Lunch with Curtis, et al

So normally Curtis and I go out to breakfast on Tuesday morning. But this week Bick & Ron are visiting so we decided to invite them. But they had things to do on Tuesday, so we decided to do it on Wednesday morning. But then Curtis had something come up in the morning, so we did lunch today. Lori & Jenny joined us and we met Bick & Ron at the Kona Grill at the International Market Place.

L to R: Jenny, Lori, & Curtis headed to Kona Grill.

L to R: Bick, Lori, Curtis, & Jenny.

My out-of-focus Churrasco Beef Satay Bento Box; they were out of the Sweet Chili-Glazed Salmon.

Lori & Jenny had the Shrimp Tempura Bento Box. (Photo by Jenny)

Curtis had the Big Kahuna Cheeseburger without the bun. (Photo by Curtis)

Bick had the Sebastian Roll. Apparently it is named after the crab in The Little Mermaid. (Photo by Bick)

Ron had the Avocado Chicken Club Sandwich. (Photo by Ron)

On the way out we saw Mrs. Vea and Donna who were just starting their lunch at Kona Grill. On the day after Christmas Donna's house was broken into, some identification cards were stolen. They have filed fraud reports. Apparently louvers on the other side of their house were removed and someone crawled in to their house while they were out in the mid-morning. I forwarded the information to the Neighborhood Security Watch group.

On the way out we also saw a Tesla electric car charging station that is in the parking garage at the International Market Place. But there were no cars hooked up.


We went to see where Bick & Ron are staying. Ron showed us an old photo that he found in the condo. It looks like it was taken from Puowaina (Punchbowl) sometime in the 1940's or 1950's. We can find the Ala Wai Canal, Kalakaua Avenue, and McKinley High School; we're not sure what that dome is near the center of the photo.

We're pretty sure this was taken from the lookout at Puowaina. (Photographer unknown)

As we left, we could see Puowaina as we were driving down Ala Wai Boulevard.

This morning I did a batch of laundry. I checked out the plants. I trimmed out all the old parts from Mom's orchid yesterday; it looks pretty good!

Here are the miniature anthuriums.

Later I met Bick & Ron to go to the Hilton Hawaiian Village to help their friend Delores with a Kwanzaa information table. I told Delores how I would go to Kwanzaa with Eleta and how she would do 1 principle a month throughout the year to help remember them. Eleta has been sending me photos of the candles in the kinara each night of Kwanzaa.

L to R: Delores & Bick, organizing the table.

Habari gani? Ujima! (Photo by Eleta)

This is from yesterday. Habari gani? Kujichagulia! (Photo by Eleta)

After Delores was done, we were going to go to dinner at Roy's Waikiki; I had coupons for $10 off! But the wait was about an hour. Bick wanted to go to Marukame Udon; we got there and it looked like there wait was way longer than an hour. We ended up at Siam Square.

We were so hungry by the time we got there, I almost didn't get any photos. This is the Tom Yum (Spicy Sour Soup).

Yum Woon Sen (Cellophane Noodle Salad).

Pad Met Mamuong (Cashew Stir-Fry).

Happy Birthday to Jennifer!