{"id":3836,"date":"2023-01-06T14:37:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T19:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=3836"},"modified":"2023-01-06T14:37:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T19:37:19","slug":"holiday-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=3836","title":{"rendered":"Holiday 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While many people think of the holiday season as consisting of snow and hot chocolate and other winter festivities, we much prefer sun and ocean and warmth for the holidays. And so off we went to Hawaii for Christmas!
Honolulu never disappoints. (Nor does the Halekulani where we were staying.). We enjoyed warmth and ocean views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Diamondhead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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pool time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And beautiful sunrises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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sunrise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And equally beautiful sunsets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Marcus and I took surfing lessons (and I graduated to an 11\u2019 hardtop at his insistence). (Jade would have joined us, but, you know, a broken leg is a bit of an impediment\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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getting ready to surf!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We even went to see \u201cHamilton,\u201d which was playing at the Blaisdell Center. It, too, never disappoints!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Don’t throw away your shot!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Oh, and a session on how to make a pahi kauna, a traditional Hawaiian war dagger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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shaping the dagger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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a pahi kauna (Hawaiian war dagger)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And, as always, there was delicious food\u2014a wonderful dinner at tbd\u2026, a Christmas dinner at Roy\u2019s, and a lavish Christmas Eve brunch at Orchid\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christmas Eve brunch at Orchid’s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

New Year’s Eve was a casual dinner cooked at home with some close friends (family, really).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Year’s Eve menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But we’re getting old so we celebrated New Year’s Eve on London time and allowed the kids to scatter to their own celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hope you had a wonderful holiday season!! Here’s to a fabulous 2023!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Happy New Year!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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