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Tales of menehune in the night, and encounters with Pele.

Selections from...
Obake Files - by Glen Grant

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Have a Happy and Safe Halloween :)
- Siena and Toast

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the graves at "obake park"

Who is confronted by hauntings and ghosts?

A lesbian couple on Oahu, a family of four on summer vacation, and a sampan bus driver, alone on his last run of the night.

Selections from...
Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales, 5 - by Rick Carroll
Obake Files - by Glen Grant

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Happy Halloweeny :)
- Siena and Toast

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Audio excerpts from our conversation with Daniel Ho and wife Lydia, and selections from He Nani by Daniel and Tia Carrere.

Congrats Cheryna, winner of the Aloha Pumehana CD by Darlene Ahuna!

Contest to win He Nani - enter by:
-joining the GMG community

Tales from our weekend of doing three gigs

Congrats to the 3 Winners of our March Contest!
Viv, David, and Holland won autographed copies of the CD 'Ikena by Tia Carrere and Daniel Ho

Featured Song
"Pahala We Go" by Herb Ohta Jr. and Daniel Ho, from the album 2 to 3 Feet - Ukuleles in Paradise 3

Other Links
Hula Halau O Puanani Ha'aheo

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Carrere's win 'not worthy' according to Lee Cataluna in the Honolulu Advertiser, Feb. 12, 2009

The Recording Academy, a.k.a. National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, or NARAS

Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts (a.k.a. HARA)

Conscious Life Expo

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Five things weddings teach us about life, letter from a listener in U.S. Navy Officer Candidate School.  (Pictured: some jewelry Siena made for Kate of "Jon and Kate Plus 8")

Ongoing Contest
The Prize: Grammy publication Summer Travel Issue
Enter By: Sharing a fun summertime drink in the comments, or email us at mail at girlmeetsgirlpodcast dot com

Links in this Ep
Jon and Kate Plus 8
Broom and Gride
SpayThem.org
L.A. Spay/Neuter Ordinance

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Post your summertime drinks below!

Earthquakes in California and in Hawaii, Listener Questions like "What's a soundcheck?" "Who made the first move?" and How to pay $12 for a $69 lei

New Contest
The Prize: Grammy publication Summer Travel Issue
Enter By: Sharing a fun summertime drink in the comments, or email us at mail at girlmeetsgirlpodcast dot com

Links in this Ep
Jon and Kate Plus 8
MAKENA's gig calendar

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Some of the things you must do when visiting Hawaii, the islands' presence in tech culture.

Congratulations to "Devin" who won the 'ukulele license plate frame, courtesy of DHC Designs!

Featured Song
"Simple Life" by Melissa Lewis

Links in this Ep
Instead of posting the link to the blog of the Bun In The Oven couple, Jenny and Tanya, well, you have to email them to get the link: jenfabulous at gmail dot com.

Must Do's in Hawaii
Puka Dog - Hawaiian hot dogs (Kauai, Oahu)
Kanemitsu Bakery & Restaurant (Molokai)
"Ono's" on Kapahulu (Oahu)
Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve (Oahu)
The Lodge at Ko'ele (Lanai)
Manele Bay (Lanai)
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Big Island)
Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National History Park (Big Island)
May Day news coverage in Hawaii
New Year midnight fireworks in Hawaii

Island Presence in Tech Culture
Bento - personal database software
Wiki / Wikipedia - an online user-powered database

Other
Holisticat.com, holistic treatments for cats
Melissa Lewis
DHC Designs

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Siena lies down thru this entire episode.  Haupia recipe in pidgin, about huli huli chicken, lomi lomi salmon, Big Island Candies,  beaches, volcanoes, and canned air.

New Contest
The Prize: 'ukulele license plate frame from DHC Designs
Enter By: sharing your "must do" for when you visit Hawaii

Featured Song
"Good Enough" by MAKENA

Links in this Ep
DHC Designs
Big Island Candies
Volcanoes National Park, The Big Island, Hawaii

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Hawaiian Food 101, Hawaiian falsetto singing, how to say "I love you" in Hawaiian.

