Highlights from Hawaii

• Poke and Shave Ice with Mike and Joni when they picked us up from the airport (Poke is Ahi marinated sushi, and shave ice is like heaven).
• Staying in a fun hotel with Ariel
• Getting handed a buy one-get one free coupon booklet our first night in Honolulu. Which we used. A lot. :)
• Staying in a perfectly adequate hotel with our friends
• Walking to, hiking, and walking back from Diamond Head (total: 8miles)
• Actually being there for John Armstrong’s post about being a real surfer. I too never got up and was on a little 6’ short board.
• Seeing Tim Lin’s intense glare through the entire wedding ceremony. He did break into a smile once :). I think he was really concentrating.
• Steven’s “second best speech ever” that most of the people couldn’t hear because the speaker wasn’t loud enough.
• Leonard’s malasadas (a freshly baked filled donut with macadamian nut goodness. I imagine this is what was hanging on the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden, and that’s why Eve couldn’t resist.)
• Driving back from the North Shore on the Windward side and enjoying the most fun dinner ever with all our friends, eating an incredible pork sandwich, watching the sun set over the ocean, listening to our monotone waitress say “sure” like a dozen times.