a hawaii recap

so a few of my girlfriends are off to hawaii, and as i was talking to two of them yesterday i was thinking 'i never posted the rest of my trip' and these days my blog posts ARE my journal entries so i'm going to recap.

some favorite places & food:

north shore

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  matsimotos for shave ice-
  
  { be sure to get the ice cream on the bottom it is so good!}
  
  
  
  
  for the sunsets... best pictures you'll take your whole trip!
  
  international market

has tons of little booths with lots of neat things, be sure to bargain - it's just like in the bahamas!
{and right by you hotel!}
you will also get a chance to see all the crazys, people with their parrots, and men painted from head to toe, holding their position so you think they are a statue... oh- and the steel drums! my favorite part!!!!

puka dog is there too!

so have one for me,
because there just isn't anything else like it!









senor frogs has the best mexican food ever! we ate there in the bahamas and in hawaii! you get plenty to share, and watching all the brave people sing and dance is quite funny too! might i suggest the 'build your own fajita platter' best with diet coke & a lime!

• there of course is TONS to do, but i would pick maybe two sights and lay on the beach the rest of the time! waikiki fills up fast so you might want to drive a few min. down the road to a more secluded beach {but leave NOTHING of value in you car!} or you might want to just get to the beach early,bring a cooler and lay there all day! don't forget your sun screen, you'll need it and a bunch of cold water!

here is our convertible being finger printed after the trunk was popped open and our snorkel stuff, john's shorts and wallet were stolen. but don't you worry they were caught by an off duty police officer, told off by me, and sent to jail with this being their 94th prior!!!!

and just for kicks i'll tell you- but i was in a 2 piece {which i probably shouldn't be seen in}, and walked right up to those two 40 somethings and asked them what their mother would think of them doing this to innocent tourists on a nice vacation? the police officers laughed at me, john told me i was 'such a mother' and the two men sat on the grass in hand cuffs looking down. and to top it all off i looked them in the eye and told them i would be pressing charges. one of them swore, and the other said 'it wasn't me'. funny how my husbands wallet was in his car...:)

and after all that, you would think it would ruin our time in hawaii, but we both just laughed it off. good thing i only let john carry $2 with him at all times!