2025 Oct 04 | cruise ships, dental appointment, eye exam
Another cruise ship, Celebrity Solstice.
Bright sunset.
Lots of color in the clouds.
We're watching The Studio on Apple TV.
They're shooting at the Harvey House, which has a great view.
It was built by John Lautner for aluminum magnate Leo Harvey and is currently owned by actress Kelly Lynch and her husband, screenwriter Mitch Glazer.
It's in the Hollywood Hills near Griffith Observatory.
I love this 3in1 Ruler by SynergEyes, mostly for the central area which is helpful for measing horizontal visible iris diameter (HVID).
Clouds, rain, and sun.
Another cruise ship, Pride of America, which usually comes on Wednesdays.
I watch almost all YouTube videos at 2x. Now there's a new 3x speed.
But you have to pay for that.
More sun rays.
Ogii likes taking pictures of the geckos.
Looking at her.
Facing the other way.
Looking at Ogii again.
Sun setting.
Busy day today. First stop is my dental appointment. My back right lower tooth has been sensitive while chewing with it the past few months. The dentist thinks it's actually my upper wisdom tooth and my brain is confusing where the pain is coming from since they share a nerve, so he scheduled me to get it removed.
Keiki on a surfboard instead of the usual "child on board" car sticker.
At Target seeing what eye drops they have. They have both PreserVision and Ocuvite.
They're very similar, although PreserVision (which is based on the AREDS 2 study) has more of most vitamins and less zinc, and Ocuvite also has omega-3 fatty acids.
Three ketotifen drops for allergies. Alaway is cheaper than Zaditor because even though they're about the same price, the Alaway bottle has twice as much. Alaway is even cheaper than the generic.
Olopatadine is even better for itching, although it's around five times more expensive. It also comes in three different concentrations: 0.1% ("twice daily"), 0.2% ("once daily"), and 0.7% ("extra strength).
OCuSOFT lid scrubs are good for for cleaning the extra bacteria off of the lids for blepharitis. There are also versions with tea tree oil which are good for demodex (both Oust and Allergy), but those are harder to find in stores.
The Pizza Hut Express at Target is usually empty when we go in the early morning or late afternoon, but today around 10:30am, it was full.
It even had bread bites, which I've never seen before.
I went to Bank of Hawaii to fix our automatic rent payments.
Costco also has some eye drops.
Although not nearly as many.
Mostly in much larger packages.
A tree at Kaiser.
Has some fruit.
One dropped.
Getting my eye exam there.
Driving home there was more traffic than usual.
Looks like police up there.
Google said to go around.
A nice view on the way back down.
A lizard on a pipe.
Both Lions and Rotary have their meetings at Teshima's.
Massages.
Then shopping.
I kid with boards saying he won't be bad in school.
Yellow brick road mural.
Not Too Shabby store.
They have a wide variety, from very cheap to very expensive items.
Nice stool and wooden chest.
Small convenience store nearby.
Open 6a-8p every day.
Inside.
Some fresh fruit.
And different cookies.
Bright car.
We went back to Target for pizza, but it was all gone.
Sack N Save has $6 Fridays.
And Safeway has $5 Fridays.
Many different summer sausages for Ogii.
Red Ropes, which are just like the old Super Ropes, only shorter, for me.
Selling tacos by the side of the road.
Ogii eating some of the $5 sushi.
At Arise Bakery.
Very nice inside.
Big wings.
The line was quite long; we're almost to the front.
Pastries.
Muffins and breads.
On the other side.
Cookies.
More.
This free public parking lot was almost full.
The parking lot at King Kamehameha was full.
Because of Ironman this weekend.
The UFO Parasail is right by the Atlantis Submarine.
Nice picture.
Walking out to the dock.
Wait at this sign.
We can see the submarine.
On the boat.
One driver and one preparer / photographer.
Getting the parasail ready.
Up they go.
The storm clouds came, so we didn't get to go. Although that's fine; we live here, and the couple who did get to go are from far away, so it's easier for us to come back another day.
The new post office.
Just a few blocks away from the old one.
Halloween decorations at Lowes.
That's funky.
A cute witch.
Christmas ones, too.
They have bidet toilet seats that aren't too expensive.
We're looking for a replacement. They're either 16.5 inches for round bowls and 18.5 inches for elongated bowls.
I asked Ogii to measure ours, and she said it's 17.5 inches. Um, no; that's not an acceptable answer.
I'm pretty sure it's elongated, though, so let's go with this.
Checking out the appliances.
Some of them have some nice features for more money.
Like this all-in-one washer and dryer.
This car has been on the side of the road for a while; I hope the owner tows it soon.
Ordering glasses on Zenni. Websites list many promo codes.
But most of them don't work.
It says they give a 10% discount to medical workers, though.
Just have to verify.
With an NPI number.
And I get 10% off.
Sunset picture with the big zoom lens.
Nice reflection.
With a palm frond.