Vacation 2009 #1

I'd thought I share some photos from our vacation with brief editorials on what we did.

As you know in my previous post we started off with an anniversary party at a lounge Mr. Mad dj's at: Azuli in San Mateo. We totally partied like it was 1999 and got home around 1am. Luckily we were packed because we our flight was at 7am. It was another fun filled night and from what I heard the most attendance ever. I would like to say it had to do with my group of friends but in reality there weren’t much of us. LOL. I'd say there were about 20 of us. Check out our guests:

Dj Ren's Debut


My Family


My Girls


My MjC Girls

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Day 1
We arrived at Honolulu, Oahu, HI around 11am. We picked up our rental and went straight to our first destination: St. Germain's (the former Dee Lite's Bakery). I got a piece of guava cake. The cake itself was light and fluffy and yummy. The buttercream was really sweet but the guava jam at the top of the buttercream was sooo yummy. Sorry no photo. It was a beautiful pick cake. I heart pink.

Then we said LUNCH time and arrival day always qualifies for ZIPPY's. Zippy's almost like their Denny's but with a fast food ordering system. Looky at our food:





We had a quick stop to Walmart in Waikiki to get our necessities that we didn't care if we left behind (shampoo, soap, etc.), grabbed snacks, and checked out potential souvenirs. I saw some cute FABRICS, my new obsession.

Afterwards we checked in our lovely hotel the Best Western Coconut on Lewer St. Very nicely decor. Comfortable.... small. But just what we needed. You're only in there to sleep. I think it’s sooo cute.




So we settled in, took a nap, then got ready for dinner.


We walked down towards Waikiki Beach. We didn’t go far because partying the night before traveling can be a wear a person down. So we ate the infamous Duke's. I wished I took my camera but we forgot it. It’s a cute bar that has reminisces of Hawaii vintage theme. Here’s a view from someone’s photo:


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Mr. Mad had the steak and I had the shrimp scampi. The food was great although I didn’t make it through my entrée. I totally took advantage of the salad bar. But the nicest thing… we sat right before their beach front seating area. So we got to watch the wind blowing the palm trees in the dark night making the moment surreal. It was 9 pm when we toast to our First Anniversary since in California time it was already midnight (3 hour difference). Right after we walked back to the hotel because we were sleepy… awww. LOL.

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More to come tomorrow….