Brian was supposed to leave “next week” for the last six weeks… so he wasn’t going to be home for his birthday. I had anticipated meeting a friend at the Haleiwa arts festival on his birthday and I really wanted to go… so I convinced him to come along. The festival was huge and eventually I had to feed him shave ice to stave off grumpiness, but we made it!

I didn’t buy anything, still haven’t found anything that fits what I really want. I also didn’t take many pictures, but finally captured a peacock crossing the road and that’s really prime North Shore Hawaii right there.

The next day, we did manage a re-do dinner at Gaslamp (our first was nixed because Brian got COVID on our anniversary). Gaslamp is a “speakeasy” hidden in the back of a town pub. They text you a passcode before going in, it was relatively long so I read the text to the hostess, ha. The cocktails were AH-MAZING and so was my steak.

Sorry, I can’t easily figure out how to rotate this.

After an appetizer, two drinks a piece, meals, and dessert our bill came out to $400!! But for a combo anniversary/birthday dinner it was worth it. I begged Brian to allow me to do it while he’s gone (not that he has much of a say in the matter but it’s nice to make him think so. JKJK!) Truly we indulged and could’ve cut costs significantly.

This experience definitely isn’t for everyone, but I LOVED it.