Not a good day today for beach or pool. No rain, but very overcast. It was a good morning for Ally and Jorge to watch the Arsenal-Chelsea match on TV...while I read out on the deck. I didn't mind the mild temp and soft breeze.
Decided this would be a good afternoon to finally go malling at the Queen Ka'anhumanu Center. Jorge opted for a movie at the mall theater (wise choice). Disappointing shopping...I was hoping they would have brighter colors in jackets for Ally, but it was the same old black-navy-gray that we have at home. At least Ally found her 2011 Bunny Suicides wall calendar.
Tonight was another barbecue night at Sugar Beach. We had chicken that had marinated for 48 hours in our Azeka marinade. The guys at the grill next to ours were doing dozens of hot dogs. The entire grill - upper and lower -- was filled with wieners. I asked if they were feeding an army, and they said "you haven't seen our boys eat. they eat a lot." So they must be with the young college guys we've seen around.
The barbecue on the other side of them was the show of the night. It was a guy and his daughter, and they had rather nice looking steaks...possibly filet mignon? He must have had the temperature up too high, because when he opened the lid on the grill, flames shot skyward. It looked like his steaks were frying in the flames of hell! I'll bet even Ruth's Chris doesn't flame steaks like that. He fiddled around but couldn't figure out how to lower the temperature, and seemed too embarrassed to ask for help...so he just closed the lid. Ally and I were chuckling as we could see the flames going crazy inside the grill. The flames were a good foot high when he removed the steaks...and muttered something about "the way we like them" and scuttled off into the night.
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hile, Jorge was cooking our chicken to perfection. We also grilled more onions (one a Maui onion and one a sweet onion from Peru) and some sweet potato fries. We added some great one minute microwavable sticky rice, and it was a delicious dinner! I practiced some plating with the drizzle of teriyaki sauce on the plate. (l to r: onion, chicken on top of rice, sweet potato fries).
We relaxed after dinner with one of our favorite island pass times - watching an episode of classic Hawaii Five-O. We watch the new Hawaii Five-O, which is actually quite cheesy. However, next to the original with Jack Lord, the new version is an Emmy winner. Laughable plots, atrocious dialogue, god-awful acting...what more could you want? Tonight's episode also featured a rare running sequence by McGarrett, a hairy guy in a too-tight swimsuit, and a crook tripping McGarrett by tossing a pillowcase at him. But they saved the best part for the end. With the criminal dead in a car crash, McGarrett says "finish up here, Danno" and walks back to his big black mercury. What does Danno do? Stumbles along behind him, gets into the car and they drive off. Laughter ensues.
Just needed to give a shout out and a big middle finger to Alaska Airlines for the flight back to Seattle. A two-hour delay taking off from Maui...all because of a warning light which the pilot said they would have ignored had we been in the air. The biggest part of the delay was waiting for a new gate to dock at, and mechanics to take a look. Since we were already boarded on the plane, that made an already long flight a whole lot longer.
