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Mai Tai Twitchy Eye
April 17th, 2008
One of the things I love about Hawaii is the language. You get to say things like “Pupu (pronounced poo-poo) Road” and “Hanapepe” (hah-nah-pay-pay) and “Mount Wanahakalaugi” (wanna-hock-a-loogie).1
The street names are 99% vowels. When combined with natural weathering, this can make for challenging navigation, as the signs all look like “ A U KO AI H U ROAD.”
The sun was blazing yesterday – perfect for a day at Poipu Beach. It was busy but not so much that we couldn’t find us a shady picnic table to which we could retreat when sunned out.
We spent the entire day ping-ponging between our shade and the water. The high surf rolling in to the semi-protected cove made for excellent bobbing waves, many with smaller after-bobs. Not a lot of snorkeling action, unless you wanted to go further out and risk pissing off the lifeguards. I wouldn’t have minded being rescued by one of those hotties, but Kevin might have taken issue.
We interrupted our lounging/bobbing cycle for lunch at a nearby restaurant. For dessert we split a huge Hula Pie, which they tell us is made of 100% free-range hula girls. I only had one mai tai and still had to recuperate in the beach chair for an hour.
Then we bobbed some more, lounged for a bit, and then lo and behold, it was time to eat again. (Funny how time flies when you are doing nothing.) Went home, took a quick shower, and went for dinner. My mai tai sent me to bed at 8:30.
Speaking of mai tais: To my consternation and Kevin’s amusement, something in this cocktail gives me muscle twitches in both eyes. Specifically, a muscle twitch just under my left eyebrow and one at the top of my right cheekbone. Every time. And the stronger the mai tai, the bigger the twitches. I’m a walking mai-tai-o-meter. It’s a dirty job…
I was awakened at 5 am this morning by thunder and lightening. The light show has stopped but the rain hasn’t. Today is as wet and cool as yesterday was dry and hot. Kev and I are having a lazy morning (one of our few, so it’s kinda nice) and soon we’ll head west. It’s literally always sunny on the western shore as it’s in the rain shadow of the wettest spot on earth.2
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- OK, so there’s no actual mountain of that name, but there may as well be. [↩]
- Not Seattle. See previous post. [↩]
7 Responses to “Mai Tai Twitchy Eye”
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As much stuff as you are allergic too, I think I would have to advise to stay away from things that make your eyes go twitchy!
I am soooo jealous of you right now…but glad you’re letting me live vicariously through you.
Twitchy eyes, lol. Is there anything quite so annoying (and funny) as that? I feel like Popeye the sailer man whenever my eye starts twitching.
(I could not get to your blog at all yesterday. What was THAT about?)
Never mind. I’m here now.
Oh! So THIS is where I misspelled my friggen name.
Twitchy eyes, eh? Nice.
Glad to see the islands are treating you well! Keep up the posts, I am so enjoying them. And thank you for the comments- it’s so great to get the love all the way here in India.
Bayou - Too late, I must suffer my affliction for my addiction.
Unhinged - I yam what I yam… As in a twitchy-eyed drunk after two mai tais. What a light-weight, eh? Not sure what was up with the blog; when in doubt, blame it on Dreamhost.
Lachlan - glad to see you have some time to stop by - don’t let them run you too ragged over there, or Uppity and Bayou will have to come kick their butts. And we’ll send Syd over for the second round…
It snowed in Seattle and you aren’t there.
Bwaahaaahaaahaaa.
Add me to the list of those living vicariously through you. Sounds like you two are having a great time. I look forward to the pictures!