It's soooo nice to be back in Hawaii but instead of a-woo'ing the new girlfriend I'm serenading the wife!! :o) We're trying to fully exploit our happiness by telling everyone and anyone who will listen that we're on our honeymoon. So far it hasn't gotten us very far with the airline, hotel or restaurants BUT we did get a free upgrade to a convertible car so I can't grumble.
We started off our first day with a Starbucks, what else? Fully loaded with burned bean flavored overpriced coffee we took down Lola's top and took a drive up the eastern coast of O'ahu up to the north shore where we went to the Turtle Bay resort. For those movie geeks like me, you might be interested to know that this is where they set the film 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' and where a lot of it was filmed.
Among other things, like the idyllic views and the white sand beaches, the resort has a KILLER breakfast which you can enjoy outside on a terrace overlooking said views and beaches. I had a crab, brie and spinach omelette while Ruthie sampled a few different things from the buffet.
After a few dips in the ocean and laying out on the beach for a while we decided to do some touring around. We drove west over to the north shore market place by Haleiwa in the middle of the north shore. Although we didn't technically make it formally to the actual market place (!) we did take a walk around the other shops just short of the market place which lined the dirt road, lots of little surf stores, arts / craft stores and eateries, pretty cool... we'll hit the proper market later in the week.
Another Starbucks to refuel the tanks and we made our way back down the eastern coastal route to spend our evening back in Waikiki. On the way we had a dance party, and although it doesn't look like it - we were only going 25 mph...!
The views of from our hotel room are gorgeous and we're right by the famous Waikiki beach, this evening we wanted to sit outside, drink cocktails, eat lots of fresh fish and watch the sun go down - we managed to do all of the above at Ocean Front, an incredible restaurant on the beach within the Outrigger Hotel.
The menu was amazing - so much fresh fish and other seafood to choose from. Here's a quick video we took BEFORE cocktails to show you the place a little bit (AWESOME!!)... in contrast to the second video that follows... a few cocktails later... :o)
Oh... and did I mention cocktails?? Oh... and did I mention Facebook and cocktails...? Yeah... check this out...
Anyway... we ate, we drank, we took photos, we drank some more, we ate some more and we had a load of fun. Let there be lots more!!
