Archive for February, 2007

Pete’s Caribbean Vacation

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Pete had a terrific vacation cruise to the Caribbean with Kelly. Here he’s enjoying himself on South Beach at Lario’s

Kelly with Peyton Manning!
One of the real highlights of the trip was dinner at Joe’s Stone Crab in Miami. Peyton Manning - the MVP of this year’s Super Bowl was sitting next to Pete! Miami Beach
Akumal [...]

Kung Hee Fat Choy - Happy Chinese New Year

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

The Lion Dance
The end of the Chinese New Year is celebrated with the Lion Dance. We attended a local celebration.
This is the beginning of the year of the Boar. The Boar is the last of the 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac Cycle. Boar people are known to be chivalrous, gallant, honest, tolerant, [...]

Kauai - Hawaii’s Garden Isle

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

We spent a few days on the lovely Hawaiian island of Kauai. It was a very nostalgic trip for me. The first time I came to Hawaii was 38 years ago and I spent 4 days on Kauai. It brought back vivid memories of being young and delighted. Kauai certainly still brings delight! But it’s [...]

Visitors in Maui

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

We were delighted to have visitors here in Maui. My niece, Christine, came for the same week that some friends of ours were here on the island. We were able to do a number of fun things together and the whole week just flew. It was great. I was especially happy that Chrissy arrived right [...]

Cited by the Party Police - Again!

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Our friends arrived last night .. Rob & BG and Jeff & Liza We had them over for a bbq last night along with our local friends here last night. There were 10 of us and we normally eat at the picnic tables down at the bbq. We had just sat [...]

Return Trip to Lanai

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Lanai is a lovely little Hawaiian Island just a few miles off Maui. Here we are looking at Lanai as the Ferry takes off from Lahaina. It was a spectacular day and we had a wonderful whale show along the way.

Looking at Lanaii from Maui

The West Maui Mountains as seen from the Ferry as [...]