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Poipu Beach, this afternoon

From my flickr set:

[To the tune of Johann Sebastian Bach, "Sonata for Flute and Harspichord in G Minor, BWV 1020: 1: Allegro," from the album "Flute Sonatas Vol. 2".]

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Sea turtle!

Today we saw a sea turtle on Poipu Beach.

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Gaylord's

This morning we went to brunch at Gaylord's, a restaurant on an estate near Lihue. We were attracted to it by the fairly absurd advertisements that say, "More than a great breakfast buffet, it's HISTORY!"

The back of Kilohana

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I'm no art critic, but...

This morning at Gaylord's I came across an exhibit by an artist who describes herself as a "Hawaiian impressionist"

working primarily in oils and pastels.... "I have been drawing and painting as long as I can remember. Fairies and angels have been part of my life since I was small and have always been very real to me.

Now, I know it's been a long time since I read Robert Herbert's magnum opus Impressionism, on art, leisure society, and Parisian culture, but I don't recall Monet and Degas working very much with fairies and angels. Ballerinas and absinthe-soaked prostitutes, yes; fairies hiding under buttercups to escape the rain, not so much.

[To the tune of Johann Sebastian Bach, "Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in B Minor, BWV 1030: 2: Largo e dolce," from the album "Flute Sonatas Vol. 2".]

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Drinks at the Poipu Hyatt

Last night my wife and I went over to the Hyatt resort for a drink. We read about a bar there named after Robert Louis Stevenson, and is all dark paneling and expensive cocktails-- Stevenson's Library, it's called-- and decided it was worth a try.

They make a pretty good martini, and a better than average black Russian.

The hotel, which is huge, reminds me of nothing so much as the pharonic palace in The Ten Commandments. You keep expecting to see turn a corner and see Yvonne De Carlo making eyes at Charlton Heston.

Or maybe catching a hula lesson.

[To the tune of Paul McCartney, "Band On The Run," from the album "All The Best".]

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Salt Pond Beach

This afternoon we took the kids to Salt Pond Beach, just south of Waimea.

It's a pretty nice beach. There are far fewer tourists than Poipu Beach, and the surf isn't too strong for kids; the snorkeling isn't quite as good, though. However, it does have clusters of palm trees with "Beware of Falling Coconuts" warnings.

Kids think those are amusing. Of course, more people are killed by falling coconuts than shark attacks.

Off to one side there's a "keike beach," a sheltered area for babies and toddlers.

This picture is the cover of either the first or second Pablo Cruse album, I can't remember.

[To the tune of Evanescence, "Imaginary," from the album "Fallen".]

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Cook statue

On the way back from Waimea Canyon, we stopped in the town of Wiamea, and I paid homage to the statue of Capt. Cook, who landed on Hawaii not far from the town.

I was glad to see that they've cleaned the wasps' nests off the statue.

[To the tune of Evanescence, "Haunted," from the album "Fallen".]

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Waimea Canyon

We went up to Waimea Canyon today. It's your basic "pictures don't do it justice" kind of place. Nonetheless, I've put some on the Kauai photo set.

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More moon

From early this morning (thanks, children!)

[To the tune of John Lennon, "I'm Losing You," from the album "Working Class Hero - The Definitive Lennon [Disc 2]".]

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Blogging by moonlight, updated

Got a couple....

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