A Birthday Celebration in Waikiki

Happy Birthday, Tom!

Tom's birthday was last week and we went into Waikiki to celebrate in style. Tom chose The Cheesecake Factory for his place to celebrate his forty-something years. It's right in the heart of Waikiki, across the street from the famous International Marketplace. In other words, we were in tourist land.



We can't get him to pose for a picture without his normal Spidey salute.


The Christmas lights on the palm trees were pretty, but when it's in the low 80s it's hard to remember that it is the holiday season. It also confuses you when people are walking by you in their bikinis and surfboards. Can it really be December? Is the big guy in the red suit really coming in a couple of weeks? Maybe to Oahu by sea kayak, perhaps.

The Aloha Kelikimaka tree near
the famous Royal Hawaiian hotel

One way to know it's definitely the holidays is by looking at the frequency with which I have been posting to my blog. I haven't been posting as much lately. We are heading back to the mainland for Christmas and New Years. Everyone have a great holiday season! I will post when I get back in 2008!