Midsummer Delight

A friend of mine recently suggested that I start a blog. "What will you write about?" I contemplated and have come to rest on the concept of sharing with you my journey of living vicariously through myself. Six months ago I moved to Hawai'i from New York with dreams of writing a book, learning to surf and opening up my world to simple pleasures and new experiences. An American lady author once wrote,"Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient that fuels daring" and I figure, no time like the present so, here we go!

Summer Lease

One of my North Shore girlfriends threw a party on Friday night in celebration of "accomplishment" which Merriam-Webster defines as : a quality or ability equipping one for society and which I like to define as "awesomeness." She just scored her first "real job" in the big bad world and it seemed fitting for friends to come together and rock out. Driving up from Waikiki was surreal. It was the night of the latest sunset here in Hawai'i, 7:18pm, Friday July 10, 2009 and brought to mind the many moments fleeting that this world offers and how if fully savored can become beautiful memories.

Our original intent was to catch sunset at Sunset Beach, cliche I know, but cute yeah? Of course we were running late and ended up watching the sky catch fire from the middle of the island, around Wahiawa. There was something about being up on this higher ground that made the view come alive, the ambers and pinks and blues all together in a graceful embrace in the sky began the evening with a nice gift and foretold of good things to come.

Chef 1 called en route and asked us to pick up some ingredients for sangria, so we stopped at Foodland (no really, it's called Foodland) and picked up some Malbec and sodas to bring to the fiesta/luau. Limes and other citrus did not need to be bought as they were free for the taking in the back yard. By the time we got up country the chefs were cooking up a storm. Without further ado let me introduce:

Chef 1 and Chef 2

Here in Hawai'i it is customary to bring something with you when going to have dinner at someone's place. Jenna brought lipgloss for all the ladies and lemme tell you, her lipgloss is poppin'!




New friends, major snackage and several delightful beverage later dinner was almost ready. and as we learned quickly witing for dinner to be ready one reaches different shades of inebriation.

Hour 1: a beer or two
Hour 2: glass of wine, et al
Hour 3: all the makings for sangria have arrived! SANGRIA!
Hour 4: Dinner is served =)

Here we are lounging at or about Hour 2.

Hour 3: Chef and Entertainment

Hour 4: Enchilada Extravaganza!!
Fireman with the Firesauce. Excellent.

Somewhere between Hour 1 and Hour 4 we paused for a dance break, in the kitchen.















After dinner we moved the party to the beach where ninja rain soaked us, shadow voices serenaded and moonbows peeked under a blanket of stars with Venus. As this blog becomes more sophisticated I'll be able to add some night shots. But in all seriousness no photograph will do a North Shore night sky justice.


In the morning Bridge and I made a quick stop in Waimea Valley on the way back to town and discovered some peacocks enjoying their own lazy Saturday.










After an afternoon of hilarity aka "Bruno," I went to check out Anuhea perform at Border's Ward. This young artist is a breath of fresh air. Performing solo, with her Pono acoustic she lauds first encounters, the enchantment of love and displays how effortless it is to get your message across when you're true to your heart. Anu's dad and bro were there to cheer her on. If you're interested in more of her music check her out on Itunes and at her page: Anuhea Fan Page on Facebook.

The last 5 or six days in O'ahu have been "drizzly" not a word I would commonly use to describe this magical place but without it we would not have seen the glorious and elusive moonbow or this beauty at sunset.





Manzoku! As the Japanese say. After the last 24 hours, I am Satisfied. =)

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