First, Happy Presidents Day.  It's a national holiday.  Good time to feature former PUS Donald Trump on my subject today: For me, any excuse for a good time.  I spent Valentine's Day alone.  Also Valentine's Night.  Like my extended Super Bowl series of meals, my Valentine's cuisine began earlier with a luau.  Here is what I provided to make ahi poke: 15 Craigside delivered the laulau, lomilomi salmon, chicken longrice, rice, poi and haupia: My Valentine's luau, hot sake, hot green tea and cold beer: Then my Valentine's lunch featured a low-calorie combination of a huge artichoke and sushi without rice: Then for Valentine's dinner, 15 Craigside supplied the prime rib dinner: I seared the rare meat in Miyazaki wagyu beef fat, and had the meal with a salad, beer and the remaining Cabernet Sauvignon from Super Bowl: Then, after a satisfying supper, I noticed that The Way We Were from 1973 was just starting on TCM.  I quickly checked, and Rotten Tomatoes ...

I've recently been fixated on global adventures, so on this Sunday, what about spiritual sites?  Here are a few prominent locations to consider, going west from Honolulu: Cape Reinga, New Zealand, sacred to the Maori people. Uluru, Australia:  home of the aboriginal people, one of the oldest civilizations, the plateau rises to 1,142 feet. Ubud, Bali:  Hindu harmony, plus spiritual Monkey Forest. Kyoto, Japan :  was Japan's capital for over a thousand years, and is the cultural heart of the country.  This would be the start from which you can go to Shikoku to visit 88 temples , a trek of 746 miles by foot, although there is a bus tour. Bhutan:  said to be the last Shangri-La, this is a tiny Buddhist country, measuring prosperity in terms of Gross National Happiness. Angkor Wat , Cambodia:  goes back to the 12th century and Hindu mythology, with Buddhist enhancements. Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka:  7500 feet tall, where a five-foot depression in the rock ...