Perfection!

What a day; what a sweet and perfect continuum of activities: a balance of yin and yang.
We arise, to sit and watch what comes up, a glorious sunrise. Goodness Gracious! Can the day get better than at this moment?

I wake Dan o for coffee, Franny arises to a gentle scalp massage and breakfast: fruits and yogurt. (we passed on the 'red velvet cake' yogurt, oops.) Fran explained they name these so people who would never eat the stuff, buy it anyway. oh!



We are planning a kayak trip. Nothing required, other than sunscreen and water. Franny and I slide across the Hanalei for five miles. I love the slalom course; coral hu u flowers floating on the milky green, and I slide between each pair as they approach. Gold happy fish skip across the water, announcing our advance. Egrets,Ne Ne, a banana grove, dripping with sexy maroon flowers, a waterfall, a bamboo forest and a family of black ducks with four furry chicks are caveats. . .. So silent was our voyage: stillness, tranquility and gliding. (I must add that the wrists got a work out. Yoga was good for the circulation. A wider arm 'stance' encourages the whole arm and side body to assist.)

Dan picks us up after two hours and transports us to lunch at the Dolphin.
We return home for a change out of soggy clothing, something a little dressier!
This day could not be unfolding more perfectly.

We are taking Fran to see and hear the McMaster's Slack Key Guitar concert at the Hanalei Community Center. We are sleepy with seduction. The notes are rhythm and harmony at once. Talk story and sheer relaxation to Sandy's hypnotic story telling. Doug asks for a volunteer. Will Vanna please step forward. Amazingly, Fran arises to draw 'lucky numbers. . .there are 43 people attending and about ten receive prizes and a kiss from our Vanna look alike. She is most gracious! Doug says she sautees, he meant to say saunters.
Hey it's ALL so good here.



Whisking, or should I say, floating, we drive towards the St. Regis Hotel at Princeville. It is a magnificent glass palace overlooking Bali Hai on the Hanalei Bay. :swanky with valet parking. We saw Britney Spears here once. The sun is setting as we order drinks. A mango bellini for Frances, An agave gimlet for me and a Texas Mary. a very spicy bloody mary for Dan. The Hawaiian lounge act is setting up. A wedding party is returning from their sunset nuptials. The place is sheer magic. The music is perfectly classic lounge.
As we return to sleepy Hanalei town, the silver moon appears suspended, like a hammock attached to fine silver threads.
We have dinner reservations at Bar Acuda at 7:30 and Fran is treating us! It's crazy as we are shown to a booth near the bar. From serene to frenetic in nine and a half hours. We don't talk because we can't. We ask if the pulsating music can be turned down a notch :)Dan orders the olives, Ahi Nicoise, Greens and Pizzetta. It is so perfect. Again. So extraordinary in the opening . . . from silence to ear pounding silence. A very exciting day, in so many ways. Perfect!


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