Ogii's snorkel phone case wasn't fully sealed at some point, so her phone stopped working. She put it in rice to see if that will help, although generally the salt water is much worse for phones than regular water.
We walked to Eggs 'n Things for breakfast. It's quite popular, and there are already a few people waiting even before it opens.
Many garbage trucks came by, including a pickup that grabs a dumpster and backs it into one of the trucks.
Oh, the restaurant has a waiting list. I didn't see that before; I thought we just waited in person. Hopefully a ton of people didn't sign up online before us.
Thankfully not; we got in right after they opened.
The downstairs area is more for souvenirs; the restaurant is upstairs.
Inside.
Omelet.
Fruit.
Sides.
Malasada pancakes.
They were all very good.
Orange car.
Da Ono for lunch.
Which has traditional Hawaiian food.
Then to Ululuani Shave Ice for dessert.
They have visitors from all over the US.
And the rest of the world as well.
We dropped of Dad and Mom at the airport, then went to a couple of phone repair shops as Ogii's phone still wasn't working. The first ones didn't do that; they only replaced screens.
Waikiki Cell Phone Repair would actually open it up and look inside to see what needed to be cleaned or replaced. He said if it was just a few damaged parts, he could fix them, but if multiple components were damaged, it wouldn't be worth it. He seemed very honest and helpful.
They have many magazines.
Including The Economist. None of the local libraries have this. I should stop by here just to read.
Then we drove to Chinatown for dinner.
First we stopped in Skull & Crown Trading Company, a tiki bar, for a drink.
Many decorations.
Neat lights.
We ordered a Skull & Crown cocktail, which is on fire.
Ogii and Monica ready to try it.
Dinner was at Senia.
Inside.
We sat at the chef's counter so we could watch them make the food.
And had the tasting menu.
With ten courses.
A birthday card signed by the employees.
Spicy tuna taco with avocado and smoked trout roe.
Cooking some meat.
Preparing some more.
Premier white sturgeon caviar with white chocolate. The sauce made Monica and I both think of the same memory: eating Ruffles potato chips with sour cream and onion dip while watching Hee Haw at Mick and Holly's.
White guy "sushi" with kona kampachi, english pea, and sherry vingar.
This guy had tweezers to place items just so.
Another dish.
And she's writing something in chocolate. Looks like "Happy birthday."
Foie gras with plum chutney and grilled bread.
Cappelletti with ricotta, truffle, and parmesan foam.
Scallop with apple, boudin noir, and pomme puree.
Plating the next course.
Ribeye with bone marrow, tomato, and broccoli.
Mimolette with sweet potato and green gooseberry.
Sea buckthorn with siwss meringue and sea asparagus.
Dessert was the septagon.
Which had different chocolates hidden inside.
The main chef snuck into the back of our photo.
They also mentioned they have another restaurant nearby.
Maybe we'll try that at some time.
Then straight to bed, no staying out late partying, because we had to get up early and drive to the Makapuu Point Lighthouse hike before sunrise. If you arrive before the gate to the parking lot is open, you have to park by the side of the road. There's plenty of spaces, but it looks like this guy tried to pull off a little too far and got stuck.
This car, which must have been there overnight as it was inside the parking lot before the gate was opened, had a broken window.
You can see all of the cars parked along the road from a bit up the hike.
Monica with the lighthouse.
All of us. Even though it was early morning, I was still quite sweaty and took off my shirt.
A panorama, from the bay to left to rocks people sit on to the right.
The clouds were beautiful.
Especially where they rained onto the ocean.
There is a lower path you can take to get closer to the lighthouse.
But it was closed.
The old oil house, built in 1909. In 1927, the lighthouse shifted from kerosene to electricity, but the oil-vapor system was kept as a backup. Today, the light is run by batteries and the oil house is no longer used.
We didn't see any whales while we were at the lighthouse, but we did see some on the hike down.
More people coming now.
There was also a rainbow above Diamond Head.
With us.
First we saw the right half of the rainbow, then that went away and we saw the left half.
Downhill is much easier.
A few video clips of the hike.
Someone in the parking lot had the license plate "Leewrd."
Then we went to the KCC farmer's market.
Busy as usual.
Huge flower.
Acai bowl and hummus for Monica.
Many dogs.
Very Hawaiian: a Tacoma with surfboards.
We stopped by Ben Franklin. One of the artists was selling eclipse jewelry.
Then to Foodland to buy poke.
Which we ate on our balcony.
Very fresh.
Very blue water today.
We passed this mural of surfing women by the highway on the way to drop Monica off at the airport.
Watching the changing rain in the valley.
Lighter but wider.
Across the entire valley.
Heavier but not as wide.
We got a free shake at McDonald's. I'm guessing someone ordered a strawberry one, but the employees were so used to making the shamrock shakes, they accidentally started with that, and then the person didn't want the shake, so they offered it to us. We don't mind the two separate flavors; in fact, they match Ogii's dress.