The Road to Hana

The road to Hana started with a trip to natural foods Mecca, Mana Foods. Planning on stocking up on some good fuel for the road, I am kicking myself for taking those silly outfit pictures back at the condo before we left because if we were just 5 minutes earlier, we would have ran into this guy.

Apparently he was dressed and had a hat on, whatever. All the cashier girls were going on and on about how Samantha's boyfriend was there and such. Owen Wilson apparently frequents the store too. Moving on....Mana Foods is in the adorable sleepy lil hippie town of Paia. A must visit for any future Maui goers.

The road to Hana is all about the journey and not the destination. Mainly, coming around bends and having the road suddenly open up to views like this one. It was breathtaking.

Beautiful vegetation everywhere.

Lots of hidden swimming pools. 

Hiking down to a waterfall. 

Since we went in the summer, the falls were not as abundant as during the winter. Still, a sight to see. 

Time for roadside pulled pork! Some of the best food we ate in Maui was from roadside stands or trucks. Before we went back to the car, someone had cat radar....

No, sir, I don't want the banana leaf bowl, I want your cat. 

Near the end of the journey is the black sand beach. Something something volcano. 

I think by this picture you can tell who was the driver and who was the passenger. 

Typical Hawaiian plate lunch in Hana. Two scoop rice, BBQ shredded pork and pineapple coleslaw. For the record, we don't eat like this at home. 

Honor system roadside fruit stand! We got an avocado and papaya, put our money in the box and went on our way.

Catnip: A Love Story

Poor Cleo hasn't had a healthy potted catnip in many months. 

While we were out buying plants this weekend, I thought of her. 

This smells funny...

...a little bit can't hurt. Everyone's doing it.

It feels so, so good but I think I should lay off this stuff.

OK, one last hit.

Sober as a judge. What happened???

Weekend Scenes

It is sad sitting down to do a weekend scenes post when you are suddenly very sick and coughing like crazy. Thank goodness for this kitty in my lap. Cats that sit in your lap are the best. It's like they know when you need a pal. Growing up we always had 2-3 cats and none of them were lap cats! Or a couple of them just preferred my brother and dad. I would stick em on my back, in bassinets, they would always hop away. Pete=the cat I always wanted. OK, side tracked a bit. Here's the weekend:

Enjoying my cute new watch, care of RumbaTime. Now I want more colors!

Creating new bathroom vignettes. Behold the best candle ever.

I have a feeling a lot of you have already made this discovery. 

If not, include it in your future purchases.

Bloody mary + darts. 

I find I get bored at bars unless there is some sort of activity {besides drinking}.

Wearing my mom's wedding dress! She made this herself in 1972, so I naturally 

had to use the 70's filter on Flickr to edit it. Crazy enough, I don't remember ever 

seeing it or trying it on all these years. It fit really well. How sweet and simple is it? 

The plan is to alter it above the knee for my rehearsal. 

This is all with her blessing, I think the words were

"Do whatever you want! It is just going to end up thrown away one day". 

It also comes complete with a champagne stain, which I love.

Happy Friday

This weekend we will be celebrating Pete's first birthday (not really, but maybe. Ok, I will. Probably not Jon) and Jon's dad's upcoming 60th birthday. Two big milestones, wouldn't you say?
BTW If you think we are giving Pete champagne, you are crazy. He may get some milk.
P.S. While I've got the cat people's attention. Go here.