Lazy Friday

The Drink Umbrella Christmas Tree is nearly done.
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One of our favorite places in Honolulu is a little breakfast place called Eggs & Things. They have macadamia nut pancakes that are so light you have to leave your fork lying on them to keep them from floating off the plate. In the past, it has been a busy place, but we were astounded when we went there this morning.
As we arrived, we noticed a crowd of people outside. We went in to register and were told there would be a 10 minute wait until we got a pager. After that, it was about a half hour wait to get into the restaurant. It looked to me like it still only holds about 50 people, but it's all upstairs now and in a location about a block away from where it was a couple of years ago. We thought we discovered this place, in the late 90's but they were selling t-shirts celebrating their 35th anniversary, so I guess we didn't actually discover it.
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In the middle of Waikiki near the beach, there is a space with some standing stones, surrounded by a wrought iron fence. The story behind the stones is that they have healing qualities, which they were given by four wizards who arrived here from Tahiti in pre history. Before the wizards left, they put forth a plan which involved thousands of Hawaiians moving these giant stones two miles from the hill behind Diamond Head to their present resting place. Over the years, the stones were forgotten and ignored, nearly covered in sand; but in 1997 the City and County of Honolulu surrounded them with the fence and put some plaques to memorialize them. I have walked past them for years without noticing them til I read about this in a brochure.
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This afternoon when we got ready to go to the beach, I discovered that last night when I left my wet bathing suit out on the lanai, the bottom blew away. I walked around Waikiki looking for a place that might just sell bottoms, but that wasn't possible. As it turned out though, I found a place that was going out of business, so I got two suits for the price of one.
I can't decide if I really don't look fat in these, or if the fact that there are so many people on the beach here who shouldn't be wearing a two-piece suit, that it just doesn't look that bad. Anyway, the suits are cute.
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Of course,
we have to end our day with drinks. I asked so many people in the bar for their umbrellas tonight, that by the time we left, people were coming over to us and giving us umbrellas.

Today's glorious sunset