A Trip Past the Left Coast

So after my 10 hour plus flight from NY by way of Chicago I land in Hawaii and the weather is BEAUTIFUL. I immediately drop off my bags and hit the local Wal Mart for the essentials. I copped a pair of sunglasses and flip flops (which I haven’t worn since I was maybe 5 yrs old). The beaches in Waikiki (where I stayed) had nice heavy populated beaches. This is where most of the hotels are as well as the main tourist shopping strip. One thing I learned is instead of bodegas Hawaii has the “ABC Store” This place is located in closer proximity to itself 10 times what Starbucks has accomplished. I got my postcards and souvenir coffee from there.

Thanks to my family on Okayplayer.com I had a list of restaurants and local clubs to check out. I went to a sushi spot called Sassabune and had the best sushi EVER! This salmon almost jumped back out of my mouth to say “do you realized how good I am?” This is a Sushi Nazi type of restaurant where the Chef tells you how to eat the sushi. It’s an insult to put soy sauce on certain sushi creations. What an experience.

I also went out dancing, or tried to go dancing on the club strip in Waikiki. The outcome of this adventure was very lukewarm. I guess most folks just don’t go clubbing in Waikiki. Almost everyone there is married (which they assumed my friend Lorraine and I were) and thus I guess they don’t dance no mo’. I was subjected to 18-20 year olds partying with folks my age. I felt like the old dude not at the club but at the prom. *shudders* Saturday night was a lil better because more folks near my age came out. I got to dance a lil bit and saw a Black man on the dance floor with no SOUL. (I mean he’s Black so he got soul but he got no SOUL).

Side note, Honolulu has become Japan annex and everything is Japanese influenced or accommodating. Even the cheesecake factory has a separate Japanese menu printed

So check out the beautiful pictures I took on the many different shores of Oahu as well as on top of Diamondhead Mountain. The view was breathtaking. I got a shot of some foreign beauties in there for good measure as well.

P.S. Don’t sleep on Macadamia Nut Ice Cream, it’s kinda serious. Also special shout out to Poke. Tasty

Peace
Dashaun