Yes We Can Can

More fig preserves... 

Date Night

The man surprised me with tickets to see Mark Yamanaka play music at the Imiloa Planetarium on the U.H. Campus.  Both of us have wanted to see him live since we first heard him.  Such a voice--especially his falsetto.  So, after preserving five pounds of figs yesterday afternoon, we hit the bright lights of Hilo.

I learned that Hawaiian men began singing in the falsetto style way back in the early 1800's--because women were rarely around to sing those high parts.  

Our favorites of his are the traditional Hawaiian language songs.  I shared a video link of him performing one of his originals below.

The planetarium has these space age comfy chairs you can melt right into, absorb the sounds, and observe the virtual night sky above as it rotates, slowly.  Pretty cool.  Another favorite, Cyril Pahinui is scheduled to play there later this year.

The fig jam project worked out well, and the figs keep coming. In other fruit news, there will be mango jam, chutney, and salsa preserving in my near future.  I do enjoy utilizing what is growing all around us.  It's like some crazy dream. 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=relmfu&v=zioOWYCPFmk#

Rough Lemon

Or Citrus Jambhiri