It was early March, the doldrums of grey, cold, rainy Seattle winter. Our building, the Cobb, was undergoing some point-and-tuck brick-and-mortar repair. It was built in 1910 and is on the historic register. Our windows are the original ones on chains, drafty, don’t really close well, and have some gaps. The restoration process involved using electric grinders to remove the existing mortar and pressure washing the brick. After about a month, they were repairing the outside of Carter’s and my units. The noise was unbearable, and the process created dust that initially got into our units, and when pressure washed, created a sludge-like cement mortar that crept into our windows. We were at The Founders Club across the street and chatting with our regular bartender, Federico. He said he and his wife were leaving for Hawaii to celebrate their anniversary or birthday, so I thought, what the hell, let’s get out of town and escape the cacophony outside our units. Tickets and howere was immediately booked and we were off the next day to Honolulu.
Our first night, we went out to dinner with Fererico and his wife to a Japanese Wagyu steam house.
Return to Senia. Rhone and I went here on our last visit for Unkle Sean’s anniversary. It was Carter’s turn. Federico had a kitchen pass for the night so It was just the men.
More amazing sunsets.
We then went to a pretty good restaurant, Michel’s at the Colony Surf at Glenn’s condo. Glenn is an outgoing, gregarious older guy, and we hit it off right away. He’s a regular at the MaiTai, so we saw him often.
We like our tableside Caesar’s prep.
Back at MaiTai – I do love their umbrellas.
Photo Montage.
Thanks for traveling with TheHad🩵