My Last Two Weekends

The weekend before this past one I headed downtown on Sunday to get pictures of the things I see everyday at work but never stopped to immortalize. Above is a picture of Iolani Palace. It's beautiful and its grounds have been made into a big park. On Fridays the Royal Hawaiian Band plays concerts during lunchtime in the park which is fun. I've eaten my lunch under those big trees many times.



I also grabbed a shot of the state capitol building, but it's hard to get the whole thing in frame, at least without standing in the middle of traffic.



Hmm, I thought I had a better picture than that one.

There's also the beautiful Hawaii State Art Museum, a great place to check out on your lunch break (eat at the ASAP! counter at the restaurant).



I grabbed a quick picture of St. Andrew's cathedral, but it had started to rain so I was focusing on getting back to my moped.



This past weekend I went up to the North Shore on Saturday, to say goodbye. It was mostly overcast and sprinkly but the sun came out sporadically. Unfortunately the 10-12 foot waves from Friday had died down significantly. But, it's still a beautiful place and I loved just sitting on the beach watching the water and the surfers.





Unfortunately, on weekends all the tour buses dump people off at the beaches, so it got more crowded than I like. The most interesting part was when I was befriended by a dog. This little Truly looking dog came trotting over to me and plopped himself by my feet, wanting petted. He had tags, with the name Kona, and I asked him, "Kona, where's your mom? Go find your mom!" Now, if you tell our family dog, Truly, to go find her mom, she'll run off to find my mom. This dog just looked at me.



After a few minutes he trotted off across the beach and I thought he was going back to whoever brought him. A little later though he was with another woman and she was trying to call his owners but only getting voicemail. Kona, I hope you found your family!

One minor adventure from two weekends ago was my first attempt at making focaccia. I made a couple of mistakes (like forgetting the oil and then trying to knead it in to a finished dough...) but it came out ok. It was a bit bland though. I think I'll add more salt to the dough if I make it again. It's not the prettiest bread, but it'll do.



It snowed in parts of DC today. It didn't stick, but still, it snowed. I'm going to freeze to death.