Archive for May, 2008

How Shall We Remember Them?

When you go to the USS Arizona memorial, you are given a ticket for the tour. On the back of each ticket is a bio of a young man who was killed during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the surrounding bases.

On my ticket was Rudolph M. Martinez Electrician’s Mate Third Class, from [...]

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Some of my Favourite Shots from the Week

My sis in law and my bro looking over Honolulu

Mom and Dad hamming it up!

Me hamming it up!

A macro shot of the view through a ding in our hotel window.

Picnic at the top of Diamond Head Crater!

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Saturday…. sunburn…and snorkeling!

I overcame my natural aversion for going underwater and did a bit of snorkeling today! I tried it with the snorkel set but it didn’t really work for me. So I ditched the snorkel tube and just went with the flippers and mask and it worked out well for me. I even went out in [...]

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Eye Candy Friday..

There is no eye candy like a Tahitian dancer…

 
Hey I do have eyes after all… heheh
This footage is from the Polynesian Cultural Center a very worth while stop. The center is very educational, and fun!  WE had a nice time there.
Off to the luau! Aloha!

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Bookish Thursday: Hawaii Style!

And here you thought you wouldn’t hear anything about yarn at all this week. Well, you would be wrong! I was at the Dole Pineapple Plantation yesterday and found a great book in their shop! (It’s a great stop anyway, as the world’s longest maze is there! FUN!)

Fancy Hawaiian Lei in Crochetby Roberta E. [...]

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