The International Market was an institution of Waikiki for many, many years. Originally developed by Donn Beach who created the Don the Beachcomber chain of restaurants, in the 1940s. With its iconic Banyan Tree around which the second story restaurant was built, it contained cheap hula shows and trinkets for the visitors to Waikiki and became…
My wife and I lived in Honolulu from 2010-13 and like to go back about once a year. It has been fun to see the developments that have taken place over time. On this recent trip, I noted a number of improvements around Waikiki that you might want to check out for yourself on an…
First stop on our winter mileage run was San Diego. I worried about all the rain I had heard about in California, but it turned out cloudy and dry. San Diego is a great town and we looked forward to spending a couple of days there. I looked forward to checking out the new Hilton…
Part of the addiction dedication to frequent flying is seeing those mileage counters roll over to zero on New Year’s Day and knowing you have to figure out a way to fly a bunch more flights so you can keep your status for the following year. OF course, ideally you would get your employer to…
I am not a big fan of booking at a hotel brand that I have never heard of. While sometimes a surprise can be pleasant, just as often it turns into a disappointment. I would much rather count on the consistency of a name brand such as Hilton when booking. At a recent conference in…
One of my favorite things to go to when traveling is a Christmas Market in Germany. Of course that is not a reason to travel to Germany, so I just have to luck out and have an event to travel to in December. That actually happens more often that you would think and I always…
A great thing about going to a new place is having a local show you some of the hidden gems. Even though a med school student doesn’t get out much, she knew a perfect place to take us for our last night in town. This spot is not very well known and you would pass…
Continuing on our adventures over the Thanksgiving weekend in New Orleans. Our daughter lives in the Garden District, one of the better suburbs of New Orleans. She thought we would enjoy a morning walk around to view some of the historical homes. It is worth noting that you don’t really need a tour guide as…
Continuing on from yesterday’s post. We started our exploration by walking down towards the French Quarter along N. Peters St. Of course, the wife wanted to have beignets for breakfast. The walk there was very pleasant at 75 degrees F and a nice warm up from D.C. I was impressed at all the renovation of…
For a change this year, we went to see our daughter for Thanksgiving instead of her coming home. Part of the motivation was for us to come see New Orleans where we had never spent time despite this being her third year at Tulane. The other being that as a third-year med school student, she…
