Making Tuscan chicken. First the spices...
... then the chicken and sauce.
They're fixing this roof.
The Chase Freedom quarterly 5% cash back category includes Norwegian cruises.
Rainbow.
Stopping by Kona coffee.
To buy some for Dad and Monica when they come.
Grinding the beans.
Coffee is much cheaper at CVS, but it's not 100% pure Kona.
Buying some meclizine and Dramamine for the fishing trip next week.
Yota.
Ogii wrapping presents.
Night Court...
... had the same "drinking cremated ashes" joke...
... with the same reaction...
... as Married With Children...
... had a few years later.
Skateboard with a dog carrier attached.
We went to Monkeypod restaurant...
... for Gilbert's mother's birthday.
Live music.
Fun drinks.
Pizza.
Fish tacos.
Fries.
Birthday cake.
Presents.
A palm tree outside.
The beach.
Translations on the floor inside.
Picture made from fishing rope collected from beaches by Ethan Estess.
Rainbow.
My Into the AM shirts are made in Honduras. They're super-soft.
Ogii spotted these guys dressed like pineapples.
Monster mural.
Drycleaning a shirt.
Fete was always busy when we passed by in the evenings...
... but at 3pm, it was pretty empty.
Toast with ayjvar, macademia nut tapenade, and ricotta.
Local pork ragu.
Butcher's block.
Chocolate cake.
A ship with many radomes.
This woman in a park had an animal by her.
It looks like a guinea pig.
I had a stye, so I used some warm compresses...
... and OTC triple antibiotic ointment. It went away in about a week.
Greg, Dagii, and Sarnai sent some Mongolian chocolate for my birthday.
Hyperlapse of the Friday night fireworks.
Large sun rays.
The roof they were working on is fixed.
To the KCC farmer's market.
To buy some fruit.
I like how they just have change sitting on the table top to make it easier to grab what they need.
Walnut and ube bread.
Jerky.
We thought these flowers would be expensive, but they were only $1 per flower.
Rainbow and mural.
Wall of surboards.
Barq's root beer. You don't see that brand around much.
We went to the Honolulu Festival on Saturday afternoon. It's for cultures in the Pacific Rim.
A geisha.
A big aloha sign with a pineapple for the "o."
Fruits Zipper, a Japanese pop girl group, would be there.
Many performers at this stage.
And more at a second stage.
Many vendors as well.
A few of them.
Performers.
Portable shrines.
Daijayama, the fire-spitting dragon.
Kids' area.
Example of a float from the Hirosaki Neputa Festival.
These balloons have just enough helium to make it look like the animal is walking on the ground.
More of them.
Many vendors.
Acrylic sea art.
Cards.
Cat pouring wine while surfing.
Complicated dress.
Sake tasting.
Their options.
Other drink vendors.
Volcano Winery from the Big Island.
Many food vendors.
More the other way. We got some angus and wagyu steak.
This couple was interviewed while waiting in line.
Sushi.
Our lunch.
They didn't have seats with tables anywhere, so everyone just sat on the floor here.
They had sushi making seminars later.
A booth selling many Asian items.
Kimonos.
Art by children.
I like the very long-necked dinosaur.
Even more vendors.
Dancers.
A history of the festival, which started in 1995.
A group of performers.
Hula dancers.
Another group.
There were Japanese films, although none right now.
Nice mural.
The Rokushaku Oojime Okedo Daiko is one of the largest drums of its kind outside of Japan and is used on rare occasions in Hawaii for festivals and concerts. It's six by eight feet and weighs around 500 pounds.
Outside the back of the Convention Center.