MY CONTINUED LIFE IN HAWAII

 SORRY, BUT I FORGOT TO PUBLISH SATURDAY'S POSTING.

My continued life at 15 Craigside in photos.  But first, a bit about our national economy.  Yesterday, the Dow Jones closed at a record high, rising 846.24 points, or 1.89%, to 45,631.74, surpassing the previous record on 4December2024.  Reason?  U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is being badgered by President Donald Trump for a rate cut in the Fed's September meeting, and seemingly now will.

One of my very favorite lunches is Pork Tonkatsu with sashimi.  15 Cragiside provides most of the below, which I pick up from the dining room at an added cost of $1.50, and add, in this case below, ahi (tuna) sashimi which I purchase, and the hot sake.

I participate in the annual Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin Golf Tournament at the Ala Wai Golf Course.

Banquet of these foods from L&L BBQ.

The team of David, Steve and Neil came in 9th, of 60 or so teams.  David shows their bounty, plus a sheet providing $60 worth of sushi for each of them.

My team with Tommy and a person who did not show up because he just contracted COVID came in close to the bottom.  But I won a door prize of a $100 Magoo Pizza certificate.  We pay $150/person to play in this tournament, the proceeds which go toward scholarships.  The church typically makes around $20,000.  However, organizations and individuals donate so many items that someone like me, who ends up near the bottom, got back the following:  $50 for golfing and cart, a lunch bag of sandwich and snacks worth maybe $10, a dinner banquet surely of more than $20, that tub of puff rice ($10?) plus the $100 certificate.  Total?  $190 value.

I'm getting good at making poke.  The ingredients are ahi (or maguro, a tuna), seaweed, kazunoki (fish eggs on kelp), sweet onion, sea asparagus, cucumber, inamona (candlenut or kukui nut) and hot sauce.  This time I used a poke mix.

My luau with lau lau, lomi salmon, squid luau, poke, rice and beer.

Not long after I made the above, 15 Craigside had a poke lunch, with beer.

There were various kinds of poke.

We were served by Chef Jordan and Chief Lady Bree.

We had lunch with Harriet and Steve, who just moved into 15 Craigside.

One of the highlight activities we have here is karaoke.  This time, Karaoke Jockey Doug Oshiro, was in charge.

That's him singing.

There must have been 30 of us singing.  All went to so well, that the 2-hour session became three.

I end with Awesome Nature:

Oops, I used this recently.  Oh well, worth another look.  

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