The rain had left significant puddling in the beach park next to the Kaimana, a beach hotel.
Firefighters were there doing some kind of SCUBA exercise.
The two Japanese women by the water in the distance asked me to take their photo, which I did. One then asked me, in English,
where I was from. I said here, Hawaii.
Andrea took this photo of a sampling of phonograph records that we want to find a good home for.
We parked on the street and walked makai to the Mirage, next to North Shore Grinds.
Inside was bustling. Photo by Andrea.
Nice pictures inside an live music.
Jasmin, the proprietress greeted us. Photo by Andrea.
We had a small table outside and some wine and pupu.
A beautiful belly dancer performed.
A beautiful belly dance.
Friday afternoon Andrea went with Mom to Kaiser so I went to the beach by myself. SCUBA lesson.
Jerry and helpers moving a cart of sod at the Aquarium.
New sewing machine set up. RTFM: the essential task for mastery of technology.
Monday morning I repaired the sewing box I made for Andrea 34 years ago.
Waiting for the baggage carousel.
Still waiting.
A toast to Hawaii. Photo by Andrea.
Photo with the giant clam shells, waterfall, and tiki.
Photo of getting the photo of the giant clam shells, waterfall, and tiki. Metaphoto by Andrea.
On Tuesday Andrea and Becky got massages in the afternoon while I went to the beach. The Model T was running and had its hood off.
We waited at the entrance to Sea Life Park, arriving on time at 4:30 PM.
After checking in we waited on the plaza at the entrance by the shark tank. Photo by Becky.
While waiting we watched the para-gliders above Makapuu.
Photo by Andrea.
Lei greeting upon entering.
The chief blew the pu (conch shell) before the uncovering of the umu (above ground imu).
There were many before-dinner activities, including fire making. Photo by Andrea.
We met Carl at our table who attended alone as he was on a last minute conference trip from Michigan.
Chief plays guitar and sings with his backup group during dinner.
Ladies of Tahiti.
At the keiki cutouts. Photo by Andrea.
Andrea found the Primo can in Claude Horan's tile installation.
Looking for humuhumunukunukuapuaa.
It's a roomy place with outdoor seating available.
A whimsical painting of Point Panic is in one of two outdoor seating areas.
The front of Honolulu Beerworks. Photo by Andrea.
We drove to the Kaimana for cocktails, steak, and nachos.
Becky had one of their mai tais.
With an umbrella in case of rain. Photo by Andrea.
We had a nice table by a window.
View of Town Restaurant diagonally across the street.
Becky enjoyed the food and drink. Photo by Andrea.
From the Burning Man article on Wikipedia:
At Burning Man the community explores various forms of artistic self-expression, created in celebration for the pleasure of all participants. Participation is a key precept for the community – selfless giving of one's unique talents for the enjoyment of all is encouraged and actively reinforced. Some of these generous outpourings of creativity can include experimental and interactive sculpture, building, performance, and art cars among other mediums, often inspired by the yearly theme, chosen by organizers.
Musicians on the stage.
Guests began arriving after 5:00 PM.
All together under the lychee tree.
Just before dark.
I lit the fire when it was fully dark.
Just lit. Photo by Jennifer Crites.
Starting to burn. Photo by Jennifer Crites.
The bra is burned. Photo by Jennifer Crites.
The 5/8 rebar softened and bent over backwards. Photo by Jennifer Crites.
Mostly pau. Photo by Jennifer Crites.
We body surfed at Bellows Beach.
On the way back to the car we stopped to see this unique house.
In the afternoon, Becky helped with the rattan chair.
We then had cocktails and pupu on the lanai.
Andrea and I took Becky for an afternoon swim at Sans Souci Beach and then we walked into Waikiki for cocktails and pupu at the Beach Bar at the Moana Hotel on Monday, March 13th.
We had mai tais, ahi poke nachos, PB&J chicken wings, and chicken flat bread. Yummy. Our waitress took this picture.
I got a photo of the lovely hula dancer.
Andrea got the metaphoto of me taking the picture above.
After visiting Crazy Shirts in the International Marketplace, we went to Sand People on Kalakaua and Becky got clip on drink umbrellas.
Across from Tiki's Grill and Bar on the walk back to the car.
Tuesday morning we walked down to Jack's in Aina Haina Shopping Center for breakfast. Becky had Portuguese sausage, egg white, and muffin.
We went to the beach in the afternoon and then walked over to Dillingham Fountain to wait for the tour group at 5:00 PM.
Becky found that Andrea's phone camera was tinting everything blue because it was set to "flourescent" lighting. Now fixed. Photo by Andrea.
People began arriving shortly before 5:00.
The tour finished up with the Indian banyan in Sans Souci Beach Park next to the Aquarium. We saw kou, milo, and kamani too.
