Xmas Guest Post: Lucy Lanai

Aloha all you Christmas Fanatics.... Here are some cozy, cuddly, Christmas cheer activity ideas to partake in... 
1. Purchase and listen to Glee Xmas Album, Volume 2 
2. Hang up stockings for yourself and others living with you and put little treats in every once in a while! 
3. Watch Love Actually 
4. Shop for Xmas online for your friends and family at etsy.com, they have some good stuff! 
5. Give a big, loud "Ho, ho, ho!" with GUSTO every once in a while, just to make yourself laugh.

It's Coming...

Delirious Journeys to Grad School

First GRE Practice Test at the SF Main Library






Favorite GRE Vocab words:
Recalcitrant
Hackneyed

UCI Interview Weekend

All graduate students orientation, I somehow ended up hanging out with the Math people

Aloha

Lucy and Chris rented some boards to go surf Waikiki while I walked along it....

Later we met up with Chris' cousin Rich and went on a sunset sail - it was beautiful!

The Beach Boys rowed right by us...

Dinner at Kona Brewery with the sampler... I had a lovely gingery flavored beer.

Next morning we hike Diamond Head and got some great views

Bird!

We had the best dinner ever at Side Street Inn and then had a Guiness at Murphys

On our last morning we waited in line for Leonards malasadas and ate them on the beach....... aaahhhh

The North Shore

We headed to the North Shore for the weekend and had nice stay in Papaya Hale in Laie. We had cheese and wine and played ukuleles by the beach.  The next morning we had a delicious breakfast at Hukilau cafe.

Loco Moco

Then we went on the awesomest tour ever - the Movie tour to see where Jurassic Park was filmed! We also got beautiful views of the valley and beaches and learned some Hawaiian history and culture.

the submarine from Lost

Clever girl...

Godzilla foot print

waterfalls

Laie Beach

Chris backed us into the water

Mai Tai's on the beach at Turtle Bay

We had a great time at Lucy's Race in Hale'iwa.  She did a great job of steering!

Driving back we saw the pineapple fields, which I'm still confused about...