July 2019 | Dad Man Blogging

Six Benefits of the Kids Workshop at Home Depot

July 30th, 2019Mark1 Comment

The Kids Workshop at The Home Depot is educational, fun and completely free! In my opinion, this is one of the best events for kids and their parents. On the first Saturday of every month, participating Home Depot locations host The Kids Workshop. Families with kids of all ages enjoy this event. The Home Depot does a great job organizing everything and providing the project kits, tools, and supplies. Best of all, on top of being free, they do all the clean up after you’re done! All you have to do is show up and bring your enthusiasm. Children receive …

To TradeUp or Not to Upgrade

July 23rd, 2019Mark0 Comments

Popular tech gear today typically comes with the expectation that every year an updated model could be released. Such gear is like the GoPro action cameras. Seemingly every year new models for these are released with improved features to entice me to upgrade. These updates are great for the manufacturer and good for innovation. So recently I found myself asking the following question. To “TradeUp”, or not to upgrade? Put another way, “do I really need it?” Whenever there’s a special offer like the recent TradeUp deal for the GoPro Hero 7, it’s worth considering. Especially if you’re loyal to …

Contributing to Hawaii IRL

July 19th, 2019Mark0 Comments

I just recently launched Dad Man Blogging, and now to further expand the canvas of my creative outlet I am also contributing to another blog site, Hawaii IRL (In Real Life). Hawaii IRL is a Hawaii lifestyle blog that’s been around for 10 years and has an established base of loyal followers. The local contributors there each bring their unique perspectives and talents to weave into the fabric of that blog. Last month the brand itself went through an update with a new logo, a fresh color scheme and some new under the hood upgrades. I like the new image …

Spare for Change Growing the Game of Golf

July 9th, 2019Mark0 Comments

Last month my wife and I took our son to the 2019 ESPN Honolulu Sports Festival. The event was held at the Neal Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. It was the ninth year for the festival and our first time attending this event. One of the booths that stood out the most for us was Spare for Change, a non-profit organization. Spare for Change was founded by David Havens from Maui. Its main goal is to give underprivileged kids the opportunity to experience and play golf. Overall they aim to grow the game of golf and put a club in everyone’s hands …

Welcome to Dad Man Blogging!

July 4th, 2019Mark0 Comments

Aloha and welcome to dadmanblogging.com! This site is meant to be a resource for family fun and a creative outlet for yours truly. It will be a work in progress for a while. I meant to launch this blog 4 years ago when my son was first born. At that time there weren’t a lot of blogs done from a “dad’s” point of view (at least that I knew of). But due the demands of my career at that time and the new “doodies” of being first time parents (see what I did there, LOL)… I never had a chance …