May 2014 Journal Photos

May Day

Andrea and I bought a coffee table from our friend Jennifer and brought it home on Wednesday. On Thursday, May 1^st, I took a picture of it in our guest bedroom.

We put the wooden dragon on the table.

Women's Campus Club Spring Luncheon

Andrea and I attended the WCC Spring Luncheon at the Natsunoya Tea House on Saturday, May 3^rd. Andrea and I both forgot to bring cell phones or cameras, so UH Prof. Tom Ranker shared photos with us.

Annette did the table decorations. Photo by Tom.

Andrea, as President, conducted the meeting business. Photo by Tom.

It was a full house. Photo by Tom.

Bob Sigall, author of the newspaper column "Rear View Mirror," was the guest speaker. We bought a copy of his third book.
Photo by Tom. Yes, I know he spells it "rearview," which is also correct. I have my way, he has his.

Genie, Tom's wife, produced the luncheon and introduced Bob. It was a very informative talk about Hawaii. Photo by Tom.

Rainbow Bonsai Club Lunch

Andrea and I picked up Tom and Genie in Manoa on Sunday, May 4^rd, and drove to Aiea to meet with the bonsai club for lunch at Makino Chaya.

We arrived a bit early so we walked around a bit. Then I climbed a stairway above the complex and found this old former
drive in theater being used as a swap meet.

Looking back down at the retail building with several restaurants.

Inside Makino Chaya after we had gotten our buffet lunches.

The food was quite good and abundant.

On the way home we stopped at Noelani School in Manoa to see the orchid show.

There were many beautiful orchids.

Andrea bought a phalaenopsis and Genie bought a bromeliad.

Project Lead the Way

Ed Dennis flew to Honolulu from Oregon for some meetings with his company, Project Lead the Way, and Andrea and I met with him and his associate Susan on Wednesday, May 7^th, and had lunch at the Greek Corner on University Avenue.

On Tuesday Andrea took this photo of the temporary electrical installation next door by HECO.

Ed was a little late so we waited out in front of the Greek Corner. The food was good.

The Big Bang Theory, Inflation, and the Multiverse

Prof. Alex Filippenko gave a lecture at the Kennedy Theater at UH on Saturday, May 10^th. Andrea and I went to this event put on by the Institute for Astronomy.

On Friday Andrea and I went to the beach. Many tourists take photos of the Natatorium in bright sunshine when
this side is in shadow. The sky was cloudy (no shadows) so I took this photo. See the kaimana pukas?

Saturday morning I attended bonsai class while Andrea went to a WCC meeting at the Thrift Shop at UH. That's
my tree in the center of the table.

Andrea and I got there a little early and attended the donors' reception. Photo by Friends of the Institute for
Astronomy.

The theater was mostly full for this event. Photo by Andrea.

Roy Gal introduced Alex Filippenko.

Alex is not an English major! The conventional thought is that there are an infinite number of universes
(multiverse) that can never be observed.

The next day I made some flower arrangements for Mother's Day. Photo by Andrea.

After lunch Andrea took Lenore for a drive while I stayed home and read science fiction. Photo by Andrea.

The view at the Makapuu lookout. Photo by Andrea.

A flower arrantement I put together for Mother's Day. Photo by Andrea.

We got over an inch of rain overnight and Monday morning Andrea took this video:

Post by Andrea Wagner.

Parking Enforcement at Sans Souci Beach Park

At Sans Souci Beach for our daily swim, on Wednesday, May 14^th, I saw a warning placard on a car parked out of a stall. Having seen cars parked like this almost daily for the last three years, I was somewhat surprised that they had started noticing and enforcing, so I took a picture.

This is the warning placed by the Department of Parks and Recreation.

This is the walkway they park in every day. We'll see if this enforcement is real.

I had replaced the rope on the Stairway to the Stream with a red one and took a picture of it Thursday morning.

Date Night

Andrea and I went out for a date night in Waikiki on Thursday, May 15^th. I wore the new Rix aloha shirt she bought me earlier in the day.

As we crossed the street to go to Park restaurant at the Lotus, we noticed this Cinderella coach so I took a picture.
As described in Prof. Johnson's history of Honolulu, the City has been trying to get HECO to underground the power
lines for over half a century now, without very much luck. Perhaps more intestinal fortitude is called for.

We found that Park had gone out of business so we went to the Beach Bar at the Kaimana Hotel. Photo by Andrea.

After a couple of Manhattans and some nachos, we walked to the Moana Hotel's Banyan Court bar. A car is parked
illegally in the spot that had a car that got the warning the day before.

I don't generally take pictures of clouds, rainbows, flower, or sunsets (because I'm trying to limit the quantity
of my photographs), but I do take pictures of Andrea with a sunset in the background!

Andrea took lots of pictures of the sunset. Photo by Andrea.

I wore the new Rix shirt Andrea got for me. Photo by Andrea.

Hawaiian music and hula dancing at the Moana Hotel. Photo by Andrea.

Link to hula video on Google by Andrea.

She was quite graceful. We had mai tais and french fries. Photo by Andrea.

We stopped for a picture at Duke's statue on the way back to the car. Photo by Andrea.

Uncle Clay's House of Pure Aloha

Andrea and I walked down to Uncle Clay's House of Pure Aloha for shave ice on Saturday afternoon, May 17^th.

It was an overcast day and they weren't very crowded.

Looking up Wailupe Valley on the walk home on West Hind Drive.

Clybourne Park at Manoa Valley Theater

Andrea and I went to Manoa Valley Theater on Tuesday, May 20^th for their excellent production preview of Clybourne Park, a play about race relations in Chicago in 1959 and 2009.

Andrea paused at the street entrance so I could get the photograph.

This is the stage set before the performance. A white family is preparing to move out of a house sold to a black family.

Front Room Floor Project

Andrea decided to do the front room floor in decoupage, as she did some of the others. She started on Wednesday, May 21^st.

She had removed the straw mat floor covering that had been there for decades and had cleaned the painted concrete.

Then she removed all the furniture from the room. I helped.

I walked down the street to get a picture of this abandoned boat. Two flat tires and no motor and no license plate on
the trailer. I called HPD to report it and they told me to call 911, so I did. It's been there for two weeks.

Well begun is half done. --Mary Poppins

It's actually a fairly big job but Andrea is amazing.

Andrea gets some expert supervision from Napoleon.

Andrea took this picture Thursday morning.

I took this one a little later.

Thursday night, after two coats of polyurethane by Andrea, we went to Outback for dinner.

Friday morning. Photo by Andrea.

Bonsai Class

Andrea and I went to our weekly bonsai class at Keith and Steph's house in Kailua on Saturday, May 24^th.

Starting or propagating bonsai by planting cuttings.

Steph takes a picture of Andrea.

Keith begins a lesson on air layering.

The bougainvillia is propagated by air layering.

We went shopping for a rug to go under the coffee table in the front room and then had lunch at Kincaid's in Ward Warehouse.

The old Fisherman's Warf restaurant has been closed for years and will be torn down soon.

The new rug in place. Photo by Andrea.

Photo by Andrea.

Memorial Day

Andrea and I stayed home on Memorial Day, Sunday, May 25^th.

I started refurbishing the two surfboards I got off the street last year.

Andrea tries out the shooter game I made for the grandkids next door.

Our neighbors invited us for a barbecue dinner. Floyd and his son Kevin do the cooking.

We ate under the mango tree.

Popsicles for dessert.

On Monday Andrea and I went to the Manoa Valley Theater to see Mark Twain Rides Again, a two hour show by a Mark Twain
impersonator. The Devil made a guest appearance.