Hawaii - Day 3
Friday, March 4
We spent another morning at the beach:
The sand castle was mostly my doing. Julie liked scooping and digging with the little seive tool, but didn't quite catch on to the building part. But I've always wanted to build a sand castle, so playing with her was a good excuse.
After the beach, we went looking for some lunch out. Joe was hungry for a cheeseburger, and we found a place called Cheeseburger in Paradise that looked pretty good. It's a totally cheeseball tourist place with all the wait staff in Hawaiian shirts and grass skirts, but they did have pretty good burgers and better yet, they serve Mai Tais in scooped-out pineapples. I've wanted a drink like that since I was 6 and my parents came back from Alcapulco describing the ones they had there. I ordered one up without hesitation.
The downer was, as soon as we sat down I started reaching into my bag to get Julie's sippy cup, a bib and a placemat and her snacks out and noticed that the sippy cup had leaked water all over the bottom of my bag. Somehow I had forgotten to put the rubber seal in the lid before screwing it on, and there was a giant puddle inside my bag. I scrambled to pull everything out and dump the water...and luckily the camera was safe, but my Sidekick 2 was fried. For the entire meal, the thing vibrated, buzzed, flashed, shut down and restarted all on its own. I tried turning it off and it turned itself back on and kept at it. Where the camera shutter is, it kept flashing neon green light and Joe called it the "angry green eye". Now, I love my little electronic toy and felt pretty sad that I had ruined it, but Joe took it even more seriously than I did. By now I was feeling pretty buzzed from the rum drink anyway, but Joe suggested that we find a T-Mobile dealer in town and that I go replace the phone that day. So we called around and found the nearest dealer and while Julie took her nap, I took a cab downtown and picked up my new phone. Sweet!
On the way back, I stopped at the swimsuit store next to our hotel and picked out a new suit. The one I had brought was not very attractive and once wet the bottom sagged pretty badly. The saleslady was really helpful and helped me pick out one that looked better on me. She even honestly said "No" to a couple that I tried on. Of course, she also talked me into buying the cover-up that went with it, but I didn't take much convincing.
Julie was just waking up as I got back, and we all got dressed to go out for dinner. We had planned to meet Doug and another Utne friend, Monica, for dinner at The Willows restaurant, so we cleaned up and took a cab over there. Monica was there when we arrived and she brought two beautiful leis for Joe and for me. They were much nicer than the ones we received on arrival, with smaller, more delicate flower and more intricate detail. I couldn't get over how thoughtful that was! It was really fun getting to meet two more Utne friends and we had a good conversation over dinner.
The Willows has a huge buffet, including a couple of sushi salads, luau food, other typical buffet food and a giant dessert bar. Julie ate the most food I think I've ever seen her put away in one sitting, including a ton of pineapple, meat, and even some frozen yogurt. It was nice that she was so busy eating, though, because it kept her busy while the grownups talked for almost an hour. In the end, she did start getting antsy so we knew it was time to wrap things up. We all got a group picture:
and said good night. We were sad not to get to spend more time with Monica while we were there, but glad to at least meet her.
By the time we got back to the hotel, Julie was ready for bed, and Joe and I spent a few minutes hanging out on the balcony before we hit the sack too.
We spent another morning at the beach:
The sand castle was mostly my doing. Julie liked scooping and digging with the little seive tool, but didn't quite catch on to the building part. But I've always wanted to build a sand castle, so playing with her was a good excuse.
After the beach, we went looking for some lunch out. Joe was hungry for a cheeseburger, and we found a place called Cheeseburger in Paradise that looked pretty good. It's a totally cheeseball tourist place with all the wait staff in Hawaiian shirts and grass skirts, but they did have pretty good burgers and better yet, they serve Mai Tais in scooped-out pineapples. I've wanted a drink like that since I was 6 and my parents came back from Alcapulco describing the ones they had there. I ordered one up without hesitation.
The downer was, as soon as we sat down I started reaching into my bag to get Julie's sippy cup, a bib and a placemat and her snacks out and noticed that the sippy cup had leaked water all over the bottom of my bag. Somehow I had forgotten to put the rubber seal in the lid before screwing it on, and there was a giant puddle inside my bag. I scrambled to pull everything out and dump the water...and luckily the camera was safe, but my Sidekick 2 was fried. For the entire meal, the thing vibrated, buzzed, flashed, shut down and restarted all on its own. I tried turning it off and it turned itself back on and kept at it. Where the camera shutter is, it kept flashing neon green light and Joe called it the "angry green eye". Now, I love my little electronic toy and felt pretty sad that I had ruined it, but Joe took it even more seriously than I did. By now I was feeling pretty buzzed from the rum drink anyway, but Joe suggested that we find a T-Mobile dealer in town and that I go replace the phone that day. So we called around and found the nearest dealer and while Julie took her nap, I took a cab downtown and picked up my new phone. Sweet!
On the way back, I stopped at the swimsuit store next to our hotel and picked out a new suit. The one I had brought was not very attractive and once wet the bottom sagged pretty badly. The saleslady was really helpful and helped me pick out one that looked better on me. She even honestly said "No" to a couple that I tried on. Of course, she also talked me into buying the cover-up that went with it, but I didn't take much convincing.
Julie was just waking up as I got back, and we all got dressed to go out for dinner. We had planned to meet Doug and another Utne friend, Monica, for dinner at The Willows restaurant, so we cleaned up and took a cab over there. Monica was there when we arrived and she brought two beautiful leis for Joe and for me. They were much nicer than the ones we received on arrival, with smaller, more delicate flower and more intricate detail. I couldn't get over how thoughtful that was! It was really fun getting to meet two more Utne friends and we had a good conversation over dinner.
The Willows has a huge buffet, including a couple of sushi salads, luau food, other typical buffet food and a giant dessert bar. Julie ate the most food I think I've ever seen her put away in one sitting, including a ton of pineapple, meat, and even some frozen yogurt. It was nice that she was so busy eating, though, because it kept her busy while the grownups talked for almost an hour. In the end, she did start getting antsy so we knew it was time to wrap things up. We all got a group picture:
and said good night. We were sad not to get to spend more time with Monica while we were there, but glad to at least meet her.
By the time we got back to the hotel, Julie was ready for bed, and Joe and I spent a few minutes hanging out on the balcony before we hit the sack too.
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