Monday, November 29, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010

Thanksgiving was a huge success!! All 9 of us squeezed around the table and enjoyed the feast!


The place settings



The view on Thanksgiving



Russell's parents



The turkey



My first pumpkin pie



Macaroni and Cheese; Yams, brown sugar and almonds; Glazed carrots; Cornbread stuffing; Green Bean Casserole; Cranberry Mandarin sauce; Corn; Mashed Potatoes; and Cornbread



The leftovers!





Pretty pumpkin centerpiece



Everything clean and back to normal!! Mom would be proud!


Now it is time for Hanukkah, Christmas and New Years! Hopefully we will get our tree this week and I will finish my Hanukkah shopping (only a few gifts left)! Tony's family will be here in a few short weeks!!

Fun weekend planned: We are going to dinner at the Iron Chef's restaurant on Friday and to the Yelp Honolulu Holiday party on Saturday!

Xoxo and Aloha,
Lindsay and Tony

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Since our trip home....

Since our return back to Hawaii we have been keeping ourselves very busy.

October 28, 2010
We went to see a Cirque du Soleil show at the Blaisdell Arena. The show was Alegria, one of Cirque's traveling shows. The show was fantastic, and for obvious reasons photos are prohibited during the show. But I snuck one when the show was over!! We had perfect seats, in the front row, center stage... Only bad part was the kid next to me thinking he was a member of Cirque, doing acrobatics on his chair and making very strange noises.





October 30, 2010
We have been wanting to try this cute little restaurant called The Cream Pot for months, but they close at 2:30 and it never seemed to work when we attempted to go! Finally on the morning of Hallow's Eve we made it. When we walked in Tony immediatley said he felt like he had stepped onto the set of Alice in Wonderland. The place is adorable with a very old cottagey feel, pots hanging from the ceiling, and tiny little doors that would only fit a Rusty sized person! Tony got the daily special, which came with a banana crepe!! I got fresh squeezed orange-strawberry juice that was fantastic!! I also ordered the salmon omelete. I cannot wait to go back and try their french toast!!

Fresh squeezed orange-strawberry juice




On the eve of Halloween we got decked out in our finest WWE wear - with Tony dressing as John Cena, and I as a WWE Diva (modeled after Kelly Kelly's outfits).

Check out the spandex!!








October 31, 2010 - Halloween
On the actual day of Halloween I had to work. Being behind the bar I had to wear something comfortable - so I dressed as a sparkly version of Ray Lewis. The whole staff dressed up! It was a lot of fun!!









Flo from Progressive (Stacey) and Snookie (Tracy)






November 6, 2010
We have been a little short staffed at work, so I have been working non-stop, and haven't made it to the beach since before the trip to Maryland! I had a Saturday off, so we made plans to go to Diamondhead beach and we took Rusty along for the ride!















Rusty dug himself a hole, and finally settled down. But we couldn't let the lil guy have his way after kicking sand on us for the past hour.



So we buried him!!!









And then he escaped!



Just in case you ever wondered why we moved to Honolulu.... This is my view from WORK!!



And if you watch the new Hawaii 5.0 you can see exactly where we live - the show often pans through Waikiki... here we are!!



Last weekend we went to a baby shower for our friend Emi. I made her a diaper cake!!







Emi is the Yelp community manager for Honolulu, so I found it only fitting to prep baby Isabel with her own custom Yelp onesie!!




On Monday night we had the pleasure of seeing Robin Williams live at the Blaisdell!! As expected he was absolutely hysterical, keeping us laughing the entire show! Pictures were prohibited :(.



Before the show started, Tony and Russell went to get coffee and waters while I waited at the seats... Minding my own business and playing on my phone, I looked up to see the one and only Beth Chapman (Dog the Bounty Hunter's wifey) and their daughter. She was in a nice holey black mini dress with something pink underneath. They sat 10 rows in front of us!!

After the show we saw Luis Guzman!! Star studded evening!!





After work tonight I went to Safeway for some last minute items for tomorrow's Thanksgiving feast! We are having 7 guests join us for dinner.

Table is all ready, with 9 place settings squeezed in!!


Laying everything out to make sure there is enough room!!


We hope that everyone has a very happy and special Thanksgiving!! Eat lots of turkey and watch lots of football!!

Love and Aloha,
Lindsay, Tony & Rusty