It must be in the water? Power Connections!

Nature sure is sexy.



This behemoth thing is a whole Jackfruit. The "juice" is so sticky that you have to grease up your hands before you plunge them in and rip it open! Primal succulence once again.








Smoked fish that I could have eaten until I passed out. Yes, THAT GOOD. We ate Poke, which is like sashimi salad, every day fresh from the fish market. Heavenly.














And a real honest to goodness Petroglyph!

CYCLES OF DELIGHT: The continuing sages

Ms. Rosa pictured here with literally The Fruits of Her Labor! These mangoes and such are only a wee fraction of the masses of organic fruit on their farm, all from trees they planted themselves under Permaculture standards. Luscious!






























I must throw in this smidgeon of beautiful weirdness. After a death-defying return back in the boat through some "small" storms, we had to make a mad dash to Todd Rundgren's house (Yup!) for an impromptu potluck to host Michael Thoms, the host of an amazing, earth-conscious, long-running radio show who is one of Rosa's latest heroes. The house is filled with Fan Gift for Todd, like this extra special "Gourd Portrait." Todd is not much of a party guy, but he and I had the same sense of latent, avoid-the-rush mentality and shook hands at the buffet table. Nifty. He and his rad wifey Michelle (formerly of The Tubes!) even have a tiki bathroom with one of his solo albums resting on the back of the john. Classy.

Just waiting for Ricardo Montalban to mix me a cocktail...

My very own personal Special Moments poster.

KALALAU VALLEY: Excursion into Eden

OK, OK. Just when the funniest thing you all could picture was Lil' Red being all outdoorsy. Well, this sly dog has got a couple of tricks up the ol' sleeve, I tell ya. Ah, I digress. Needless to say, we illegally took a Zodiac boat in where our measly 4 days of supplies and personal detrius was hucked overboard and swum to shore in some buxom waves. When we had dragged the last cooler full of margaritas and water and such onto the sand, I looked up to see the most incredible scenery and magickal energy that I have ever felt! Sparsely populated with campers, as most folks have to kayak over or undertake a gruelling and sketchy 9 hour hike to bear witness, we made ourselves right at home. Beach treks, dolphins every morning, gourmand eats, wild boars, baby monk seals (see cute-as-all-get-out photo), nude snorkelling with the ladies, bathing thrice daily in a ginormous waterfall, exploring the lush swimming holes and natural marvels in the valley itself and sipping rum under the stars. Could it get any better?? A MUST on the Hawaii checklist, for those thrillseekers among you.



No, there ISN'T an underground, awesome, driven and diverse radio station in the Valley, but there IS back in town! Rosa has a KILLER radio show on the incredible kkcr every Wednesday night dubbed The Loquat Lounge with all the muzak, freak out tunes and MommaRosa's wit that you need!! I was honored to escort her as CoHost and, let me tell you folks, there is nothing like two wacky ladies on the air to bring the perverts out of the woodwork! We had some special callers that night! Check out kkcr HERE.

Immersion and Moist Sweeteners

A long overdue sojourn to this undescribable isle of magic and the home of a dear family of friends, who have braved Island Fever and set up an organic fruit farm on a couple of acres! Rosa Silver and Hugh Russell, two stellar shining artists from New York City and their two brilliant young 'uns, Zane and Lexie hosted yours truly for Eight Days of Recreating my Mind According to Paradise...Rosa and I began by a cleansing ritual, hiking underground to a Wet Cave and swimming under narrow darkened ledges to experiences "The Blue Room" in solitary expanses. The hole is the view back up to the sky!! Besides the requisite dolphins, sea turtles, fish whilst snorkelling, wild roosters and chickens island-wide, frigate birds, monk seals and other fauna, I was blessed by repeated sightings of a giant owl, said to be rare and extremely fortunate luck!