Monday, February 07, 2011

Honolulu---Day 1



We arrived in Honolulu in early afternoon and were met by a car and driver-with orchid leis for each of us. That was lovely. I love orchids and the leis were very pretty. (They are now decorating the light fixtures in our hotel room.)


Our hotel, Hotel Renew, is only about a half block from Waikiki beach. It's a nice, small boutique hotel. It's modern and Zen and crisp. I like it a lot. The location is fantastic. We are, I gather, at the Diamond Head end of the beach.

We had lunch at the Tiki Grill. The food was good but the pisco sour was divine! Nonie and I fell in love with pisco sours when we were in Peru and it is not often we find them on a drinks menu.

Auntie Bella's Lei Shop....one way to know you've arrived in Hawaii!

And just in case the lei shop wasn't a big enough clue, the surf board lock up along the Waikiki beach would be a dead give away. I've seen ski lockups before, but never one for surf boards.

This is going to be a great trip!

5 comments:

diane b said...

Sounds like a good start to an exciting holiday probably a bit warmer too.

Jennie said...

I'm GREEN with envy.

May said...

Sob...

Auntie Pumpkin said...

WOW! That ring looks looped!

Meri said...

So happy you're there and warm. The sun is out today, but it's chilly.