Today is our nation’s birthday, where Americans get together and celebrate our independence from a tyrannical government control centuries ago. Mako wishes everyone a fun and safe day of good food, family memories and a reminder freedom is worth fighting for.

My dad’s kitchen has been red for quite some time and one day over lunch he said, “I’m thinking about painting the kitchen.” The DIYer in me immediately said heck yeah! So the next couple of days we went to Home Depot to look at …