Although the race the day before conspired to minimize the potential of our free breakfast vouchers, today there was no such constraint. Oh no. Today we could take leisurely showers and then head downstairs to enjoy the eggs and bacon and oatmeal and bagels and pancakes and fruit and coffee to our hearts’ content. So we […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
La Bamba
Thu, 7 Mar 2013, 08:01 AM (-06:00)
Across the river there were tables lined along the Riverwalk. They had Texas flag umbrellas over them. The staff walked back and forth in cowboy hats. We were glad we were not over there. It’s not that we have anything against flags or hats. It’s that it was chilly, and that side of the river […]
What More Could You Ask For
Wed, 6 Mar 2013, 10:19 PM (-06:00)
At 6:00am sharp, Trudy’s phone starts beeping. She hops out of bed and gets in the shower and goes down to the lobby to get some coffee while her laggard husband sleeps in. The race, he figures, doesn’t start until 8:20, so there’s no rush. She comes back up as he’s tying his shoes. They […]
Happy Birthday to Trudy
Tue, 5 Mar 2013, 09:47 AM (-06:00)
I woke at 12:15am. Hm, that’s not quite accurate. At 12:15am I rolled over in bed, having laid awake since we went to bed. I looked over at the glowing red digits on the alarm clock. It was time. I got out of bed, walked over to my suitcase against the wall, unzipped a side pocket […]
Aloha Woods
Sun, 24 Feb 2013, 10:31 PM (-06:00)
On our way out of Kailua-Kona, we drove back along Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway past the airport to … Target. Yes, Target. We needed a new suitcase to carry some of our new-found treasures. Sadly Target had none. (How is that possible?) So our next destination was … CostCo. Yes, CostCo. Certainly they would have a suitcase, and sure enough they […]
A New World Record
Sat, 23 Feb 2013, 11:36 PM (-06:00)
In Waterloo Records last fall, I pulled a CD out of the $5.99 sale case: Electric Light Orchestra’s A New World Record… I have it on vinyl. My original copy was a cassette. When we got home, I frantically unwrapped the CD. I was anxious to listen to the whole album again. I put it into […]
Huts
Fri, 15 Feb 2013, 06:16 PM (-06:00)
My brother parked the car in a spot along the street that was surprisingly easy to find. We fed the parking meter in spite of its astoundingly user-unfriendly interface. And we started to walk up the sidewalk toward Lamar. “You want to go to Huts?” my brother asked. “They have great burgers.” “Wherever you guys […]
Hawaiian Language Class
Mon, 4 Feb 2013, 12:43 AM (-06:00)
1. Waking Up It was early. There was barely a glow of morning coming in thru the balcony doors. The Hawaiian language class was at 8:00am, and it was only 6:00am. There was plenty of time, so I rolled over and fell back asleep. The dawning of day in earnest work me up with a […]
Hawai‘i Aloha
Sun, 3 Feb 2013, 05:50 PM (-06:00)
The fair and industrious Trudy suggested I go to the ukulele hoedown without her. I gathered her intent. Her laptop was in the room. She had words to share and photos to post. She had likes to collect. Facebook was calling. On the lanai downstairs, a warm breeze was blowing off the water. It was now nighttime, […]
As The Sun Sank Beneath The Waves
Sat, 2 Feb 2013, 08:00 PM (-06:00)
So let’s pick up where we left off in this (sadly, long-running) recounting of our trip to Hawaii last April. With any luck, I’ll finish the telling before a full year has passed… In Holualoa, Sam the ukulele man scrounged a piece of Koa wood for us, and he suggested a wood shop where we […]