Today, I’ve upgraded to WordPress 2.5.1 from 2.2.2 sucessfully via the Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin. Everything went well, except it didn’t reactive my plugins….oh well, I just activated it manually. So far, there’s no problem as I can see.
The updated version of WordPress includes over 70 fixes. Here are some of the highlights:

Performance improvements for [...]

The Annual LGBTQ Pride Parade just wrapped up a few moments ago. The parade started around 9am and began at Magic Island, Ala Moana Beach park, through Waikiki on Kalakaua Avenue and concluded at Kapiolani Park.

Here’s photo highlights from last night’s show with Society of Seven LV (Las Vegas) and “American Idol” finalist Jasmine Trias. This was Jasmine’s debut performance with the group in front of a packed crowd. The show runs nightly (except Mondays) thru July 31. Go check it out, it’s a great and fun show for the [...]

The Noto Kiriko Matsuri at this year’s Pan-Pacific Matsuri Parade on June 8, 2008.

More photos coming soon.

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Many folks in the islands have the day off today in honor of King Kamehameha Day, a public holiday of the state of Hawaii. The holiday honors Kamehameha the Great, who united the Hawaiian Islands in 1795.
In celebration of King Kamehameha Day, a floral parade was held this past weekend from Downtown Honolulu and ending [...]

Move over Obama Girl, the Obama Girls just outnumbered you!
The Obama Girls, a 15-member hula troupe from Obama City in Japan, participated in this year’s 29th Annual Pan-Pacific Festival - Matsuri In Hawaii over the weekend. The festival was a 3-day event that started on Friday with a block party and ended with [...]

Thousands of locals and tourists gathered on Kalakaua Avenue for the 3rd Annual WAIKIKI by MOONLIGHT on Saturday night. The event featured great food from various restuarants and lots of local entertainment including Halau Hula Olana, Teresa Bright, Kalapana, Mana’o Company and of course, the legendary band from Japan, TUBE.

Last night, a popular Japanese band called TUBE (chuubu) performed for a large crowd at this year’s WAIKIKI by MOONLIGHT block party on Kalaukaua Avenue. Every year the group or a member of the group comes to Hawaii every year to present a donation to Easter Seals Hawaii.
This year was very special one, instead of [...]