Maui Onion Festival

I checked out the annual Maui Onion Festival at Whaler's Village today.  I ran into some girlfriends there, and we enjoyed onion-themed pupus and drank a few cocktails (the sangria at Leilani's is excellent).

{food tents were pitched all over the property where local restaurants sold their onion goodies}

{giant Hula Girls weaving through the crowd}

Today also happened to be the Grand Opening of Lululemon's showroom since it's move from Wailea.  I, of course, ended up picking up some new workout gear.

{the new location of the Maui Lululemon showroom}

After snacks, shopping and drinks, I said farewell to the friends that I had run into and hit the beach.  The water was cool, calm and perfect.  I swam a few circles in the water and read huge chunks of Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible (which I'm absolutely loving).

It was a perfect way to spend an afternoon off from both jobs.

I came home before sunset, rinsed off and then hit the gym.  As I headed through the garage, I found a new lizard friend perched on the tire of a bicycle.

{looking mighty regal there, buddy!}