Birthdays, Desserts and Wine Toast

We celebrated birthdays on this cruise. Lupe’s on the 1st, Fred’s on the 8th and Steve’s on the 27th. The ship do cakes for birthdays and anniversaries. Our last night on board, a wine toast, cheesecake and coconut soufflé for dessert. Save

What’s For Dinner?

The Pu, a Hawaiian conch shell, was blown to let us know that it was time for dinner. We had signed up for the VIP package so we walk over to the mansion. We were seated around an open-air courtyard with views of the plantation grounds and Mt. Waialeale in the distance. As we sipped […]

Sugar Mill

Located on the North shore, Paia started as a plantation town with the opening of Paia store in 1896 to serve the needs of the multi-cultural plantation workers of Paia Sugar Mill. Today, the wooden buildings of this quaint little town are still reminiscent of the plantation era but now house some of the best […]

Lunch Time

Beach Bum’s BBQ & Grill, opened in February of 2007 and quickly became Maui’s most popular oceanfront barbecue restaurant. Beach Bum’s is the only Maui Restaurant that features an all wood rotisserie smoker, (custom-built in Mesquite Texas) using only local woods: Kiawe, a mild mesquite & Guava, an exotic fruit tree, adding a unique “island […]

Hawaii – Paniolo Lounge at Travaasa Hotel Hana

This is where the road to Hana stopped for us. We drove through town and did not find anything open at 2:30 on this Sunday afternoon. We came upon the Travaasa Hotel. As we walked into the dining room. There was a perfect view of the bay and a gorgeous day with great outdoor seating. […]

Cadillac Grill

Cadillac Grill is totally a retro 1950’s diner with center booths that are done up to look like classic ’50s cars, pictures of Elvis on the walls, oldies playing on the radio and offers up comfort food. Save

On Board

We boarded the ship and headed to Skyline, one of the dining restaurants. Afterwards, we explored the ship and had drinks. This map shows are route for our tour of the Hawaiian Islands. Finally, we got into our cabin where we had chocolate covered strawberries and a cheese and fruit plate waiting for us. Save […]

Kaneohe Haleiwa Joe’s II Seafood Grill

We celebrated Lupe’s birthday at the second Haleiwa Joe’s location.We had eaten at Haleiwa Joes in Haleiwa and I was surprised that the two restaurants were so completely different. The first Haleiwa Joe’s was across the street from the ocean. This one was an open-air restaurant in a lush valley overlooks its own tropical garden […]

Margaritas

While Lupe’s prescription was being filled we decided we would go ahead and do lunch there in the strip mall. We found Mexico Lindo, a Mexican restaurant. Mexico Lindo one of the few true Mexican food places in the island’s. The Chefs are of real Mexican roots which is why the food tastes so great. […]

Island Snow

President Obama and the First Family, when vacationing in Kailua, go to Island Snow, a surf shop that serves the best shave ice I have ever had. The shop is located close to the Presidential vacation compound. What is Hawaiian Shave Ice? Hawaiian Shave Ice is made with a special ice shaving machines that produces […]