We are definitely on Hawaii time now, waking up around 7:30 and not leaving the hotel until around 10:00. Damn! We're wasting precious daylight hours!
Since we can't afford TWO frou-frou dinners on this trip, instead of eating at the nice Sam Choy's for dinner, we ate breakfast at Sam Choy's Breakfast Lunch & Crab. Crab? I had a kalua pig omelette and Guido had a poke omelette. Perfect Atkins fare. But the pants are starting to get a little snug.
Visited the Arizona Memorial and the (U.S.S.?) Missouri. Pretty impressive ship, and the memorial is kind of creepy. They show a little movie before the boat ride out to the memorial. I wish I could get a copy of that video. Hard to believe little ol' Hawaii played such a crucial role in America's history. I think most people kind of forget about Pearl Harbor.
Of course, we stayed at Pearl Harbor too long and had to rush back to the hotel to shower before we headed to Hawaii Kai to join Leann's family at Roy's for dinner. Wow! No traffic on Kalanianaole Hwy. We were still late since we couldn't find the place.
Dinner was quite good. Kids had the overpriced prix fixe 3-course dinner, which was very exciting, since a kid meal usually has everything slopped onto one melamine tray. Guido and I both had fish, but prepared in different ways. He also had a crabcake appetizer and I had tofu. I think Leann and Russell had short ribs and prawns. The waiter was such a local guy. You can dress 'em up, but you can't take out the local out of the blalah. He was joking with us and was just so laid back. The desserts were awesome. We even took pictures. Such tourists. Then we hung around in the parking lot for another hour or two talking story while the kids played Leann's new car.
Posted by happyrainbow
at 12:01 AM PDT
