Week 43

My cousins had their annual girls night Halloween party this past Friday. We did a gypsy theme, here is my attempt. It was a lot of fun with good food, games and company!

Week 42

We went to see Cirque du Soleil's show called Quidam. We got the cheapest tickets in the house and used a Yelp coupon that got an additional $10 off per ticket. Needless to say, we were at the very top. So we had a fun night out, which we usually don't get to do. It was Romney's first time going to one of their shows and it was my second time. I went with some friends here in Waikiki before I met Romney. Anyway, we had a lot of fun and are glad we went.

Week 41

We're behind again. Sorry about that! We'll try catching up tonight. The Association of Hawaii Archivists had a fun field trip on Saturday, October 13th. We went to the Kamehameha Schools' Archives and got a wonderful tour of their facilities and collections.

This was the view from just outside the Archives 

A Hawaiian Flag quilt 

Archivist, Janet Zisk, demonstrates how a Kapa was made. 

Hawaiian Kapa unfolded. This particular Kapa is over 200 years old. An entire family would sleep under this Kapa. They have multiple layers of material. If the weather was warm, they could peel back a layer or two.

Here is the top of a Kapa to show what it would have looked like. The red piece at the top is the only scrap left from the original Kapa, which was a red color, something Hawaiians didn't have access to until foreigners started arriving and trading red cloth that they could use to make their own red materials. The larger brown piece has also had chunks taken out of it but demonstrates what it would have looked like.

Week 40

I can't believe how early stores start selling Christmas decorations! Romney and I went into Costco at the beginning of September and they'd already put a few lights and tree decorations out. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Grinch. I LOVE Christmas, but that's just too early. This past week, we were in there again and now they've got the fake Christmas trees out and everything else. Well, the one good thing about it: Romney made a new friend...