Great pics along the beach and the rainbow from your room! Every time I see Hawaii pics the theme song from Hawaii Five-O pops up in my head! Sighhhhh
Oh no!! Looking forward to more of your TR .... well, maybe not the worst dining experience part!
OK, that wasn't happening to me with the theme song, but now it is! Book 'em Dano!
There's a lot more good (dining and otherwise) before we get to the bad dining experience. It was our last meal.
Love the fact that you hot to grab some time alone together to celebrate your anniversary. Gorgeous beach and the view from your room is just beautiful. Shame about the meal at Red Lobster and I dread to think what coming next but hey at least the pizza was good
We had a nice walk along the beach and it was good to sit for a few minutes and toast our life together over drinks at Jimmy Buffett's place.
We really did have an amazing view from our room.
On the plus side, Red Lobster was one of our least expensive meals on Hawaii since we didn't order that much to eat!
That would have been nice to have had your Mai Tai's at Dukes with the beautiful view. I guess too many other people had that idea, too.
By the way, I recently discovered that I like Mai Tai's and the Captain's Mai Tai at the YC/BC is my favorite - so far. I'm not much of a drinker and prefer my drinks fruity. Sunken Treasures are out because I don't like coconut rum.
Lobster bisque is usually a pale reddish color. The soup Mark ordered actually looks like chicken soup.
I'm very envious of the fresh seafood that you have at home. We live in the Midwest and most of our seafood is frozen,.. If we want fresh fish it has to be local, which means it would have to be things like perch, walleye and other freshwater fish. I've even had some Asian carp. When we go to Hawaii I usually get Mahi Mahi, which is their local fish.
You know what. It was kind of hectic at Dukes, so it was actually nice to go someplace a little quieter.
I do believe that within the next 24 hours we would be enjoying a Mai Tai at Dukes. Different Day. Different Island.
Thanks for the heads up on the Captain's Mai Tai. I'll put it on the list.
One of the reasons I take the picture is so I can identify what we had. Picture fail in this situation!
We are certainly spoiled with excellent seafood here.
Oh my Dee, the rainbow pictures are so beautiful. Just wow.
Aww that's too bad you didn't get to stay at Duke's. It does look like a lovely spot. Margaritaville is not a bad consolation though. And being Universal folks, somewhat appropriate. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY (then).
Ugh, so sorry the dinner was so bad. Of course I'm glad no one died as a result, but still, not good.
We saw a few rainbows during our trip, at least one on every island, but not as many as I expected. Although that is good because I believe rainbows = rain.
The place we celebrated didn't matter as much as what we were celebrating.
No one died on our anniversary. That would have been bad!
Oh Dee. I remember the red lobster fiasco from FB but round table too? And the in hotel breakfast buffet? Sadness!!!!!
Very sad about Dukes but yeah, the place is insane. On my last work trip I only snagged a table one night after 3 previous attempts and that was due to the fact it was raining! Tips for future visits for you. Lulu's which is upstairs from dukes has a lovely bar, it's set back but still has a view, has live music and the best HH Mai tai and bar menu I think. Dukes has a killer breakfast buffet for $16.95 each.
The coffee house does have the menu posted outside so you can look at it first.
I am glad you enjoyed Haunauma bay. It was magical when I first went a couple of decades ago but it is true that it's been quite damaged since then. Like you we were there in the afternoon and the wind made for cloudy water and not as clear fish viewing. I am really undecided if we will take the boys there or not.
Love the rainbow!!!
I will not be making them do Koko head though but we will be hiking
So lovely to get caught up here this morning, exactly what I needed. I really am impressed with all you were able to do with your Oahu time and a drink at margaritaville (which is kind of a cool bar set up even if it misses the view) is not a bad thing at all and very appropriate for you guys.
I am thinking CJs is looking like a more and more viable lunch option on our arrival day though!
Sorry this is so disjointed, if I post from my phone I can't make edits anywhere but the end of the post! Unless I go into preview mode and even then it's wonky. Very glad the right Hilton was found and directionally challenged teen found his way. Fun on the army museum. I forgot about that, Jeff would likely enjoy it but right now I don't think it's on our list.
I swear I was sitting at Red Lobster thinking "Cynthia is NOT gonna like this!"
Good to know about breakfast- Wailana across the street or killer buffet at Dukes. My family really likes buffets, so finding a place $11 less per person than we paid would be a score.
We were pleased with what we saw at Hanauma Bay since we had never been before and didn't know it in its glory. But now that you mention it, there wasn't a lot of coral- the coral was much better once we hit Maui.
We give CJ's
. In fact, looking back that would have been a better breakfast choice than the buffet!
Oh that really sucks about Red Lobster. Now in Ohio we don't have any great sea food places but our Red Lobster is hit and miss...sometimes really good and other times not so great.
What the Red Lobster lacked in quality, it made up for in crowd. It was really busy in there!
Sorry you weren't able to get a drink at Dukes, we had dinner in the bar area on our trip. It was good, but not outstanding. It was a rainy evening, but the tables near the beach looked nice. We stayed at the Beachcomber Holiday Inn, so Margaritaville was in our hotel, we did have a nice dinner there one night too. Do you have a favorite drink or meal when you go there? I loved the decor, very festive! It was a busy bustling area, and was perfect for our two night stay on Oahu
How many Honolulu Cookie Co stores did you stop in to sample? Please tell me you found these. Too bad about Red Lobster, the food looked ok in the pictures......
Maui is my favorite island, it will be fun to see all your pictures, and hear about your stay there.
We don't have any "regulars" a Margaritaville, but we ate at the one in Orlando a couple of weeks ago and I had this:
Yummy!
Well we only stopped in at the one at the resort, but we made a few trips there. At one point one of the sales girls said "Oh, you're back!"
We will be in Maui soon!!!
Hi Dee! I just had a marathon catch up session... I hadn't commented since your DL part of the trip so forgive me as I walk down memory lane going waaaaayyyy back......
I'll come back with a reply to your post...
I am really enjoying your trip report! We were in Hawaii around the same time last year ... so it's fun to see what you did!
Which islands did you go to and what activities did you do???
Quite a view as you were enjoying pizza from the comfort of your room.
I'm glad you and Mark got a little "alone" time for your anniversary and could celebrate with a cocktail (I could go for a Mai Tai right now).
That's too bad about Red Lobster. We don't have many good seafood places. We have one that flies in their seafood fresh daily, but it is about an hour drive from us and VERY expensive. Our Red Lobster, like Jen's, can be hit or miss. That was definitely NOT clam chowder soup in that picture.
It was such a lovely view!!!
On the whole, it was a wonderful anniversary. Except for almost losing Nate in Hawaii!
so I do not really have the soundtrack memorized...
