Uber for Susan

I spent the day driving around with Susan. We started with guava-flavored sweetbread and papaya for breakfast at the house before we went to Ala Moana to check out the teas at Lupicia. We were about an hour early so we walked around the center checking out other places. We stopped in at Minamoto Kitchoan where we saw their very elaborate and large Boys' Day display; they were out of a lot of things so we didn't buy anything.

The Tango no Sekku (Boys' Day) display.

Susan checks out some of their confections, but note the 'Sold Out' sign; there were a lot of those.

We also stopped at the food court, ʻAuana Quilts, Foodland Farms, Brug Bakery, & Aloha Lane where Susan bought a muʻumuʻu.

Checking out the poke at Foodland Farms.

There are more options around the corner!

Fun food from Brug Bakery.

I never thought about it before, but Ala Moana Center would be a place where tourists could hang out after they check out of their hotel and before they have to be at the airport, or before they are able to check in to their hotel, rather than spend several hours at the airport waiting for the right time. Ala Moana provides lockers where travelers can keep their luggage while they window shop. We also saw a kiosk capitalizing on peoples COVID-19 fears.

They thought of everything!

Is it chlorinated water in mist form???

Susan checks it out.

Then we went to Pipeline Bakeshop & Creamery to get malamodes for another breakfast but we ended up with focaccia for lunch instead. We also bought malasadas, Haupia Ube Macadamia bars, Lilikoi Cream Cheese bars, an Ube bar, and a Pumpkin Crunch bar. we sat at a parklet across the street to eat our lunch.

Oh, no! No Malamodes!

The ice cream choices.

Some of the baked goods choices.

 Left to right: Pumpkin Crunch (top), Ube Bar, Haupia Ube Macadamia Bar, & Lilikoi Creamcheese Bar.

Susan eats her Vegetarian Foccacia.

My Special Focaccia.

A few years ago I had brought back some cracked seed for Susan from The Crack Seed Store which was within a half block of Pipeline. We walked by there on the way back to the car so Susan had to stop to pick out things to take home. She also took back some dried lychee for Kai.

So many choices!

Before you could go in & point at what you wanted.

As we drove from Ala Moana to Pipeline we passed da Shop, a really great local bookstore. As we left The Crack Seed Store, Susan asked about going there, too. I had her walk the half block to the bookstore, while I moved the car from one side of the parking lot to the other which was closer to the bookstore & met her there. 

A sign at the register.

I bought too many books, but in my defense I found some great references for ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi and one on Hawaiian wetlands! I also added books to the Wishlist in the My Library app that I started using to track the books that I have. I waited outside so I would not be tempted to buy more books. Auē!

Can't wait to read this one!

It has 13 hikes for each of the 4 largest islands.

It includes Kameameha's birthplace & Moʻokini Heiau.

Now when someone ask me what something is they can look it up!

Technically not a book, but I think it will be helpful in building my vocabulary.

We headed home to unload the car with all our purchases which had included a lot of food. We ended up eating a 2nd lunch of poke & poi before we took a nap. In the meanwhile Susan was able to reach her friend Zy'nia whose husband is a marine at the Kaneohe Marine Corps base. We me Zy'nia for dinner at Nico's Pier 38. Yes, we did have dinner there last night but Susan wanted more seafood again. We put our name on the list at 6:45 pm & got seated at 8 pm.

Sitting down to play with the chickens at 6:45 pm.

There were 3 of them running around.

Calamari appetizer at 8:12 pm.

Grilled Swordfish at 8:34 pm.

Part of the visit with Zy'nia was Susan giving her a couple of books as a baby gift; Zy'nia is 8 months pregnant. One of the books Susan gave her is ʻOhana Means Family.

Susan & Zy'nia.

Susan wanted to make 2 stops on our way home; the 1st was to the Scottish Rite cathedral that she & her mom would visit for their annual meeting of all the groups in the state.She wanted to send a photo to her mom. Obviously it was dark, we will see if we have enough time for her to get a photo in the daylight tomorrow.

The giant mask hanging on the pole is just a reflection of the one on the dashboard.

We then headed to Longs to pick up omiyage for Susan and contact lens solution for me. I needed to use the bathroom when I got there but discovered that it was past the time they allow customers to use the restroom. One of the good news/bad news things about being a biologist is that I know the average human bladder holds 1000 ml of urine but, on average, your brain gives you the signal that you need to pee at about 400 ml. Therefore, on average, a human being has 600 ml more space before the need becomes critical. I held it until we got home.

The Aix weather app forecast a little precipitation until about noon then just partly cloudy skies after that. Except for the precip in the morning it was fairly accurate; there was no precip in the morning.

Clouds over Nā Koʻolau at 6:25 pm.

There were 69 new cases of COVID-19 reported today, bringing the total known cases up to 36,471. There were no new deaths reported, keeping the death toll at 501; currently there are 694 cases considered active. The 7-day average of new cases on Oʻahu is 28 with a 1.3% positivity rate.

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Brian, Linda, & Akua!