Comedy at Onstage and Indigo, December 12th and 14th

Howzit, blog Fans? Christmas is gettin' closer and there's comedy all over the place. Monday 12/12/11, I did my 10 mins. of comedy between the the Pau Hana Blues Band at Onstage Drinks and Grinds, which went great! Wednesday 12/14/11, myself and the comics of http://www.comedyhawaii.com did a show at Indigo Restaurant, which will be EVERY wed. from here on in, check out the pics, everyone did awesome~ Excited for the Kehau Jackson show this Saturday at Sharkey's in the Princess Kaiulani Hotel, she is a Hawaii ex-pat who moved to Australia and is in a successful, improv group called the "Three Stuffed Mums". I've been wanting to meet her for 6 months, Andy Bumatai introduced us via Facebook shortly after I started to do stand-up and we've been corresponding ever since - go Female Comics of Hawaii! Please, everyone, join my Facebook group, we can use all the supporters we can get, please join here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Female-Comics-of-Hawaii/286472631377130

Me at Indigo

Me at Onstage

 Michael C. Hall

 Johnny Sparkles

 Powell C.

Kaimana Beach, more toilet troubles and a cool, Christmas party on Waialae Iki

Hi All~ Mele Kalikimaka from Hawaii!  Had a fun day at Kaimana Beach, then our toilet exploded again for the 5th time, plumbers are working on it and I got EVEN more comedy material from the whole, funny situation - the shit jokes are-a-flyin' these days! Only one more week of work and I have two weeks off, very excited to go North shore, do some hiking, eat out and do all the things we have not had time for during hubby's busy, fall semester! Went to an awesome Christmas party at a friend's house last sat. where much music was played, people brought awesome food and there were real-life elves~ ALOHA! Also made a hand-painted flyer for our new, weekly comedy gig at Indigo Restaurant in Downtown Honolulu, check it out.

 What a bright, clear day at the beach!

 The party people!

 A fabulous tree

 Hubby Joe got back from work just in time to jam with everyone on cello!

Little Elves!

The fabulous flyer, come see comedy at Indigo Restaurant every Wednesday!

Christmastime in Hawaii and a new abstract painting

Christmastime in Hawaii is a great time - it's also weird!  I grew up in Pennsylvania and I can't help but chuckle at those old songs "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!" and "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..." because it's still 80 degrees here every day and we go to the beach just like the rest of the year. Also, ninety percent of the time, it's a sunny day!  Island folks decorate just like the rest of the country even though most of us have no fireplace and the world is as green as ever. Lucky we live hawaii~

Mele Kalikimaka!

Our neighbor's xmas display

My newest watercolor painting: "Psychedelic Bloom". Original available, email me if interested:swartzkopf@yahoo.com

 Awesome sunset from Tuesday night~ ALOHA!

Fabulous sunsets, December beach and the end of comedy night at the Dragon Upstairs

Ahhhh, wintertime in Hawaii...bright sunny, muggy days which make for awesome sunsets. Comedy at the Dragon Upstairs has been cancelled due to our growing numbers, an awesome thing!  We will resume awesome comedy shows at Indigo Restaurant in their Opium den room starting Dec. 14th, 2011 at 8 pm. They have dinner and pupus, here is their website: http://www.indigo-hawaii.com/~ so excited! Stay tuned for more comedy comin' your way, and a brand-new abstract watercolor is also in the works. I can't say enough good things about Blick's Neocolor II watercolor crayons, I just ordered some more colors. They respond to water in such an awesome way!

 ALOHA and Mele Kalikimaka from Honolulu~

Coolest sunset ever! 

Funny and cool how people put their leis on statues around town!

LOVE me some banyan trees

"Rainbow Shave-Ice Palm Trees"

This day was all foggy and misty, I like how this shot looks like a painting~

Our Christmas tree (a Norfolk pine that lives in a pot outside the rest of the year), an excellent book and a painting-in-progress. In two weeks, I will have two weeks' staycation~Hawaii no ka oi!

The "Psychedelic Snake"

NEW!!  An experiment that works great, I combined watercolor, water-based acrylic paint and pentel color pens to create the: "Psychedelic Snake"~ 11" x 15" original is available now. Email me if interested at: swartzkopf@yahoo.com

1st meeting of FCOH, BIGGEST Comedy crowd at the Dragon, Purple Jellyfish and a new abstract watercolor!

Hi All! Lots has been happening lately: We had the 1st physical meeting of the Female Comics of Hawaii group at the Hau Tree Lanai restaurant on 11/20/11 and have a bigger meeting scheduled for next month and all kinds of cool plans in the works, stay tuned! The biggest crowd yet showed up at the Dragon Upstairs on Wed., 11/23/11 and the comics and I rocked the house, there was 70 people at the height of the night due to two of the comics leaving the island. Joe and I ate Thanksgiving lunch at his parents in Kaimuki, then walked/biked to the beach and found an interesting, purple jellyfish swimming around, we weren't sure what it was, actually!

 First meeting of the Female Comics of Hawaii, Kristen Sprague and Erika Swartzkopf

 Biggest crowd at the Dragon upstairs yet~ 70 people at the height of the night! SO much fun

 My Joe got to come out and see me perform!

 Comic, Grant Uchida wowed the crowd with his Thanksgiving song!

 Friends Eli and Tina came out to see me perform

 Getting ready to go up on stage!

 My set - Quite a challenge with loud, military guys in the audience but I did all right

 The host with the most, Anthony Nigrelli

The banyan tree near Queens' beach, where we snorkeled Thanksgiving Day

 Joe the biker!

 Erika at Queen's beach

 The mysterious, purple Jellyfish we found (not sure if it even WAS a jellyfish, lol). That's why I LOVE snorkeling, you never know what you'll find next.

"Banyan Tree Dream" - My newest watercolor and water-based acrylic (the gold part)~ available now!

NEW turtle pictures, an adventure in the country in Makaha and a new abstract watercolor

Hey All! What a great weekend. Started it off swimming with the turtles on Friday at Kaimana Beach, got some great shots. Ended the weekend with an awesome friend's party in Makaha at a fabulous, beach house right on the water, what a great sunset!

 My best turtle shot!

 

 Fabulous Makaha sunset!

"Psychedelic Shave-Ice Martini"