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 sh...

Anyone know where  Saint Lucia  is located?  It is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean with a population of 180,000, and a member of the United Nations.   Julien Alford is 23 and yesterday won a gold medal for the 100 meter event, the first for Saint Lucia .  She is 5'7" tall.  U.S. women's speedster Sha'Carri Richardson is 5'1".  Alford could well become the next female version of  Usain Bolt . You should remember him.  He is an 8-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in the 100 m, 200 m and 4x100 m relay.  From Jamaica, won both the 100 m and 200 m Olympic races in 2008, 2012 and 2016.  An eleven-time World Champion.  While he is 6'5" tall, and Alford is only 5'7", she seems a lot bigger than most of the finalists in the Paris sprint races.   Watch  Taylor Swift narrate a new promo for NBC --featuring her  Style --paying tribute to Team USA's finest:  Si...

I leave this morning for Las Vegas and will stay at the downtown Circa Casino.  Took me 40 minutes from home to the United Club, which is unbelievably quick, considering that I walked almost 2500 steps (I have a pedometer).  My first Cup O Noodles in a decade.  I added two halves of boiled egg.  With a Bloody Mary, my best breakfast in a long time. 15 Craigside feature this week a Louisiana Seafood Boil and a luau. Then last night a  luau .  With the more traditional  lau lau,  fish,  lomi salmon ,  chicken long rice ,  mock bird nest soup ,  poi  and  haupia ,  I bought the  squid luau  and the ingredients for my enhanced  ahi poke , adding  ogo ,  kazunoko ,  ikura,  hot sauce, onion and  sea asparagus . The wines were both Cabernet Sauvignon, from Chateau Buena Vista in Napa and Oblivion in Paso Robles, pus Kirin Beer. -