The First Week

Friday January 7th to Sunday January 9th.  What do new residents to Hawaii do when they find themselves with ample time on a Friday night?  Well, they go to Puka Dog of course.  A Puka Dog is a Hawaiian hot dog, vegetarian or polish style, which uses a hollowed out mini bread loaf as a bun.  (Think Torpasta, but more tropical)  Toppings include the likes of pineapple relish, lilikoi mustard and garlic lemon sauce.  Overall evaluation, fair.

Joe at Puka Dog

In between searching for apartments on Saturday we found ourselves at Pali Lookout.  In 1795 King Kamehemeha I and his army, in an ultimately successful effort to unite the Hawaiian islands under one rule, trapped the defending army of Oahu up against these cliffs.  An epic battle ensued and many warriors fell to their deaths, their final view being this...

Pali Lookout

After the lookout we were both hungry.  We went to Zippy's, which is Hawaii's version of Denny's.  The menu is a quirky mix of Asian, American and strange. 

Lunch at Zippy's

As Saturday's typically do, this one gave way to Sunday, our first North Shore Sunday, an idea borrowed from the Mexico Gonzalez's Sayulita Sunday.  North Shore Sunday means shave ice.  This week from Matsumoto's.  I've been looking forward to this for years, literally.  

Raspberry, Cherry, Watermelon and Orange, Strawberry, Cherry