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Easter On The Beach And Other Places

5/4/2023

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"TROPICAL DEPRESSION" BY PATTI LISZKAY
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"Tropical Depression by Patti Liszkay is a powerful and emotionally charged novel."
- Sublime Book Review


"Tropical Depression is rich in the intersections of love, conflict, and culture that bring this world to life." - D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review

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​EASTER ON THE BEACH AND OTHER PLACES

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...Continued from previous post:
 
    The following morning, Easter Sunday, we arrived at the Koko for breakfast to find the place almost empty.
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     "People are down at the beach for Easter services," our friendly server informed us. "Afterwards they'll come crowding in here. It's good you came early."
        As would be the case on most mornings after our children and grandchildren left, Tom and I were given a lovely table for two on the terrace overlooking the beach. 
 ("Aw, your family left you?" said our server sympathetically that first morning. "Here, then, come sit out on the terrace.").
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     From here we could see the crowd gathered on the beach for Easter service and we could hear the uplifting music.
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      After breakfast we intended to walk two miles to the nearest Catholic church, St. Augustine by the Sea in Waikiki,  for mass.  We decided to first go for a walk through the botanical garden,
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...then down to the beach,
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...where we caught sight of a rainbow,
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...and where the early service had just ended and the second service would soon begin.
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     We then decided to walk to downtown Waikiki partly by way of the beach and partly by city streets.        
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      We walked up Kalakaua Avenue, the main thoroughfare through downtown Waikiki, that was already crowded on this Easter Sunday morning.
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     Kalakaua Avenue runs parallel to the beach, 
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...and by Honolulu's luxury hotels and shops.
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    In other words, rather like 5th Avenue with a beachfront.
​    St. Augustine's by the Sea is a majestic church just off Kalakaua Avenue,
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...with beautiful stained glass windows.
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      On either side of the altar are kāhili, the symbols from ancient times of the aliʻi, or chiefs of the Hawaiian islands.
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      After mass we strolled along Kalakaua Avenue,
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...until lunch time.
      We then walked back to the Royal Hawaiian Center,

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...and took the escalator to the second floor food court when we'd had such great burgers the night before (see previous post, https://www.ailantha.com/blog/the-consolation-of-the-mahaloha-burger).
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      This time, however, we decided to try the Poke Waikiki,
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​...from where we each ordered a poke bowl, which - "poke" being Hawaiian for "slice or cut" - is a bowl of raw fish chunks over rice and and a choice of vegetables.
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     Our choice of poke bowl, which was very good.
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      After our poke bowls we swung by the Kulu Kulu Honolulu again (see previous post) for some dessert.
​         This time Tom had the double cream puff,

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...while I decided to go for an out-of-this world caramel macadamia nut ice cream cone.
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      Later that afternoon we took another walk into town,
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      We returned just in time to see the sunset on the beach.
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      We then headed to Happy's for their Easter dinner special, prime rib on a Styrofoam plate.
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        "Want to do anything else?" Tom asked me after dinner.
        "Yeah," said I. "I'd like to go back into town."
         "What for?" said Tom.
         "I want to go to the ukulele store."
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    To be continued...
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    by Patti Liszkay
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