After the tour we went to the Kaimana beach hotel at Sans Souci Beach for pupu and mai tais. Photo by Andrea.
The devastation! We had calamari, nachos, skewers, and fried zucchini. Photo by Andrea.
We walked down to the Aquarium and saw this minor congregation of mynah birds.
After we got home, we opened the solar net box and took this photo of the internet connection device.
The back side of the device.
Here is a link to the slides for the first anthropocene class session (PDF). If they won't load in your browser, right click on the link and open them with Adobe PDF reader.
At the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute I saw these two flyers on the wall. The lower one has Andrea and me in it!
Inside the class.
Meanwhile, Andrea took Becky for one last beach walk before heading to the airport.
Becky says she counted 17 humuhumunukunukuapuaa.
Andrea and I went to the beach in the afternoon and she walked with me to do exercises where the Aquarium meets the Natatorium.
Zoomed in view for above photo. Local woman teaching her youngster to fish with small nets in the no fishing zone.
I carved the roast corned beef and Andrea took the photo.
Saturday I mowed the lawn and in the evening we had cocktails on the lanai. Calamari and guacamole with chips.
MacDonald's in Hawaii is a major supporter of student robotics programs. Photo by Andrea.
Andrea took photographs.
The donation VEX robot was a hit. Photo by Andrea.
I walked home to take care of things while Andrea stayed with the team. I took this photo of the Malibu for future comparison.
Tuesday afternoon before beach I took this photo of lychee blooms. There were bees, but they wouldn't cooperate for the photo.
We arrived early and went into The Good Earth natural food store on King. I took this photo of the decorative piece in the triangle
park between King and Beretania. The Manoa valley is in the distance.
At the fresh produce section inside The Good Earth. The store was there when I used to live around the next corner on Coolidge Street
back in 1978 and 1979.
After we got home, Andrea took this photo of the mushroom mini farm we bought.
Wednesday morning I took a picture of the rattan chair that Becky helped me repair.
Andrea at her sewing table making curtains.
She has enough light with the window and floor lamp.
Andrea helps set up table skirts.
My hau tree with hala accent.
Looking at the other displays being set up. Photo by Andrea.
We had lunch at Jasmin's Mirage, Coffee and Art, on 10th Avenue in Kaimuki.
We had veggie and turkey panini and coffees. After lunch we went to the running store to get me some blue shoes. Then we went to
Kahala Mall to Champs for socks. Andrea was looking for gearrings but couldn't find any.
We got a lot of compliments on the display and we won a display award for the whole setup.
The anthurium display.
The ikebana display.
The Valentine's Day orchid display.
The forest demonstration, lead by Keith, began on time at 10:00 AM.
Club members pitch in to put a muck dam around the perimeter of the slab.
Keith has the first two trees down. Start with the largest, and put the smallest trees last.
As it was last year, the forest demonstration was a big hit with the crowd.
Akadama, a synthetic potting medium, fills the space after the trees are wired in.
Keith puts the finishing touches on the ironwood forest of 19 trees. Beautiful job.
Andrea and I went to Dot's restaurant for lunch. Having ordered, we wait for our food, fish and chips for her, a BLT for me.
The ironwood forest.
It takes four to carry the forest out. We got help from the high school athletes.
City Council Chairman Ron Menor gave a talk. He appeared knowledgeable about the park trust.
Retired UH astronomer Prof. Pat Henry then gave a talk on the history of the land of the Kapiolani Park trust.
At the Kaimana Hotel for drinks and pupu.
Later we walked to the Wisp restaurant in the Lotus Hotel for more drinks, pupu, Hawaiian music, and hula. Brian (center) and Rayleigh.
This was our first time at the newly opened Wisp, formerly Park restaurant. Photo by Andrea.
Jenny teaches the keiki about uala (sweet potato) cuttings and planting.
Andrea helped with a Punahou tour on Wednesday morning and then she took Jan to visit Lenore before lunch.
In the afternoon we went to the beach.
Andrea began her volunteer pit administration early on Thursday morning, March 30th, and I arrived a bit later to enter with the Kalani High School robotics team.
Talking to scouts from other teams in the Kalani pit.
Getting the robot ready.
The driver meeting began at 10:00 AM.
UH student and former Kalani team captain Darius, volunteering as an inspector, affixes the inspection sticker to the robot.
Kalani was in the first match. The robot moves forward in autonomous mode.
Climbing the rope near the end of the match.
The robot activated the touch pad at the top of the rope at the end of the match for a win.
In a later match our robot climbed the rope for another win. We were ranked 17 out of 37 at the end of the day with four
wins and four losses.
In the Kalani pit. Photo by Andrea.
Kalani team member Rovi Porter was selected as Dean's List finalist. Photo by Anne Torige.
I created a separate page to document the Hawaii Regional FRC.
Here are some Chess games I played against the computer in March.
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