Another day in paradise

I watched the sun rise over the placid Pacific. It is December, and I'm sitting on the lanai in the dawn coolness, quite comfy in my bare feet and t-shirt. It's December, and my skin wants to be nekkid all over outside. I experience cognitive dissonance every time I think of the calender, so I don't think about calenders or watches much at all.

As we were getting ready to go down to breakfast, DH called me to come outside quickly. With his magnificent hunter's eye, he had spotted the motion of a pod of whales feeding and playing just off shore! We watched whales from our room for twenty minutes before hunger drove us to gallop off to breakfast.

After breakfast, we just sat comfortably on the lanai, enjoying the view. As you can see, knitting is happening.


We decided to go to Hilo Hattie's flagship store. Here I am, waiting for the free shuttle. Hilo Hattie's has the best deals on macadamia nuts: a sixpack of 4.5oz cans costs 19.95, and for a reasonable fee, they will ship all your purchases home for you. I was not tempted by the muumuus, or the polyester Aloha shirts, but the pearl in an oyster stand just sucked me right in. The latest glory we are finding is chocolate pearls. They are the base color of a hershey bar, with a glorious coppery pearly luster. Oh, I am in deep smit with chocolate pearls! However, unless you buy settings from them, they won't sell you more than two oysters. I got a pretty cocoa colored pearl, and a luscious pinky-lavender pearl with a silver sheen. Oooooo! Happy dances, happy dances!

On the way back to the room, we stopped at an ABC store for something to drink. ABC stores are ubiquitous in Waikiki. They are the nes plus ultra of convenience stores and if you walk around the block, you will likely see two or three. They carry souveniers, food, and travel necessities like toothbrushes, medicines and clothing for Asian and American tourists. We found this in the cold beverage case.

And just in case you aren't having enough fun on your vacation, but you're too lazy or shy to rustle up your own companionship, you can buy your sex in a bottle. God knows what the consequences of THAT will be!!

DH, see how much I love my magic skirt, took me down to International marketplace and bought me another one. Squee! We'll have to do a display of all the ways to wear it.

Then, one of the pearl stands gave him a discout coupon, so we bought more pearls! Cream and silver. I am scoring so big time!

And as we ambled back to the room, we found a Lush bubblebath boutique and he made me - absolutely FORCED me to indulge in a couple of bubble bars.

One of the delights of Waikiki is the people-watching. Asian young women have a particularly striking sense of style. I saw one young damsel teeter by, and started digging for my camera, but DH wouldn't let me take her picture so you'll have to imagine this. Start with platform soled, high-heeled thigh-high black boots. fishnet tights, a pair of red plaid short shorts, topped by a blaze orange bra under a sheer, sheer green and yellow floral - ahh, tunic I guess is the word. No one would make a chiffon tent in size 0, would they? And then put ruffled sleeves on it? Her hair was short and looked like it had been cut by a drunken 9-year old equipped with rusty garden shears and full malice afore-thought. And this vision's buddy was wearing camo-print leggings with ruffles from the knee down, an olive-drab wife-beater-tank, and a fake fur cropped jacket that looked like possum roadkill. With a darling brown tweed cap. I'm describing this badly, because actually, they wore it with such insouciant swagger and panache that I realized they were at the crest of some fashion wave in an ocean I had never known existed.

And, although DH wouldn't allow me to embarass myself by photographing total strangers, he had evidently declared it to be spoil-Roxie-absolutely-rotten day, and took me out to a tres classy sushi place for dinner. And he won't eat fish in any form! My nephew Norman joined us, and we had a splendid time!

Mom, Chuck, Arleen, Chris, and Michael are winging their way homeward even as I type. Norman is staying over the weekend to get the best price on his air tickets. And soon I will wake DH and we will wander down to breakfast, then toddle back to pack and catch a shuttle to the airport. I have had SUCH a good time in Waikiki! (Looks like I'm not going to get any beach photos after all. Sorry guys.

Today we hop back to Big Island to meet with DH's sis and her boyfriend and spend a slothful week on south point. Hawaii is a marvelous (but expensive)place to go on vacation! I don't know if I could live here, but gee, I'd love to try,