Happy 16th DUKES

I was invited to DUKES Waikiki for their 16th anniversay party. I almost didn't go because "all the way into town, it's so far". I'm so glad I went. It's always good to see old friends and some people I didn't expect to see. Bernie, Gary & Lou were greeting people as they came in.

Friends from New York

That smile! Uncle Tommy. I got to try some of my limited knowledge of Samoan on him...he laughs!

Good food and so many people!

I was thinking on the way home. WOW, 16 years!

I still remember:

it being "Smorgeys" (yuck)

Asking the beachboys for their input on the design

Meeting Brett

Funerals

Weddings

partys on the lower patio

Breakfast buffet

Lunch buffet

not so much for dinner

putting lei on the pictures on the wall

kanakapila at the round table

dancing hula more than once there

Hula Pie yellow plates *hehehehe

Traci & Susanne stools

Tommy cooking ulu in the kitchen

loud football

Hula Pie (the real one) melting on the beach

Lois & Stacey first timers

Sunday afternoon watching the people dance to Kapono

Dancing on the beach with Tommy to Kapono

Love to take friends there for the first time, just to see how special it is

just too much fun and too many memories.

Thanks Dukes!