Let the Honeymoon BEGIN!

Hello friends!

Well we did it!  We got married!  Beautiful ceremony, wonderful friends, awesome music - and loads of quality time with our wonderful families!  Who could ask for anything more, you might ask??

Well, we could ask for more.  Just a little something - a little HONEYMOON in HAWAII!!!  Here's a look at our arrival day - was only a half day on the island of O'ahu, but still a lovely day, nonetheless!  

After some tearful good byes (mainly James and Crumpet) we left Minnesota and hopped on a plane to Honolulu.  The flight was a smooth one - I had some tasty tapas while James slept...  

We arrived at Honolulu International at 3:30 in the afternoon and promptly went to fetch our car - a Chrysler Sebring Convertible whom we named Lola (because she's red - and she's a showgirl).  A short drive to the Waikiki Parc Hotel and we discovered that as honeymooners we not only got Lei'd ...

...but we also got a little something in the room!  (or rather I may have had it waiting for James, but it was still a surprise for him!)

Then we got dressed and went out for a fancy dinner at Roy's!  (I had the Lobster Roll with the Macadamia nut fish for my main course - it was DELICIOUS.  James had the Flaming Dragon Roll, ate all his ginger and my ginger and he had a salad!)  

And we both may have had some cocktails...

Finally - we have a tradition we started last year at Roy's with our friends Dietra and Jason:   I have to put all the umbrellas from our drinks in my hair...  It's a pretty big "to do"....  see below...

The staff at Roy's obliged me by offering multiple umbrellas...  Good times...  More on the full first day here from James!

Honeymoon. Decision time... Where to? Aloha!!

That's right! We're going back to where it all began... Well, sort of. It all began in New York City on Feb 5th 2010 when one gorgeous Ruthie Baker walked into Forge in Tribeca and my mouth hit the floor...

But just a few weeks later in the middle of March we were headed on vacation to Honolulu where we would spend a week on O'ahu together. It was a trip that we'll never forget. It was also one from which we came back knowing we had both found the person we wanted to spend the rest of our lives with.

It was such a great trip that we even blogged about it every day while we were there. If you're interested, here it is! http://oahuhawaiiadventure.blogspot.com

With our wedding in August of this fast approaching and the planning well in hand we thought we had better start thinking the best part (ok, second best part! ;) - our honeymoon! But where do we go on honeymoon after a trip like the one we took last year?!

Italy? Greece? Morocco? The Maldives maybe? California and the Pacific Coastal Highway?

We couldn't decide, no where seemed to get us really excited and enthusiastic even though all the places we listed off were ones we really want to visit one day. Then one evening we reminisced about our time in Hawaii and I think the penny dropped for us both - let's go back! This time we're going for two weeks - seven days on O'ahu and seven days on Kauai. We can't wait!!

Hawaii here we come...