Vacationing in Hawaii

As many of you know, Hawaii is like a second home to my husband and I. We started going there once a year in 2006, and we've been going there at least twice a year since 2010. We consider it our second home because when we're there we live exactly the same way as we do back in LA. We have a car (we rent it of course), we hardly ever hang out in the tourist part of the town, we go to the movies, we stay in the room when my husband has to work and we jog in the evenings like we often (ok, sometimes) do back at home. We don't feel like we are on vacation when we are in Hawaii, yet we come back rejuvenated and well-rested. This is what we usually do there. We wake up and have breakfast. Then we drive to the most beautiful beach we have ever seen: Lanikai. It is the place where my husband feels happiest. As a matter of fact when he is stressed back at home he often fantasizes about being there, and even just thinking about his favorite place in the world makes him happy! We stay in Lanikai for hours but it never feels that way. Time just flies there. We may just sit and stare at the ocean for hours while sun-tanning or stay in the water and talk. Hubby often puts his earphones on and sings out loud which, I dare say, is the funniest thing in the world! I swear, if there was a contest for the worst-voiced singer in the world, he would win the first place!!! I'm sure you'll agree with me once you watch the video hehe :). It is even funnier when the music is loud and he can't hear himself sing! lol. I, on the other hand, either read or sun-tan on a floatie in the water. If I were to describe Lanikai in one word I would say: heavenly! The sand is so fine it resembles flour. It is white and soft, and no matter how far you go in the water you will still feel it caressing your feet. The water is so warm that the warmest pool could not compare.  The beach in front of our hotel is nice too but it cannot even come close to Lanikai. Plus it is so crowded and sometimes dirty because of that same fact, that we stopped going there completely last year.
I think I got a little distracted :). So after we leave Lanikai we go back home and get ready for dinner. After dinner we walk along Kalakaua Avenue which is full of high-end designer stores, tourists and tourist rip-off places :). The designer stores are my favorite part of Kalakaua Avenue. Even if we don't buy anything, which hardly ever happens, we love window shopping. I think my husband enjoys it a little more than I do...ok maybe we enjoy it the same! So the stores are on one side of the avenue, and the ocean is on the other. The cool breeze from the ocean is so pleasant! You know the feeling when the weather is so perfect you want to scream of happiness?!!!!! Ok maybe it is a bit excessive for some but not for me. It has the ability to make me the happiest person in the world. I am trying desperately to describe how it makes me feel but I  don't think words can describe what I feel when I breathe that air... Anyways, back to Kalakaua. Rip-off #1: ABC stores...OMG everything they have is so overpriced! Thank God my husband quit smoking cigarettes, but when he was smoking I remember him paying $8 for a pack of cigarettes...
Another alternative to walking along Kalakaua is jogging at the park nearby which is humongous. Again, on one side is the ocean and on the other the track for joggers. The track is next to acres and acres of green land. My hubby's not a big fan of jogging, but when we're in Hawaii it is his own request that we go jogging because jogging in that weather, breathing that air is the most pleasant thing you can possibly do! Another way to spend the evening is going to the movies or driving around town or meeting locals and hanging out with them.
Here's a video of us from our latest Hawaiian vacation :) Hope you enjoy (pay attention at how much my husband and I laugh when we're together hehe)!


Always yours,
SK
P.S. I don't want to attach the pictures to the video too so I am just going to post them here :) As you will see, I have passion for food...good food to be more accurate!