Whoopee! We’re on our way. Monday night I had Moneyworks at our house. I thought I made a pretty good Cuban dinner, too. We had Chicken Mojo, which gets marinated in turmeric, paprika, pepper flakes, olive oil, bitter orange, lime and garlic , then baked. I also fixed coco rice, which, obviously has coconut in it. That was the best thing. I had hoped to make a chayote salad, but they had none at the farmer’s market when I went, and it took about one per person, and they were $2 apiece at Safeway, which seemed a bit exhoribitant, so I didn’t make them. It would have been a really nice side dish, though. Finally I made mojitos and sangria. Both were really good. The benefit of this is that I got the house cleaned the day before we left, so we’ll have a nice clean house to come home to. At least a neat one. Richard is going to be doing work on the wall for the windows, and I think maybe the whole thing will be painted and Paul will be gone by the time we’re home.
We went to Spenglers in Berkeley for dinner last night on the way to San Francisco, where we stayed overnight because our plane left at 8 a.m. That was a nice treat as well. We were going to stop at a Panera's on the way and have a sandwich, because we didn't have lunch before we left, and god knows, someone in our family can't go without lunch. But we never found one, and finally decided we'd stop at Spengler's instead and have lunch/dinner. Because we arrived at Spenglers at about 4 p.m. there was no crowd, which is just amazing for that place. This morning our plane left promptly at 8:15. The seat belt sign was on for the whole flight. There were some really bumpy areas I think, though I mostly slept. They announced toward the end of the flight that they weren’t going to do the second drink service since it was hard enough for people to stay in their seats as it was, they didn’t want to hydrate us any more than necessary.
When we arrived, the weather wasn’t all that nice, cloudy, a bit chilly, and windy. We took the city bus to Waikiki, couldn’t check into the hotel yet, so we had a Dole Whip, yay, and wandered around a little bit. When we checked in, it turned out that our room, which is supposed to have a partial ocean view, totally stretched that concept , practically beyond belief. IF you stand out on the balcony, you can see a tiny piece of the ocean a long, long ways away. Last year, when this hotel was owned by Ohana, we had a wonderful view. I went back to the desk and asked if we could be on the other side, but they say that the hotel is 100 percent booked until Saturday. We’ll try to change on Saturday and get on the more scenic side of the hotel.
We were both starving, so we went down and had some nice Vietnamese food at the International Market and then finally went to the beach. It was really windy, and there wasn’t much of a sunset, but the waves were really cool. I added a cool video of some guys with boogie boards. There was another of a kite surfer who was really hauling, but I don’t know how to edit videos and it’s too long to include
We went to Spenglers in Berkeley for dinner last night on the way to San Francisco, where we stayed overnight because our plane left at 8 a.m. That was a nice treat as well. We were going to stop at a Panera's on the way and have a sandwich, because we didn't have lunch before we left, and god knows, someone in our family can't go without lunch. But we never found one, and finally decided we'd stop at Spengler's instead and have lunch/dinner. Because we arrived at Spenglers at about 4 p.m. there was no crowd, which is just amazing for that place. This morning our plane left promptly at 8:15. The seat belt sign was on for the whole flight. There were some really bumpy areas I think, though I mostly slept. They announced toward the end of the flight that they weren’t going to do the second drink service since it was hard enough for people to stay in their seats as it was, they didn’t want to hydrate us any more than necessary. 
When we arrived, the weather wasn’t all that nice, cloudy, a bit chilly, and windy. We took the city bus to Waikiki, couldn’t check into the hotel yet, so we had a Dole Whip, yay, and wandered around a little bit. When we checked in, it turned out that our room, which is supposed to have a partial ocean view, totally stretched that concept , practically beyond belief. IF you stand out on the balcony, you can see a tiny piece of the ocean a long, long ways away. Last year, when this hotel was owned by Ohana, we had a wonderful view. I went back to the desk and asked if we could be on the other side, but they say that the hotel is 100 percent booked until Saturday. We’ll try to change on Saturday and get on the more scenic side of the hotel. 
We were both starving, so we went down and had some nice Vietnamese food at the International Market and then finally went to the beach. It was really windy, and there wasn’t much of a sunset, but the waves were really cool. I added a cool video of some guys with boogie boards. There was another of a kite surfer who was really hauling, but I don’t know how to edit videos and it’s too long to include
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