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<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto(s), courtesy of Dr. HC Kolb \u00a9 2013.<\/h6>\n
We stayed at the Hilton Hawaiian Village,<\/a> in Oahu, again. \u00a0(This location has the advantage of having a private beach, with kids activities, snorkeling, dinner cruises, and the best fireworks show on Friday nights.) This time we had a corner room in the Tapa Tower. \u00a0Last time, we stayed at the Rainbow Tower. \u00a0Both experiences left a good taste in our mouths. \u00a0Because our rooms were spacious, if expensive, and comfortably appointed. \u00a0High up, the views are impressive. \u00a0Beware of vertigo! \u00a0It is so high UP and still little birds arrive looking for scraps on our balcony. \u00a0Diamond Head and the Bay sparkling with ant-sized boats, imaged outriggers, and the vast Pacific ocean, teeming with life. \u00a0Humans come from all over the world to celebrate their peak moments in Honolulu\u2019s warm embrace.<\/p>\n The thick ocean air, kisses your face, fragrant breezes massage your skin… Ah!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n What a way to celebrate turning 40! \u00a0The triumph over a family\u2019s greatest challenge! \u00a0Whatever the reason, Hawaii is the place to GO! \u00a0YOU want to be there to celebrate your life\u2019s milestones. \u00a0YOU need a dip in the warm waters. \u00a0You are ready to dance the Hula. \u00a0 The adventure of LIFE is alive and raw in that excellent city, Honolulu. \u00a0It may be developed, a hard little nugget of a glittering city, studded with high-end shopping venues on par with Rodeo Drive, in Los Angeles, California and top-notch boutique hotels, but the island has jungle hiking trails that will delight the novice, the family man, the native, and the experienced globe trekker, alike.<\/p>\n Ja!<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t a given that we would make it this far. \u00a0Those that know, are aware of how much ground we crossed in the last few years, and how we (all) faced difficult conditions, in the spirit of learning to love LIFE more, and thus, WE arrive at this—sacred—point in time: NOW! \u00a0 Any major life transition requires special action to mark it, define it. \u00a0The traditional honeymoon in Hawaii works, for example, in that no one can say that \u201clittle America,\u201d the islands of the Pacific are anything short of dreamy, a GREAT place to launch a life-long LOVE partnership. \u00a0Just as the passage from winter to spring, the graduation of a loved one might be a great excuse to get down to Hawaii for some much needed rest and relaxation.<\/p>\n YES! \u00a0WE must prioritize caring for ourselves.<\/p>\n The key message shared in, \u201cThe Vacation Approach,\u201d an unpublished book by Frau Kolb was that LIFE must be lived as an ongoing vacation. What do WE really want to do? \u00a0What is really important? \u00a0Let us connect with our LOVED ones while we have them. \u00a0Let us GO to Hawaii while its beauty withstands the assault of the littering tourists (those horrible humans who feel it is okay to leave plastic wrappers, bottles, and bags everywhere they go.) \u00a0Let us enjoy, as much as we can, this moment that sits before us. \u00a0Let us embrace the NOW, where NOW happens to be. \u00a0In other words, IF you can not now afford a little get away. \u00a0Plan your vacation and enjoy your actual location. \u00a0(Read this blog for tips on how to live the artist\u2019s ideal life of learning, loving, and living it UP!) \u00a0Travel in books and by reading is another way to soar above the bore of same old, same old.<\/p>\n IF, on the better hand, money is not an issue and you crave hard-core decadent luxury and French service, then you must hit B.L.T in Honolulu. \u00a0 Delicious European classics in Las Vegas style luxury with New Yorker edge, in Honolulu bent on French service in a high-end restaurant then you simply must visit, BLT Steak.<\/a> \u00a0Oh YES! \u00a0It is so good. \u00a0You will love it. \u00a0Juicy! \u00a0This is food that we advise vegetarians avoid. \u00a0Moreover, this an establisment catering to those on a tight budget. \u00a0But it is pure carnivore heaven to go when you want to splurge on a thick Porterhouse, for two, served in cast iron, with sides of garden fresh vegetable and excellent tender green salad, \u00a0preceded by Pacific oysters—so fresh and briny. \u00a0This is the elegant dining location to mark a memorable evening with best friends and beloved (carnivore) family. \u00a0Yet, it is NOT for everyone (vegetarians, you could order a grilled veggie plater! \u00a0I’m sure it would be excellent). \u00a0IF you want to celebrate an important event and want the team service to work like a dream around you. \u00a0Try, knocking a piece of silver of the table and watch the head waiter catch it before it hits the floor. \u00a0Or don\u2019t, because really that isn\u2019t the kind of thing a polite and well-bred person like YOU would even consider doing for a bit of bad-taste fun. \u00a0But, if happen to push a fork off the table, by accident, KNOW that the service will notice before you are inconvenienced by the diving piece of silver.<\/p>\n You might also enjoy, Kaiwa<\/a>, \u00a0Japanese cuisine for lunch. \u00a0Quiet. \u00a0Elegant. \u00a0On a second floor and frequented by locals. \u00a0This spot is a refuge from the chain restaurant culture, the noise, the ubiquitous flat screen televisions, and cheap American food. \u00a0It is a comfortable, but not tremendously luxurious, place you want to sink into the deep padded leather booths lining the restaurant and enjoy a moment of nourishing Japanese cuisine.<\/p>\n Travel helps fortify the soul, the spirit.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a9 Frau Kolb 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What a TRIP! Photo(s), courtesy of Dr. HC Kolb \u00a9 2013. We stayed at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, in Oahu, again. \u00a0(This location has the advantage of having a private beach, with kids activities, snorkeling, dinner cruises, and the best fireworks show on Friday nights.) 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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>IF you have never snorkeled in Honomanu Bay in Oahu<\/a>: You MUST but, first, you have to watch the nine minute conservation and safety film. \u00a0YOU don\u2019t want to die in Hawaii. \u00a0You want to have a good time. \u00a0Therefore, you require instruction on how to respect the life that lives in the reefs and coral. \u00a0It is time YOU get cozy with the idea that our reality depends on being mindful of LIFE, limits, and LOVING the environment, and showing that LOVE by restricting our personal use of natural resources, honoring the material world, so that life may endure and WE, my friends, continue to thrive.<\/p>\n