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Hanging out at the Sheraton Waikiki

March 11th, 2011 · 1 Comment


My view from under the umbrella.


Cousin trying to catch some rays! (Photo by Kristin)

One day we decided to shake things up and hang out at the Sheraton Waikiki, where Jen, Chad, Cousin and Kristin were staying, instead of the Moana Surfrider, where Dallas and I were. Actually, Dallas was golfing with BJ that day, so it was really just me walking down to the Sheraton.


View of the infinity pool from Jen’s room. (Photo by Jen)


View out to the ocean from the pool. (Photo by Jen)


Sheraton Waikiki Infinity Pool

The Royal Hawaiian is right next to the Sheraton and last time we stayed there one of the Sheraton pools was under construction. Well, the construction is done, and what has been revealed is a big, beautiful, adults-only infinity pool connected to the Edge of Waikiki pool bar.


Limey in the pool.


Limey in the pool.

Another highlight of the day was that Limey arrived. In true Limey fashion, he immediately made a bunch of friends… a married local couple enjoying a “staycation” at the Sheraton and another, a waitress at the Edge, used to live in Chicago just a few blocks from Limey. Once Limey got into the infinity pool, he never left. Why would he? You can float right up to the counter and get beer and food service!


Shrimp cobb salad.

I had a pretty delicious shrimp cobb salad at the counter by the pool while I chatted with Limey and his new friends. And then Tien and Shannan arrived! They had been in Hawaii longer than us but were island hopping around Maui and the Big Island. So we caught up, did a little swimming. Fun!


Sheraton Waikiki Beach View (Photo by Jen)

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Relaxing Beach Day at the Moana Surfrider

March 10th, 2011 · No Comments


Dallas, Kristin, Chad. Me and Cousin on the end. (Photo by Jen)


Chad, me, Cousin. (Photo by Kristin)

On Friday, Dallas got up early to reserve two beach spots with 6 chairs at our beach. These things go fast! I think we reserved at about 8 a.m. and within an hour or two there were no beach or pool chairs left for the entire day. Oh, Waikiki! So, basically this whole day Jen, Dallas, Kristin, Chad, Cousin and I were major beach bums.


Moana Surfrider Beach. (Photo by Jen)


We were cracking up at this old snorkeler. He reminded us of that old guy from the Six Flags commercials.


Cousin was on high alert for a wardrobe malfunction.


The birds at the beach are insane.


Kristin. (Photo by Jen)

Aside from a trip to ABC Store to get the floats, I don’t think we left the beach all day. .. which would explain the 100 lava flows that were charged to our room!

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Hanging out on the North Shore

March 9th, 2011 · No Comments

On Friday I did my gym/ABC Store/Honolulu routine again. After that Dallas and I went shopping. He was planning on wearing shorts and slippers for the wedding, so at the very least I wanted him to go buy some nice shorts and slippers. At Macy’s they had a bunch of really nice Quiksilver shorts. Dallas ended up getting a few pairs.. and a new pair of Scott Hawaii (his favorite brand) slippers with leather straps. Ohhh la la. Not to be left out of the shopping spree, I got a new pair of Quiksilver/Roxy slippers. And we randomly passed by this cell phone accessory store where we each got a new iPhone case. Mine was all cracked! And Dallas has always hated his big, bulky case.

Jen and Kristin were on a spa retreat so after shopping Dallas and I met up wtih Chad and Cousin and had lunch at the Curry House, another one of our favorite Honolulu restaurants. Check out a couple previous visits to Curry House: 2007, 2009.

After lunch we drove up to Oahu’s north shore to Waimea Valley. Dallas’s friend Hoku works at Waimea Valley. We strolled our way to the back and took a dip in the waterfall like we did last time we visited. So much fun!

Hmm.. let’s see a close up of that one….

Lulz. They look like drowned rats! Doing the Shaka!

On the stroll back out, away from the waterfall, I took all of these beautiful photos of Waimea Valley:

When Hoku was done with work we stopped at Foodland and then went back to his house for a barbecue. Jen and Kristin met us there too. We ate so much! Chicken, steak, sausage, ahi, maui chips, mac nuts and two kinds of poke – limu and shoyu. Yum!

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A Short Walk in Waikiki

March 9th, 2011 · 6 Comments

After lunch, Dallas headed back to the Moana Surfrider to do more of this. I took a quick walk around Waikiki before joining him.


Kuhio Beach Park was packed!


I stopped by to pay my respects to Duke.


The wall. Haven’t hung out there for a long time.


At ABC Store I saw this monstrosity for sale: SPAM-flavored macadamia nuts. Actually, I kind of regret not buying them just to taste. Might have to do an online order!


At a crazy t-shirt shop, Threadless ripoff.

After a short walk, it was back to the beach for more sunbathing and relaxation!

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Blue Water Shrimp and Fish Market

March 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment

When Dallas and I finally ripped ourselves from the beach, we went for lunch at the International Marketplace food court. Dallas got some Korean food from Choi’s Kitchen, which he said was really good.

Dallas told me he read online that his place Blue Water Shrimp and Fish Market was good, so I went there. I got the sweet and sour macadamia nut encrusted opakapaka (Hawaiian pink snapper) plate. When they served it to me I was kind of afraid. So much toppings on the fish. But, the opakapaka was a good solid fish and it was a thick cut, so it did just fine. Very good. Along with the opakapaka I got rice, salad, a small piece of corn-on-the-cob and a slice of pineapple. A lot of food for $12.

The food court at the back of International Marketplace is pretty solid. We visited a few times and each time really liked the food we got.

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