Category: Honolulu
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A Long-Time Favorite: Chef Mavro (Honolulu)
It has been a while since I last posted photos of a dinner at Chef Mavro, one of our favorite restaurants. The restaurant has redone its menu a bit, allowing guests to choose from a selection of small plates or to embark on a 9 course Bataan death march of a tasting menu. We’ve done…
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Hawaii (without the kids)
Somehow, we always gravitate to Hawaii when deciding where to go on our annual without-the-kids vacation. As a reminder, the goal of this vacation is a yearly exercise as to remember who the other person across the breakfast table is as planning for the day that we become empty nesters. Our joint requirement is that…
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Christmas in Hawaii (oh, and a wedding too!)
Once again, both children’s school calendars cooperated, and we were able to get away the week before Christmas to Hawaii for just over a week. The daughter’s finals schedule ended the same day as the son’s school break started, and we all met up in San Francisco before flying out to Honolulu. In addition, Jim’s…
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Summer 2017: Honolulu
I know it seems as if we go to Honolulu all the time, but all I can say is that we aren’t ever there often enough. We were the winning bid at a charity auction for a week at a house in Honolulu belonging to Kathy Ireland (note: our kids had no idea who she…
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Spring Break 2017 (aka Being Stalked by Adam Sandler)
The high school senior got to choose where we went for spring break this year, and after some discussion, she decided on Honolulu, so off we went. (Twist our arms!) There was the lovely view from our hotel room: There were the usual fabulously beautiful sunsets, and delicious meals (at The Pig and the Lady,…
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Chef Mavro (Honolulu)
Chef Mavro is the one restaurant through the years that we always ensure we visit when we are in Honolulu. February is the tail end of black truffle season, and we were fortunate enough to ride the coattails of one of our favorite ingredients. The restaurant is currently offering a four course chicken dinner option,…
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Hawaii (without the kids)
For our annual “ditch the kids” vacation, Jim and I went back to one of our usual haunts—Honolulu. (My parents were kind enough to come and stay with the kids.) It was a beautifully relaxing and restful vacation where we took long walks around Diamondhead and ate our way through the city. Some highlights include:…
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Mele Kalikimaka (Christmas in Hawaii)
Due to the fortuitous circumstance of Christmas falling on a Sunday this year, the school’s holiday break included the week before Christmas. This allowed us the rare opportunity to spend Christmas not in Washington, DC (Jim’s business being calendar year-end intensive). To no one’s surprise, the family voted to spend Christmas in Honolulu. There is…
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What We Did On Our Summer Vacation: Hawaii
We just returned from 10 days in paradise (aka Hawaii and, more specifically, Honolulu). Among other things, the kids took surfing lessons, we saw rainbows, we built sand castles, we visited the Punchbowl (officially known as the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific), and we went on a Segway tour of Diamondhead with Marcus’s best…
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Restaurant review: The Pig and the Lady (Honolulu)
I’ve already called dibs on being the lady, but it is so very easy to be the pig at this delightful little restaurant, which is currently the hottest restaurant in Honolulu. The restaurant is located in the middle of Chinatown. Chinatown is perfectly safe and vibrant during the day. During the evening, it’s a little…