Wordless Wednesday #17

Well, not quite wordless this week. Remember last week's WW photo? I was walking out on the sea wall at sunset in Waikiki with my kids. Son walked out ahead and I snapped that photo of him, shooting directly into the sunset. When I turned around, with the sun on my back, I took this picture of the girls, Daughter and kalabash cousin.
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Friday Foto: Waikiki

Sometimes family togetherness is not all it’s cracked up to be. Especially when resources are low. Not enough money, not enough time. Not nearly enough patience. Never enough compromising in the world when it is one of those days where everyone wants something different. Eventually, it leads to moments when a more or less sane person can be led to the edge, look over the cliff, and wonder how bad the fall might be to get the fuck to that quiet place way down yonder.

So far though, every time I hang on and get through one of these moments – actually week(s) – I am rewarded for my perseverance. The teens get along, the husband stops being edgy and bullish, the bills somehow get paid.

Or a friend visits. Spending the week with my friend I do believe magically made my family far more appreciative of my time, since they were getting none of it.

So on Monday, after taking my friend to the airport and returning home, I had plans with my family. We had a gift certificate from Christmas to The Cheesecake Factory in Waikiki and we were going to have a family day out. However, daughter needed us to be home by six, son had not gotten home by two in the afternoon.

Hubs and I ditched them. We turned it into a belated Valentine’s date. We had a lovely late afternoon meal and then took a sunset stroll down Waikiki Beach. It was so beautiful, so romantic, I decided to invite the internet.

The Royal Hawaiian Hotel.


The Royal Hawaiian just reopened after seven months of renovations.

Love me a long, spooky hallway.

The Royal Hawaiian was the first hotel in Waikiki. It is my favorite. You can feel the old times, you can almost see the ghosts of a time gone by in the hallways. I was afraid they might ruin this with the renovation, but the old style is still there. This is a window box along one of the corridors.

Coming through the hotel out to the beach.

Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai Bar. One of our family's favorite summer sunset treat places to go.

Diamond Head while walking down the beach.

Sunset

Sheraton's Rum Fire Bar. We stopped for a sunset drink before heading home.

We used a gift certificate at the Cheesecake Factory, and since we ate there they validated our parking. The Rum Fire Bar was having happy hour and our bill was $9.98 plus tip. Since I was such a cheap date for Valentine's, my Friday Foto is doubling as next week's Money in the Bank. Join the fun in handing out tips on ways to save money over at Smart Mouthed Broad.

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Have a great weekend internet!