It’s hard to believe that in three short weeks, our site hit 1 million page views.
I joke that it’s my mom hitting the reload button. But really, we know that it’s because of you, our loyal, inquisitive, discerning readers who challenge us to get better every day.
And while we knew that there were thousands of people out there who are reading our content, perusing our photo galleries and complaining about our comments page — hey, we fixed it, right? — we were still floored by the turnout at last night’s official launch party at Ka Restaurant & Lounge.
Hundreds of you stood in line, took my abuse as you signed in and mingled with other like-minded folks — most of whom had Twitter names on their nametags — to support our site.
And honestly, we couldn’t have done it without you.
We are tickled, humbled and, most of all, grateful for your support.
And for those of you who couldn’t make it, here’s what last night looked like, at least from my perspective:
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Hello Cat!
I missed a great event. 🙁
I had an obligation that I couldn’t miss.
Hell Cat!
I missed a great event. 🙁
I had an obligation that I had to be at last night.
opps, it’s hello, not hell. 🙂
@M Well, it sort of *is* Hell Cat sometimes. In a totally good way! ^_^
Where’s the fuud pixs?
@M Fuud pics coming tomorrow. Thought I should give some play to everyone who showed up last night. I was pretty floored by the support!
CAT,
Lots of beautiful people in the pix! “Then you had to go and spoil it all…” by having one with OFP (Old, Fat, and Poor)!!! Guud chance to meet the rest of the NS crew and personally thank JG for fixing the log in stuff so that I can comment without going through doors Nos. 1 thru 5…and leap the 8 firewalls!!!???
@Annoddah_Dave LOL! I’m glad you went to talk to JG about that. He worked SO hard to fix that problem! Thanks for coming down! Good to see you!
@Annoddah_Dave Wow, so you came up with the term “fuud”? Very creative….guud job!
@Annoddah_Dave waiting waiting
Cat, that was a great event. My congratulations to all! And, I got a non-fuud pix with the elusive, exclusive Ms Cat!
@Ron Am I elusive…? (smile) Nice to see you! Thanks for coming!
And I though you coined the term “Fuud”. I stand corrected. Yeah, where are the fuud pics?
@harrycovair FUUD pics are coming. I’m going to post them tomorrow. Thought I should give a shout-out to everyone who came down last night. 🙂
Great photos Cat! You were so funny last night, talking to every single person at check in as the line to get in snaked to Ryan’s.
@TobyTamaye Did the line get that long?? HOLY!
Awesome party Cat and great catching up briefly with you. Keep doing what you’re doing…and congrats again to you and the Nonstop Honolulu team on a great three weeks!
@nathankam Thanks for stopping by!
Whoa! You guys had a get-together? Very cool!
Congratulations to NSH on a million page views, here’s to millions more! *click click click F5 F5 F5*
Congratulations! I enjoy reading your blog along with the other stories posted on NSH. Keep up the great work.
Hey! You wore makeup! Well, I’ll be damned.
The FUUD pics are always a great start to the weekend, but seeing pics of Cat having fun and wearing a little black dress in a crowd also having a blast makes me forget about FUUD.
A million views??? That’s a lot of blog clicking going on. But seriously, until I can come home I suppose I will have to settle for NS. BTW, there is a Swedish candy called Nonstop, a dark chocolate slightly thicker shell M&M that is unbelievably good. Kind of how I feel about this site, unbelievably good. Congrats guys! You are filling a lot of homesick Kama’aina’s needs for knowing what is going on back home.
Hey Cat, some chick that looks like you was at this party wearing make-up….
@dbjack I told my mom to stop hitting “refresh.” LOL
Yeah, look at that makeup job! I could pass for a drag queen! 🙂
@Cat 🙂 Yep, my mom is on her computer for hours everyday chatting… nuts. As for the makeup… no ways you evah look like a drag queen. It was a surprise no doubt but nicely done. BTW: my favorite radio DJ here in Raleigh, NC is ‘Kitty’ Kinnin. And she is a Fuud nut like you… cool eh?
Hey, the Star-Advertiser kickin’ you guys off of their blogs was the best thing for you all… this site has waaaaaaay more of a community feeling than the other. Plus, once the commenting bugs were worked out, it facilitates following the comments much better than the old blogs did!
Congrats on a million views so far! Hey, I only have a couple hundred K views on my Flickr site for three years of posting there. So your achievement of a mill in less than a month is most admirable!
When’s the next party?