CulinaryTour of Oahu

My last day at the theatre was Monday. And Tuesday began my last chance to truly enjoy my last bit of the island. With the cleaning and packing that remained, Ross and I couldn't manage many touristy activities, short of the swap meet. So instead, our last days focused on a variety of edibles available. Here's the last days breakdown, interspered with our island activities:

Monday:
-last day at work
-skipped out on drinks at Du Vin with a former co-worker to nurse a cold.
-dinner at Phuket Thai family style with Dani and Skyler. Sampling included the an assortment of appitiszers, hot thai tea, green curry (medium), seafood in a tangy red sauce (think sweet and sour), beef satay, beef pad thai and thai basil chicken (medium). The spice did a good job of cleaning out most of the sickness. Conversations revolvoed around games and state legislation.
-Dessert at Yougartland

Tuesday:
-Lunch with the theatre office staff at Soul de Cuba. I had the ensalad de pollo. Tasty, but not particularly Cuban. A lot of awkward small talk and seemingly insincere goodbyes.
-Cleaning out the last bit of the apartment, followed by checking into the hotel.
-Dinner at So Gong Dong with Hester, the director of the Hawaii Young Actor's Ensemble. Ross had the meat jun. I had the dol sot bibimbab (I loved the crunchy bits of rice on the bottom of the stone bowl). Hester ate the rice noodles with veggies. All the sizzling and bubbling concotions at the other tables seemed very appealing as well. Conversation invovled gossip and obversations about the high school students, frustrations about ineffective management of companies and the fear and oppertunites the furture holds.
-A few drinks at the Irish Rose, with no fellow to attned with us.

Wednesday:
-SWAP MEET! We managed to leave without picking up too much, short of a tiki for a friend and some earrings for myself.
-Nap time at the hotel.
-One last trip to the Wailana Diner in Waikiki. I had a fairly disappointing Loco Moco. Ross had a dry hot turkey sandwich. We left full, but underwhelmed.
-Running around to Kinkos after discovering a resume could not be emailed...the quick trip to print a resume, cover letter and portfolio samples ended badly and resulted in a need for a return trip the following day.
-Dinner at Spaghetti Factory with David and Bradon...hey, we can't be too terribly ethnic everyday!
-Check out of the apartment...with absolutely no problems and a full desposit return!
-One last hur-rah at the Irish Rose, this time joined by too of my co-workers, and a custard tart. And our former landlord, who randomly happened to have chosen the same bar.

Thursday:
-A quick return run to Kinkos to finish me little job packet and mail it off.
-Breakfast at Sure Shot with my co-worker Ken. Sad thing is...we were flying out on his birthday.
-off to the airport...

And a slightly tearful goodbye to Honolulu.

Wednesday