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shannon_aBits & Bobs from Yesterday.
There were roving pray-ers at Costco, and KImberly on her knee scooter was apparently a high-value target. A group of three apparently nice people started asking about her foot when we were near the cold room, and then asked to pray for her, and did. And we found that a little odd, but it's Hawaii. Then, a few rows over another guy asked if he could pray for her foot. Kimberly said, "It's already been prayed for."
(But it became obvious they weren't nice people, but more like a roving band of predators.)
My dad and Mary apparently stopped eating dinner sometime in the two years since we've last been on Kauai. I guess my imagination of coming over here once a week for dinner, like he used to with his mom, are for nought. Mary kindly prepared us some very tasty quesadillas, using more of the taco fixings we got at Costco.
Today.
Today was our Fine Dining Day. This is where students in the Culinary Arts program at the local community college serve up a three-course meal. My folks have been going there for a decade (though less recently, because the price has climbed up), but we'd never gone before.
I was entirely charmed and found it a great experience.
All of the first-year students do the service, and they were nervous and a number of times forgot to bring us utensils, but were so clearly really trying to do a great job. The food meanwhile is designed and cooked by the second-year students. And it was quite good. (I had a lobster bisque, then some chicken stuffed with artichokes and cheese then a creamy chocolate dish.)
But, what I really loved was feel like I was part of these kids' learning experience and their becoming adults. It literally felt like a community.
The meals were between $35-40 dollars, but without any tipping, so around the price of a good quality meal in Hawaii. The quality and quantity were probably both in excess of that. I'm pretty certain that we'll attend at least sometimes after we move. (But not all the time at that price.)
Our other major plan for the day was a visit to Lydgate. We weren't sure if we were going to be able to go because it had been cloudy in the morning and at some times during our meal absolutely pouring. (We could see the rain from the big glass windows by our table, which was great.) But, I kept telling folks that Wunderground said it'd stop raining between 1 and 2. We got to Lydgate at 2 and it was kind of gray and chilly, but definitely not raining.
So Lydgate is a protected lagoon. Waves splash over the rocks in the back, and there are some fish, so it's almost but not quite ocean. The point of coming here was to get Kimberly out into the water, which she hasn't been in since the near-drowning incident many years ago (though she's been attending swimming lessons in a salt-water pool down in Castro Valley).
That went great. Kimberly waded into the water and seemed quite comfortable, and then even floated on her back several times, punctuated by occasional short-lived paroxysms of panic when a wave washed over her face. We had a lot of fun, and eventually she headed back to shore and I swum a lap back and forth in the lagoon before heading back myself.
Otherwise, it was a pretty typical vacation day in Kauai. My dad and I went for a walk around the golf course in the morning. Kimberly and I spent the rest of the morning (and some of the later afternoon) hanging out in our little hobbit hole in the downstairs Family Room. I managed to bring some great books with me and have been reading Tiamat's Wrath and Uncanny X-Men: Disassembled. We got pie from The Right Slice on the way home from Lydgate to celebrate Kimberly's success.
Overall, a restful and enjoyable day.
There were roving pray-ers at Costco, and KImberly on her knee scooter was apparently a high-value target. A group of three apparently nice people started asking about her foot when we were near the cold room, and then asked to pray for her, and did. And we found that a little odd, but it's Hawaii. Then, a few rows over another guy asked if he could pray for her foot. Kimberly said, "It's already been prayed for."
(But it became obvious they weren't nice people, but more like a roving band of predators.)
My dad and Mary apparently stopped eating dinner sometime in the two years since we've last been on Kauai. I guess my imagination of coming over here once a week for dinner, like he used to with his mom, are for nought. Mary kindly prepared us some very tasty quesadillas, using more of the taco fixings we got at Costco.
Today.
Today was our Fine Dining Day. This is where students in the Culinary Arts program at the local community college serve up a three-course meal. My folks have been going there for a decade (though less recently, because the price has climbed up), but we'd never gone before.
I was entirely charmed and found it a great experience.
All of the first-year students do the service, and they were nervous and a number of times forgot to bring us utensils, but were so clearly really trying to do a great job. The food meanwhile is designed and cooked by the second-year students. And it was quite good. (I had a lobster bisque, then some chicken stuffed with artichokes and cheese then a creamy chocolate dish.)
But, what I really loved was feel like I was part of these kids' learning experience and their becoming adults. It literally felt like a community.
The meals were between $35-40 dollars, but without any tipping, so around the price of a good quality meal in Hawaii. The quality and quantity were probably both in excess of that. I'm pretty certain that we'll attend at least sometimes after we move. (But not all the time at that price.)
Our other major plan for the day was a visit to Lydgate. We weren't sure if we were going to be able to go because it had been cloudy in the morning and at some times during our meal absolutely pouring. (We could see the rain from the big glass windows by our table, which was great.) But, I kept telling folks that Wunderground said it'd stop raining between 1 and 2. We got to Lydgate at 2 and it was kind of gray and chilly, but definitely not raining.
So Lydgate is a protected lagoon. Waves splash over the rocks in the back, and there are some fish, so it's almost but not quite ocean. The point of coming here was to get Kimberly out into the water, which she hasn't been in since the near-drowning incident many years ago (though she's been attending swimming lessons in a salt-water pool down in Castro Valley).
That went great. Kimberly waded into the water and seemed quite comfortable, and then even floated on her back several times, punctuated by occasional short-lived paroxysms of panic when a wave washed over her face. We had a lot of fun, and eventually she headed back to shore and I swum a lap back and forth in the lagoon before heading back myself.
Otherwise, it was a pretty typical vacation day in Kauai. My dad and I went for a walk around the golf course in the morning. Kimberly and I spent the rest of the morning (and some of the later afternoon) hanging out in our little hobbit hole in the downstairs Family Room. I managed to bring some great books with me and have been reading Tiamat's Wrath and Uncanny X-Men: Disassembled. We got pie from The Right Slice on the way home from Lydgate to celebrate Kimberly's success.
Overall, a restful and enjoyable day.