Filed under: weekend

Oh Christmas Tree

Hubby and I went shopping for a "real" Christmas tree this after-Thanksgiving weekend. The last three years, we bought from Don Quijote. This year...I decided to try another place and ended up at Home Depot. I also wanted to avoid crowds since I was still recovering from the previous Black Friday shopping frenzy. Personally, I'd prefer to pick my (our) tree from a tree farm or even better to harvest your own tree as seen in the movie, "Deck the Halls" (minus the crazy neighbors, of course!)

Home Depot had a good selection and within minutes, we picked our tree and loaded it on top of a shopping cart...in line to have the bottom of the tree trunk to be cut off. As excited as I was to finally get a tree, I've been slow to start decorating. Perhaps...tonight, I'll bring out the tree trimmings. So far, I've only put on the twinkling lights and we're both enjoying the wonderfully fragrant fresh pine smell!

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Afternoon tea

My BFF and I usually meet up to have dinner whenever we go out. So this time, I decided we neeed a change and enjoy a delightful afternoon of tea drinking, thanks to a fun English tradition. Oh yea...also, I'd won a gift certificate a little while ago at a tweet-up...afternoon tea for two at Mission Houses Museum Cafe and Tea Parlor so I decided to make use of it.

We ordered the Orange Jasmine White tea as well as the Chai tea...and along with that, we also had a soft cranberry scone, a range of finger sandwiches and sweet chocolate/fudge savouries. What a treat! I particularly love their fancy china and their best pot of freshly steeped white tea. 

It was a great experience! :D

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Honolulu Festival

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What a fun weekend it has been! Thank goodness for awesome weather with lots of sunshine and cool breeze! It was good fun as usual to be able to see and experience all the many different cultural exhibits, arts and music performed by people from countries throughout the Pacific Rim ~ Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Canada, Alaska and even Hawaii. It wasn't easy to catch everything as there were four different staging locations and then the festival concludes with a parade through Waikiki.

Ryan and I also had the opportunity to attend the "Friendship Gala" and taste sample great food by Honolulu's popular restaurants ~ Roy's, Alan Wong's, Nobu Waikiki, Ruth Chris, Wolfgang's Steak House, Hakone, Satura Cakes and much more. Pictures from the festival to follow soon once I am able to sort them through.

tsunami warning

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Yes, the tsunami warning sirens woke me up at 7am. And the one I heard was the second one, with the first one going off at 6am which I slept through. First heard about this possible tsunami warning last night following a massive earthquake in Chile.

So since 7am, I had the TV on the news channel, then my PC onto to Twitter for updates. Then showered, filled water bottles, made breakfast, lunch and dinner and also took some shots of Ala Moana Beach Park from my lanai.


At. 1:45pm - Tsunami warning officially canceled for Hawaii.


Don't judge me, but I may walk to either Ala Moana or Waikiki beach later in the day to check things out. Don't worry...I will be cautious and remain alert!
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