Back in Hawaii

Yesterday we got to the airport at 6:00 a.m. for an 8:30 flight, being on a plane for six hours, and arrived in Oahu--starving!


Right in between our two immediate destinations (Shimazu Store/B&S and the Academy of Art), we found a Thai restaurant that had some serious Bangkok style. The front had a roll-up garage door and the eating area was wide open. It wasn't super spicy but it was quite good.


Later on, we went to the farmer's market in Kailua (on the other side of the island, where we are staying). It was in a small section of a shopping center parking lot. Not big, but the selection was quite good.


In addition to organic produce there were curries, lumpia, coffee, cookies, and ice cream. There were two guitarists' singing Hawaiian Christmas carols, too! But the most impressive part was the flowers.


Out of 20 tables or so, there must have been 4 or 5 flower vendors and they all sold different varieties.


The tropical weather allows local growers to sell the best of everything for pretty cheap. I wonder if the humidity allows cut flowers to last longer out here, too?


It had a real cool vibe with not much repetition or junky stuff... Check it out, right by Long's until 7:30 p.m. on Thursday nights.