Far from the Maddening Crowd...: Aloha! Back from Paradise & Into Reality

The Hawaii '05 Crew with our new favorite waiter at Alan Wong's - 8.07.05

We get ready to watch "Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" on the beach in Waikiki - 8.06.05

I'm happy I get to eat such an aesthetically pleasing & scrumptious salad - Alan Wong's, 8.07.05

The gals & me pose at the W Hotel lobby after libations & dancin' - 8.06.05

Current mood:

chipper

Hi Folks,

So, I just arrived back this week from Honolulu & it was just an absolute blast My highlight of the trip was swimming with about 100 dolphins in their natural habitat...not in a manmade/ hermetically sealed pool. The funny part is as most of you know, dolphins have built in sonar & they told us that before jumping in the waters that they can detect if someone is either pregnant or has had recent surgery with metal, etc. Well, they WERE following me...so many in fact, I was a bit taken aback at how docile & undettered they were by a human being but of course, I'm sure they're used to it. The funny part was one got so close to me that he rubbed his belly to mine. When I got out of the water, I went to report to my guide that the dolphin was rubbing tummies with me & asked if it was because he detected my elbow/ arm surgery...she said, "Nahhhh, dolphins are known to be promiscuous they do not discriminate between sex or SPECIES. It was probably just tryin' to get some!"" Dang! That was not the kind of "action" I was expecting in Hawaii...baha!

In anycase, I also got to tour around the area outside of Waikiki because we were staying at a friend of friend's place in Waipahu & also hung around Aiea (sounds like "paella"), it was just nice & relaxing to just wear T-shirts, flip flops & working on building that bronze tan...which for me took 4 minutes & took my other friend like 4 days & she only tanned her shoulders...heh heh heh...

If you ever go there, I definitely recommend Ono's - a great hole in the wall with like da' best Lau Lau pork I ever tasted & Alan Wong's if you want fancier fare & ummmm, we got some good eye candy with our super hunky, cute waiter, Ryan...ha! Sorry, we were drooling over not just the desserts.

Later, later,
Elle