Weekly Wishes #4

Posted In: Weekly Wishes
Hello and welcome to Weekly Wishes!! an awesome link-up created by Melyssa from The Nectar Collective, as a way to breakdown our own goals/wishes for the week, as well as share positivity and motivation to others. I think the idea of creating some goals/wishes before the week begins is a great way to start fresh and with a focused mi[...]
Motobu, Okinawa

Summerfest at Ocean Expo Park

Posted In: Okinawa
Happy Monday! to all of you stateside and Happy Tuesday! to all of you on this side of the world ;) Last Saturday, we ventured on to Nago (my favorite city) to see a magical show of fireworks at the Summer Festival. Every year a large number of people show up for this summer festival featuring the largest firework display in Okinawa. The festival takes place[...]
Ginowan, Okinawa

Cactus Eatrip – Ginowan

Posted In: Okinawa | Okinawa Eats
I wrote this as a guest post for Jess over at Foreign Room. She wanted me to write a post as a spin off to her series East vs. West with Little City Adventures and feature my favorite lunch spot in Okinawa. If you're a long time reader then you've probably seen this little shop on the blog before, if not, then i present to you Cactus Eatrip.[...]

DIY: Canvas Wall Art

Posted In: Home
We have a big living room with large plain white walls and over the (ugly) air conditioner there was a nice square spot that needed a little something, something. While searching Pinterest for ways to give our living rooms some pops of colors i saw a some canvas covered with scrapbook paper as wall art and i decided this was something i wanted to[...]

Weekly Wishes #3

Posted In: Weekly Wishes
Hello and welcome to Weekly Wishes!! an awesome link-up created by Melyssa from The Nectar Collective as a way to breakdown our own goals/wishes for the week, as well as share positivity and motivation to others. I think the idea of creating some goals/wishes before the week begins is a great way to start fresh and with a focused mindset.[...]
Yomitan, Okinawa

The Fourth of July in Yomitan Village

Posted In: Okinawa
For some reason 4th of July has been the holiday G and I have been able to celebrate together throughout the years. This 4th of July we decided to spend the day at the beach with friends. The day before we saw a post on Facebook about a 'Jazz and Salsa Festival' open to both Americans and Okinawans at the Army Base and since it was taking place by the bea[...]