North Shore Notes

Monday, March 7, 2011

Yes, it was time to give up my beloved Blackberry. It had been two years and she had a cracked screen.

I really researched the Android Smartphones. I wanted to be able to update my blog with some

pictures taken by the phone. This one has an 8mpix camera which is pretty good.

This one even had more features than the Verizon IPhone.

DROID X

Marisa helped me with some of the basic stuff...I think I love taking panorama photos!

So far I'm not too frustrated by it. We'll see

FINALLY!!!

When we were in town the other day and had some extra time, we drove to the Diamond Head (Le'ahi)

area. We've had so much rain this season that not only is

the state's drought officially over, but Diamond Head

has a fuzzy, green covering!

You probably don't reconize it from these shots, I just realized.

Most photos of Diamond Head are taken from far away

so you see the iconic shape, but this is what it looks like

from the side and below.

Last night we met Peggy and David at their hotel in Waikiki to go and

have dinner at The Counter. We took them there in August when they were here

and they loved it. David is quite the "Hamburger Expert".

As always it was wonderful!

Good Food and Good Friends

what could be better!

Today is Girls Day. In Japan it's called Hinamatsuri. Its a day to honor

girls. Here you can buy Hina dolls like this one at stores like Marukai. They are beautiful.

You can also buy special candy and pastry treats.

This what makes Hawaii so unique. It's so multi-cultural

that you get to celebrate different cultures without leaving

your own town!

While we were gone a gecko was having some fun with my printer!!!

I think it was only one, but who knows. Printer seems to work fine, but this is not funny! We've found

their evidence in the office...hubby's printer, "presents" left on window sills. We're

not sure why he likes it so much in here, if you know let me know.

Did I mention it was 80 degrees?

Glad to be back.