Thursday, May 10, 2007
Usual oatmeal breakfast. Flew to Honolulu via Hawaiian Airlines. Web check-in failed, counter check-in took a really long time. At the counter another passenger had on an extraordinary amount of cologne, and we were glad when he received his boarding pass and left. We changed our seats at the gate so that we could sit together. The woman who helped us had beautiful french tips on her nails and a square-faced watch studded with (real?) diamonds. We found our seats on the plane and out of the hundreds of seats on the plane we get ones directly behind the man wearing too much cologne. Picked up the rental car, drove up to Chris and Nate's. Freshened. Lunch at South Shore Grill with Patrick, Chris, and Nate. Patrick had a mix plate: fish taco, bbq chicken and beef, macaroni salad, cole slaw, rice. Chris and Nate each had a bbq chicken plate. I had fish tacos. Drove to Waikiki, walked along Kapiolani Park Beach. The weather is about 80 degrees with fairly strong, warm breezes. I love this weather! Stopped at The Cookie Corner where Patrick bought a chocolate chip with nuts cookie. Picked up toiletries at Long's: sunscreen, toothpaste, shaving gel. Back to Chris and Nate's. Napped. Kevin and Tony arrived, we chatted with them. I hadn't seen Kevin in many years. We used to work together (with Chris) at Adobe so long ago. Jen and Lou arrived. Brian and Kate arrived. Informal dinner at Chris and Nate's: poke, sesame crisp bread with hummus, tortilla chips and 3-layer dip, rice/wheat crackers. Kevin and Tony left for the airport. Jen and Lou and Brian and Kate left for their hotel. Chris and Nate left for the airport. Patrick showered. To bed early (9ish).