Salubrious Sunday

Barber's Point

An ex-roommate of mine lives his life well. He eats well, he drinks well, he loves life well, and he had a snake named "Boot" (Bry, one day you'll have to tell me the story of how he got that name.) One of his favorite quotes is:

"Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy." Guillaume Apollinaire

and while he is off on his Thai Adventure it makes me smile to think at least one other is out there in this world just being happy. ;)

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I sit in our kick-ass new/inherited-from-neighbor-who-lived-here-a-week forest green recliner and ponder... when adventures come about organically it just makes them that much more charming. Argentinian booty camp was scheduled for 3 hours of afternoon goodness yesterday. It was about noon when Chris said, "want to go to a luau?" LUAU... the word strikes fear in my heart.. tourists galore, kitsch and *gulp* an all-you-can-eat buffet. However, I feel I would not be a true bon vivant without this experience. I've managed to live in Hawai'i for 6 months without going to one but a friend of a friend is the fire dancer and so we get good price, plus there's an opportunity to catch some surf at Barber's. Game on! Ordinarily, when in something like a boot camp a detour to a West Side luau isn't in the cards, but since it's Hawai'i and I'm exploring the idea of "do what you want, when you want" we go and it was good fun.

Now some photos:

Natsuko facing a fundamental life question.

always use chopsticks.

if you were there you'd have heard me grrrr audibly.

how apropos.

sistas;)

before we get to the beach we run into the oscar meyer mobile.
my whole life in ny and i've never seen this before. come to the remotest place on earth,
whomp, there it is!

bruddahs rippin' some wave action

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Made it - - Sweet seats!

We get to the luau hawaiian time and meet fire pete! yay!


but not before the infamous tahitian dance on stage.........those three drink tickets went a long way! Met a girl from the apple - washington heights to be exact and we attempted the ʻōteʻa together.

So, to sum up - today, do something, find something, discover something new... even if it's not on the agenda.

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There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. ~Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts, 1931