I have been scolded by Michelle for no new blog posts in "10 whole days." 

Where should I pick up from... On Saturday, March 13, we took Rusty to Pacific Paws at the Koko Marina, for a much needed grooming. Pacific Paws also has doggie day care, as well as boarding - which we need to start looking into, so we are prepared for a visit home at some point :). They were VERY friendly, and knowledgeable. Told us the name of a new oral medication for flea prevention, that supposedly works, unlike Advantix and the other topicals we have tried. 

While Rusty was getting groomed up, we met up with Tony's friend Jimmy, who took us around the Koko Head/Hawaii Kai area. We had a nice breakfast, on the water. Hawaii Kai is gorgeous! 

Rusty only took about 2 hours, and when we picked him up he was very excited to see us. He looked SO HANDSOME!! They did a great job! 

Tony and I were on opposite schedules most of last week, with him working during the day and me at night. We watched a lot of March Madness basketball, and saw our brackets slowly falling apart, one by one! Very sad to see the Terps out :(

On Friday night, we ate dinner at PF Changs, thanks to the Davidson Family (our Hanukkah present). After that we headed to Dave & Buster's for some fun and games! 

Tony was excited to get out and surf the big south shore swell over the weekend. He went out on a friend's boat in Hawaii Kai, and surfed the "biggest wave" he has "ever surfed." After I finished work on Saturday night, Tony met me at work and we had a yummy Hula Grill dinner - the Ahi is soooo good! Tony enjoyed the Coconut Shrimp.

We had a tough pool match up on Sunday, for our pool league. Tony's game will soon improve when his birthday present (coughpoolcuecough) arrives in the next few weeks. More details and pics to come when that arrives! 

Today, I am off work, and have the car - so I am off to run errands at my favorite place, Target. I may even try to surprise Tony at his softball game tonight! 

We have tickets to Thursday night's Honolulu Twestival, at Oceans 808, which we will be attending as long as I don't get called into work for my On Call shift. Here is a quick explanation of Twestival:

On Thursday 25 March 2010, people in hundreds of cities around the world will come together offline to rally around the important cause of Education by hosting local events to have fun and create awareness.  Twestival™ (or Twitter Festival) uses social media for social good.  All of the local events are organized 100% by volunteers and 100% of all ticket sales and donations go direct to projects.

There will be pupus, prizes and lots of live music! I am excited to check it out!

This weekend is also the Honolulu Family Festival, aka a carnival. I promise more pictures and stories to come!! Tony's birthday is less than 2 weeks away!!

Aloha!! 

Veterans Day

Thank you to all our Veterans and those on Active Duty.

Last night Tony and I went to Dave & Buster's for dinner and games. We created a horse, The Big Kahuna, on the Horse Track game, and only won 1 out of 10 races. We had a great time as always!
Tony was off work today for Veterans Day so we began the quest for a sofa...

We visited multiple furniture stores with an idea of our perfect sofa for the space we have in our apartment, but we were coming up empty over and over again. We couldn't believe how difficult it was to find a sofa, in stock and ready for delivery, but that is just part of island life! No Ikea or Value City Furniture here! We almost purchased a Custom sofa but it was going to take 6-8 weeks for production in California and delivery to the island.

While driving to a late lunch, a delivery truck passed by us for ABC Furniture - so we immediately googled it on our phones! It was only 5 miles away from where we were so we made our way over. Tony immediately spotted THE sectional - we measured it and it was the perfect size! After searching all day long we have finally found a sofa!! Dave, the salesman was VERY helpful and extremely friendly. The sofa is being delivered to our apartment on Friday morning.

Our apartment is really coming together! We have purged a lot and found a spot for almost everything that we have left. The sofa will really complete the living room, with only a coffee table or ottoman left to buy. Pictures to come! After purchasing the sofa, we went to Best Buy and purchased our cable wire so we could position the tv just right (thanks Brian and Kim - paid for with your gift)! Everything is set up and ready for the delivery of the sofa.

On our way home we received a call from our property manager that there was a leak coming from our apartment... leaking in the fire escape/stairwell all the way down 3 floors! She discovered it was coming from the dishwasher. Hopefully we will get an update on this tomorrow.

There are flash flood warnings this whole week, but we haven't seen more than a drizzle. But we have seen lots of rainbows!

We officially have our first guests coming to visit! Jill has booked her airfare to visit in December. Gauzza is flying here in January. And it looks like Chris Eldgridge will be our very first guest, coming out the first week in December. Reserve your stay now! :)

Busy upcoming weekend with the Jack Johnson concert on Friday night and the JDRF Walk on Saturday. Thank you to everyone who has donated! If you would like to support the research for a cure to Juvenile Diabetes, please see the link on the right side of our blog!

Sorry for not posting much lately, but our internet is not hooked up correctly yet - but don't fret it should be all set up in the next week.
We love and miss you all.
XOXO

Dave & Buster's

When Tony got home from work yesterday, we headed over to the Ward Warehouse, where Dave & Buster's is located.

We walked over to a row of shops next to the parking lot - and I think I have found my new favorite shop - Second Skin. It is a small shop, selling both Men's and Women's clothes - I bought two adorable dresses - very plain, dress up dresses... They come in EVERY color! They had great accessories and jeans as well. The guy working was VERY friendly and very helpful! Can't wait to go back!

After the little shopping excursion we walked over to D&B. When you walk in it looks identical to the White Flint D&B - except this one is three floors, including a rooftop bar.

We finally both defeated "Flaming Finger" - both hitting the jackpot.

I beat Tony at Big Buck Hunter...

And Tony beat EVERYONE in Basketball... 

We had a really great time, but Rusty was very excited when we got home!

We have an appointment to look at an apartment this evening - wish us luck!

Aloha!  I can't believe Tony has made it almost 4 weeks without going to Dave & Buster's - but he has and tonight we are breaking the ice and going to the Honolulu D&B. Let you know how it compares.

On Monday, I went exploring at the Beach Walk... I was craving Sushi and I found Doraku Sushi in the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center - located above the Apple Store and next to Kate Spade, so it was easy for me to find! I am a pain in the ass with sushi and asked for no cucumber or avocado. This is what I got...

Shrimp Tempura Roll - came with pieces of shrimp on top as well.

And the Crunchy Spicy Salmon Roll.

It was pretty good - really nice vibe in the place, probably really exciting at night. I sat at a both that was by the open windows, so I was able to enjoy the cross breezes. The table overlooked Kalakaua Street so there was some enjoyable people watching while I ate.

If anyone is bored - I updated my website yesterday and I am looking for some opinions - check it out www.lindsayalperstein.com. Email me and Let me know what you think. 

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We will both be walking in the Juvenile Diabetes Walk for the Cure on November. 14, 2009. Please help us both reach our goals of $300 each and support our team Hawaii Terps! Mahalo!

Lindsay's Donation Page

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