aloha and mahalo, part 1.

Are you ready?

I've decided to break the honeymoon down into 3 parts...triologies are always great!

Alrighty, well grab yourself a snack and a glass of wine (or beverage of choice) and enjoy!



first we flew from san francisco to hawaii!

we were very excited to be just the "two of us" (on a plane with 300 of our closest friends) after all the wedding festivities



DAY 1: first walk on the beach



the first night we mustered up some energy and made it to the grocery store for some essentials. home cooked tacos! it was so great to have a kitchen to be able to make our own food.



DAY 2: my cousin alison suggested we go up to Pali lookout, as witnessed in this picture neither of us were expecting the wind to be such a problem


it was very impressive though


i didn't see any bees, but they must be pretty darn scary given their strength to battle some typhoon style winds


after the pali lookout we drove into honolulu to get some hawaiian shave ice (Tropical Freeze--another Alison recommendation)


i love shave ice



DAY 3: have i talked about this little gem of a breakfast? oh well, it's worth mentioning again (and again, and again). we went to the local "Boots and Kimo's" and indulged in heaven on earth. literally, it was the BEST breakfast EVER!

every last bite was amazing. i was stuffed, but made myself eat the last bit because it was that good


after breakfast we headed down to pearl harbor to visit the uss arizona memorial




the navy runs the boat rides out to the memorial






i don't usually consider myself a "patriotic person" (whatever that means), but the experience struck a somber tone. it was disturbing standing atop the sunken graveyard. but i was hit most by the simplicity of the memorial. it wasn't overdone, there was no "god bless america" soundtrack playing in the background to elicit emotions of pride. it allowed me to observe the memorial in a way that was meaningful to myself.

after the memorial, we hit up the beach again



there you go, part 1. stay tuned for parts 2 & 3!!