Honestly not much more to say. Hard to pick a favorite here.
San Clemente Sunset
Surrey rental and boat cruise
Brian and I took it pretty easy on Sunday. I am terrible at time change and we both want to take it easy, so we did a leisurely surrey cruise around the mission bay bike path.
Then later we took a boat cruise around the bay on the Bahia Belle.
This is the hotel and the cabanas are relaxing to lay in.
It’s no Lanikai sunrise but the sunset was pretty beautiful.
Brian and I both had to work on Monday, so less fun and probably not a lot of updates coming this week. But it has been really nice to see him!! I even got to tour his submarine!
Beach and Beverages
Last night we invited a couple friends over for BYOBC (bring your own beach chair) and BYOB. Brian has wanted to sit at the beach at night relaxing and chatting for a bit, so we finally decided to do it. Here’s my hand at taking some low light photos. I kicked myself for not bringing my tripod, so these are all hand held with slow shutter speed using any apparatus to steady the camera. The first is the sun setting, looking toward the Marine Corps Base.
This is of some fishermen (and fisherwoman?) setting up lines with the dark outline of one of the Mokes in the background.
Then, I tried to capture stars and palm trees. A tripod would’ve done a world of good, but it’s a start.
The streak to the left is a plane.
The meteor shower is supposed to be strong the next few days and I might try to go out, but we’ll see.
Buzz’s Steakhouse
To mark off another bucket list item we went to Buzz’s steakhouse, which is a quick 18 minute walk from our condo and (arguably) has an ocean view. We were too early for their dinner menu, but the small plates menu was satisfactory, and also nothing to write home about (but I guess still bloggable). The cocktails, on the other hand, were amazing. Brian and I started with Mai Tais. He had their original, which was essentially rum. I had the original with added pineapple juice to knock it down a bit.
I moved on to the coconut mojito (without mint. I know, defeats the essence of a mojito, but I don’t like mint in things). Brian had a beer.
I would 10/10 go again on a leisurely night with not much else to do, but I wouldn’t put it in my top restaurants to eat at. I do appreciate the laid back, beachy deco flare.
I almost forgot their other redeeming quality which was their key lime pie. It was amazing. Here are some pictures from the walk back.
Tiki’s and walk back
After about a 30 minute walk we arrived at Tiki’s. It was worlds different; so much busier. We had reservations and sat right down.
Brin bought another design tiki glass for our collection and I bought one as a prize for a Officer’s wives club bingo I’m going to.
For dinner I got guava glazed ribs and Brian got the prime rib. Both good, but we’re here for the souvenir glasses and sunset. Unfortunately we were kinda tucked behind some palm trees, so we left to watch the sunset.
I really felt like the scenery and colors weren’t working with me that day, but I tried.
Finally a couple pictures from the darker walk back. ABC stores are a Hawaiian chain convenience store kinda, but we haven’t gone in one yet. I just liked the look of it.
And finally some cool lit up palm trees.
Brian and I have decided we probably won’t be going back to Honolulu much during peak tourist season. Phew.