Happy Thanksgiving, sweet friend! I hope your pants are stretchy enough to accommodate an extra helping (or two) of pie and that someone important to you is within cuddling reach.
If you look closely, you’ll see me and Connor waving hi from the middle of the Pacific (aloha!). We’re spending the holiday with El Hub’s side of the family on East Oahu with a beach quite literally down the street. It’s kind of crazy to me that you can swing by the ocean here and see views like this on your way home from going to Safeway to buy gluten-free hamburger buns, LOL!
I’m grateful for so many things today and always, including today feeling the ocean breeze on my skin… Do you have a place that makes your soul feel alive? For me, that’s anyplace near the water. 🌊
As much as I love to cook (oh, and props to you if you’re running the kitchen; good luck and god speed!), I’m kind of relieved to not be hosting this year. I’m excited about just showing up to eat, ha ha ha!
I’m especially excited about dessert, which leads me to this delightful bakery my friend Fern (hiya, Fern!) introduced me to last time I was on the island: Pipeline Bakeshop & Creamery.
They’re known for their mini bunt cakes, a.k.a. their Cake Bombs, that they make from scratch. I stopped by yesterday and picked up two of their most popular flavors, lemon and strawberry guava (melt in your mouth!), along with a lemon bar-inspired treat called a lilikoi cream cheese bar, which has a shortbread base, cream cheese middle layer and a tart layer of passionfruit on top. If you’re ever passing through Kaimuki on a trip to Honolulu and your sweet tooth is aching, you’ve gotta stop by.
Happy Thanksgiving to you, my friend. Sending you light and love today. AND PIE. 🥧
So much pie!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Syahidah says
November 28th, 2019 at 12:21 pmKaren, I don’t know what it is but that photo with you and Connor leaning against the coconut tree made me smile so much. You look so beautiful, momma….damn! Happy Thanksgiving Karen and thank you for sharing bits of your life with us here on the internet. xo
Karen says
November 28th, 2019 at 6:36 pmThanks lady! I hope you had a wonderful day. 🙂
Jennifer Osborn says
November 28th, 2019 at 1:21 pmHappy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I need you to smuggle some of those cakes back to the mainland and then ship them to me in Maine!
Wishing you all the pie. I’ve got everything done except mashing the potatoes. Still waiting for turkey. About to pour my first glass of vino.
Love that photo of Connor looking up at you. I think you need to print that one out and frame it. She’s going to treasure it when she grows up.
Karen says
November 28th, 2019 at 6:34 pmHappy Thanksgiving, friend! If I could I would totally bring you some cake. CAKE!
Did you handle all of the cooking, or did you get any help this year?
Rachel says
November 28th, 2019 at 2:59 pmWow it’s so beautiful there! I would love to go to Hawaii! Have so much fun!
Karen says
November 28th, 2019 at 6:33 pmI hope you get to make it out here one day Rachel. It’s a beautiful and unique place.
FaeFrau says
November 28th, 2019 at 3:39 pmHappy Thanksgiving and welcome back to the ‘hood! 😉
Karen says
November 28th, 2019 at 6:32 pmThanks, FaeFrau! It’s been a beautiful couple of days so far. So happy to be back.
Happy Thanksgiving to you. 🙂
Tatiana says
November 28th, 2019 at 11:38 pmHope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I cooked today. Dear Daughter helped with the salad and she made dessert, too! The third load in the dishwasher is finally done. I want tomorrow off.
Way back in the day when Dear Daughter was about 5 yrs. old, Dear Husband had a boss with a vacation house on the windward side of Oahu. He let us use it at Christmas time. That was the one time I didn’t want to leave vacation and was crying on the plane because I wanted to stay in Wailea for more time. Sigh.
Hope you’re wearing your sunscreen and having a wonderful time.
P.S. I love the photo of you and Connor holding up the palm tree! And I love lilikoi!
Karen says
November 29th, 2019 at 8:29 amOh, how nice! I hope you and your family had a wonderful day together.
P.S. I’m wearing my sunscreen for sure. Super hooked on EltaMD!
Anne says
November 29th, 2019 at 7:06 amHappy Thanksgiving, Karen! It is not a holiday here in Germany, but I will have my kids in cuddling reach, so that will do. And it is always time for pie if you ask me!
On another note: How much has Connor grown? In that picture of the two of you against the palm tree she looks so grown up already.
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Karen says
November 29th, 2019 at 8:28 amThanks Anne!
Chelsea says
November 30th, 2019 at 11:45 amHappy belated Thanksgiving! Those desserts look amazing! We went up north to my parents’ house for the holiday and had a really nice time – Hettie and my mom’s new doggo Stella were really good friends, I saw my brother and his wife and my grandpa.
To quote the Golden Girls theme, thank you for being a friend Karen!
Kim says
December 2nd, 2019 at 10:38 amIt sounds like you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I’m so glad! 🙂 And I put that EltaMD sunscreen on my list. Thanks for the reminder!