely. [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER NORDELL Since I was little I have loved to watch people bowl. There is something about watching the ball roll quickly down the lane and knocking all of the pins over – it really is a beautiful sport. Now if I was the one bowling it would be more like “watching the [...]

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Another great indoor option for the kids brought to you by Julia!   Last summer was brutal. We stayed on-island the entire time and by the end of the summer I was getting burnt out trying to keep the kids entertained while also trying to beat the heat.  It was already unbearably hot by 9 [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER NORDELL World War II ended on August 15, 1945. In Japan the day is known as Shuusen-kinenbi (終戦記念日), which literally means the “Memorial day for the end of the war”. In 1982 the Japanese government issued an ordinance that designated August 15 to be “the day for mourning of war dead and [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY JOELLE YAMADA It’s like stepping into a wonderland.  Green “grass” covers the floor, beautiful blue sky with fluffy clouds and beaming sun cover the walls and even ribbons in rainbow colors hang from the ceiling.  And there in the center of the room is the adorable alligator, filled with nobbly balls and other [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY DIANA MIDDLETON Hello shoppers, you’ll be thrilled to know that I stumbled upon a strip of glory. This week I wanted to cover a familiar shopping site, but as I was leaving Jakkepoes (I’m still dreaming about those pancakes …), I came across this fabulous strip mall. Now I have to tell you, [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY LAN Well, we’re all housebound or bound to the bases, so I’m sure the last thing you all want to look at is another house, so I’ll save that post for next week. With our first weekend almost behind us being practically bound to our off-base home, I found myself doing things that [...]

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