The   Bangkok Post  has a once a month feature segment, Elite Life, bringing the best of luxury lifestyle in Bangkok.  The front page highlight was entitled   Journey from Jura , featuring the marriage of Louis Vuitton and Chef Gaggan Anand.   In short, here is the story: Louis was born in the Jura region of France in 1821. At the age of 33 he established his eponymous brand in Paris in 1854, 170 years ago. He established his reputation by making travel trunks for Napolen III's wife, Empress Eugenie. His trunks were weatherproof and light, with an unpickable lock.  That design began then. In 1987 LV merged with Moet et Chandon and Hennessey, becoming LVMH. Today, a LV bag can cost from $1,200 to $36,000, but knock offs can be found in Thailand, China, etc. for $20 or so. You probably did not know this, but Bernard Arnault heads LVMH and, with a worth of $235 billion, is the richest person in the world.  #2 is Jeff Bezos of Amazon at $194 billion and #3 Elon Musk of Tesla/SpaceX at

Later today the Pride of America departs Nawiliwili Harbor, and will take us on a cruise tour via Kilauea to Haena and beyond.  Then, back to Honolulu by Saturday morning.  But about yesterday, first, lunch of Spaghetti Bolognese, plus. By the way, do you know that  Stella Artois Beer  is around 600 years old?  Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium was founded in 1366.  That was 126 years before Columbus "discovered" America. After lunch, we took a shuttle to Anchor Cove and walked around, beginning with Kalapaki Beach, which had a couple of strange birds, not quite pigeon, not quite dove.   Found ourselves our way to The Royal Sonesta Hotel and Marriott Kauai Beach Club, with a Koi pond. Once called the Kauai Surf,  Chris Hemmeter  ( here with former governors Waihei and Cayetano ) upgraded the facility to the  Westin Kauai  with 36 holes of golf.  He was the one who began the development of resort hotels in Hawaii, and, wrote James Michener, Hemmeter's Hyatt Regency (now