I was stationed at Hickam AFB through all of 1985 and most of 1986. It was a rought first duty on lowly E3 pay, but it was a lot of fun as well. It has been strange seeing how much my old stomping grounds have changed. The Shore Bird is still in place, and still […]
As Erci already wrote, the last full day on Maui was spent driving the beautiful road to Hana and back. We swam briefly at Koku beach at the extreme Eastern end of Maui and checked out the Hasegawa general store in Hana. Erci was wishing she had the Porsche on the road back; I am […]
Today we slept in, then headed to Lahaina to pick up some clothing Erci was having altered, have more Mai-Tais at Cheeseburger in Paradise (Ernie is a great bartender, and the breeze is better in the upstairs bar than downstairs in the main dining room). Erci had to have some prints with koi in them […]
Last night the Feast at Lele was amazing. Four courses of food, each consisting of three to four dishes, each course in turn representing Hawaii, New Zealand, Tahiti, and Samoa. The shows were fun too, and the setting was absolutely gorgeous. This morning we got up very early (4:40am local) and got on board the […]
Wednesday morning we decided to head into Lahaina town for some breakfast and shopping. Stumbled into a store called Serendipity on Front Street and spent most of the day there as they had lovely, fashionable, affordable, sensible clothing in Erci‘s sizes, and the staff were entertaining and a joy to spend time with. Highly recommended […]
Monday night we landed at Kahului (OGG) on a nearly full 757 (lots of passengers). An hour after we landed, about 1/3rd of the flight was still waiting for some of their checked baggage (including us, we had retrieved only one of the two so far) and the carousel with bags on it stopped. That […]
I love my sutragirl, she scored tickets to “So You Think You Can Dance” live show at Wachovia Center in Philly October 7th at 7:30 (seats 1 & 2 in row 13 section 101). Join us if you want to watch some awesome dancing. I guess we need to find lodging in Philly – what […]
People have asked for pictures of the garden projects, so I placed them after the fold… Pictures of the pool, patio, and garden after the fold…
Just spreading warm-fuzzies…
Erci and I don’t go in for regular tanning sessions normally, but we’ve discovered a little trick for preventing a vacation sunburn when going someplace tropical. For a few weeks before the vacation/trip, we visit a tanning salon locally a few times a week to build up a “base coat” of protective melanin. It probably […]