New Contest
The Prize: 'ukulele license plate frame from DHC Designs
Enter By: sharing your "must do" for when you visit Hawaii

Featured Song
"I Kona" by Steven Espaniola

Links in this Ep
DHC Designs
Steven Espaniola
Bach Flower
Hyland's homeopathics

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Theme
Names and nicknames.  (Pictured: Siena and the nuclear papaya)
 
Congratulations to Amanda, winner of The LN magazine!

New "Contest" - we want your thoughts
How do you feel about a possible Girl Meets Girl daily edition?  Would you listen?  What's the ideal show length for you?  Any topics, features, or benefits you're interested in, etc.?  Comment below this episode's show notes or email us at mail [at] girlmeetsgirlpodcast [dot] com.  Thanks!

Links in this Ep
* Hui Pono Holoholona on the East side of The Big Island of Hawaii is looking for a 50-100 sq. ft. lot to (even temporarily) relocate approximately 60 stray and feral cats, who will otherwise be euthanized...maybe within days.  If you can help, please email owlit [at] netzero [dot] net.  It might not be too late!  Thank you!

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We barely planned this one!  Veeeery casual, lots of laughing, and some moments of barely planned silence.

Here are the links to the videos of etolix doing tricks with diabolos!
part one
part two

Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Happy Spring/Fall Equinox!
Happy Easter!

Take care everybody,
Toast & Siena
MAKENA
www.MAKENAmusic.com

Featured Topic
Ghost stories - real and heard - growing up in Hawaii.  Pele, menehune, night marchers, obake, and more.  We recorded this late at night; a neighbor's cat was clawing at the screen door and scared us to death when it jumped up onto our windowsill.

* To contribute financial support to help those affected by the recent SoCal fires, make checks payable to "American Red Cross" with the memo field as "SoCal Wild Fires" and send to: ABC 7 Firestorm, P.O. Box 5967, Glendale, CA  91221

Featured Song
"Good Enough" by MAKENA * video on YouTube * song on iTunes

UPDATE -- message from Chad in Iraq: makena,
i got your package the other day but this is the first time ive been able to write. my unit had jus come off a long patrol then my friend grabbed me and said that i had a package from you guys! at the time i had completely forgotten and wasnt expecting anything. THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH! the lihing and mango was awesome. the lihing powder goes great on popcorn that the chaplain makes every sunday for service. ill sent a couple of the stickers to my brother back home. hes also a big fan of you. i told him that when i come back home well go see you guys play.
mahalo once again!
-chad. 
ps one more thing! i didnt know that you posted something on podcast. all those messages were a welcome sight and a HUGE morale booster. makes me even more willing to do what needs to be done to keep all you back home safe and free. :)

Listener of the Month - Cheryl of Long Beach, who co-founded and co-operates 2nd City Council Art Gallery & Performance Space!  

Congratulations to David from SF, winner of the vegan cookies
New Contest
The Prize: make-your-own Hawaii-style comfort food packets
Enter By: sharing what your favorite comfort food is in the comments

Links in this Ep
Cat Tricks
"Icons of Pop Music" - Three Decades of Photography by Sherry Rayn Barnett
Coming Out series on Siena and Toast's personal blog

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Favorite comfort foods - comment below :)

Although we usually publish our episodes as MP3s, in order to stay within our account's monthly storage limit AND get an episode out this week, we're publishing Ep #12 as an AAC (a.k.a MP4) because it compresses to a smaller size.  You might also notice this Ep isn't in stereo like we usually have it.  Another effort to get the file size down.  

Featured Topics Include
Dessert.  Everyday Life in Hawaii.  Gaydar Gotchas.  

Congratulations
To listener Lilian in Singapore!  She won the Olivia necklace!

New Contest
The Prize: a Humanitaire T-shirt (women's size M, cap sleeve style)
Enter By: emailing us - mail [at] girlmeetsgirlpodcast.com - your favorite dessert and why.  We'll pick our favorite email as the winner.

Featured Song
"House At Pooh Corner" (with a Hawaiian language bridge) by MAKENA

Links In This Ep
Humanitaire
Cat Sitter Video
Big Island Candies
Lei's Hawaiian BBQ

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