My wife and I recently had a housewarming party and invited a bunch of friends, new and old, from Indianapolis to join us. I wanted to make a punch for the occasion, and rather than pulling a recipe from a book, I experimented a bit, and came up with this lovely turquoise concoction. It’s sweet [...]
Super-special three-day update, here. We’re now settled in Maui, so it’s time to catch you guys up on what’s been going on. These entries may in places be somewhat shorter than normal because, frankly, there’s been less stuff going on. That should change tomorrow when we either go snorkeling again, go whale watching, or go [...]
Going to try a new format for the trip blog with this update … individual section headers. The reason I’m doing this is because before I write each of these, I write myself a little outline to remind myself how the day went, and some of the notes are kind of amusing in themselves, and [...]
Ah yes, Wednesday, our fourth full day in Oahu, and we’ve decided to give snorkeling another shot. The weather seems to be reasonably sunny, so hopefully that’ll work out. Charlotte and I head downstairs and snag some eats at the continental breakfast the hotel provides, then come back up and pack up our things. No [...]
I wasn’t able to do an update on tuesday due to HAMS … not the cured pork legs, but rather Huge-Ass Margarita Syndrome. Anyway, tonight’s update covers both Monday the second, and Tuesday the third. I’ll try to keep it to a reasonable length. Note: pics from Monday are up on my Flickr page. Pics [...]
We made it to Hawaii alive and well, if somewhat delerious from lack of sleep. Unfortunately it was rather dark by the time we landed, so there wasn’t too much to see until our cab made it to Waikiki, which was lit up like the surface of the sun. Waikiki seems to be basically a [...]
Setting one’s alarm clock for three o’clock in the morning is always a horrifying experience. There are many weekend nights when three in the morning means it’s time to go to bed, not time to get out of it. In fact, I think it’s safe to say that about the only thing which could drag [...]
