It’s Spring Break, and Sophie and I are in Hawaii visiting Paul’s 91 year old mother. We lost Paul’s dad in December, and we’re trying to help out his mom who is now living alone after 68 years of marriage. She was an expressionist painter and has a great home filled with art, but we are so worried about her being there alone now.
Yesterday she brought out her collection of insanely complex origami creations, made by her, Paul and another brother over the years. Today she and Sophie made beautiful pieces of art that look like tie-dyed fabrics, by folding rice paper and then dipping in food coloring. I feel so lucky to be married to a man who grew up in such a creative household!
Tomorrow we are finally going on a tour of Pearl Harbor. Over the years we have not gone because our kids were under the age limit, then because the tickets were booked up in advance. I finally figured out you can now go online at 7 am, the day before you want to take the tour, and book it from a limited amount of tickets available 24 hrs ahead of time. I’ve been coming to Honolulu for 20 years and I finally figured this out!
One thing I still haven’t done is visit Doris Duke’s Shangri-La residence/museum. I always forget and then by the time I arrive here, the tickets are booked up the whole week. Maybe next time I will finally remember to get the tickets early! Hope this tip helps some of you plan ahead if you are coming to Oahu this year.
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