One night some coworkers and I went to Maison for happy hour. Afterwards, I went to dinner at Chicago Q with some of my old iOS team, Charlie, Ty and Chris. And Josh! It was kind of fancy inside, but then again it was downtown. I thought the food was pretty good. I got the pulled meat – chicken and pork – with coleslaw. The coleslaw serving was kind of overwhelming, like a half of the whole plate, but otherwise I liked my meal a lot.
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Charlie
Freshly Ground Black Angus Burger Topped with Creamy Havarti Cheese, Applewood Smoked Bacon, Caramelized Red Onion Marmalade on an Artisan Pretzel Bun.
Intelligentsia Pour Over
omelette
These photos are from a team lunch I had a few months back at Wildberry, which has become a go-to spot for work lunches. They have a great all-day breakfast menu, but also great burgers, sandwiches and salads.
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Liz with her sister Shannon and mom Toni
Uncle Dee and Jordan
Liz with Uncle Dee and Cousin Casey
Time to eat!
Jose and Caroline
Uncle Dee, Casey, Aunty Kathy
Uncle Mel and Aunty Wendie. Aunty Wendie’s quote of the day: “I never ate poi with chopsticks before!”
Xavier, Janet, Aunty Helen, George, Larry, Eleanor
Eleanor, Uncle Bob, Steve, Kathy, Xavier, Janet
Uncle Mel, Aunty Wendie, Uncle Dee, Jordan, Aunty Kathy, Jose, Caroline
The night of Liz and Jordan’s wedding we had a family barbecue. Well, family and some very close family friends. A lot of the food was from Joe’s on the Green, where we had our wedding last year. Uncle Dee also picked up a lot of local favorites like lau lau, poke, poi, kalua pig and Chinese noodles.
Casey
Dallas
Uncle Mel
Actually, a few people picked up poke. I think we had about 8 or 9 different ones to taste test! All of the food was so good. The lau lau that Uncle Dee brought from Da Imu Hut was getting rave reviews. Even the vegetarians ate it! For dessert we had cupcakes from Cakes by Kristin in Kapa’a.
Jackson and Savannah swimming in the pool.
A little frog that Jackson and Savannah found.
Liz and her family: Steve, Toni, Shannon, Kathy, Charlie, Savannah and Jackson
We had some drinks and visited. It was all very relaxed. At one point Savannah and Jackson, Liz’s niece and nephew, went back to where they were staying to get their bathing suits and take a dip.
Looking through old family photos.
Just a sample of what we found: This is Caroline, Jordan, and Dallas!
We also spent a lot of time looking at old family photos that Aunty Kathy brought from Dallas’s grandma’s house. I have only seen maybe two photos of Dallas as a child so it was so fun to look through books and books of his childhood. And very good to spend time with the family looking through grandma and grandpa’s adventures. Dallas never realized how much they loved to travel together. It was nice to see them so young and happy and having some great adventures. I think it helped the family a lot.
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Some family photos from the wedding. I didn’t have one with everyone, including myself, but I found one from their photographer:
After family photos, Jordan and Liz took a whole slew of photos just with them on the beach. If you want to see them all, they’re here. We hung around for a little bit and took a few of our own photos but then decided to head back to Poipu.
Oh, and Chad’s house on the beach on the way out. Many thanks to him and his family for giving us unlimited use of the restroom and the beer in the fridge!
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