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Showing posts with label beach day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beach day. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Kapalua Bay

Posted on 2:38 AM by dimple
I had a couple of days off from both jobs, and I spent yesterday stocking up on groceries and prepping meals for the week:


{baked sweet potato rounds, baked brussels sprouts, baked chicken in a homemade honey dijon balsamic vinaigrette, quinoa}

And today was spent with a much needed beach break.


{panoramic view of the gorgeous Kapalua Bay}


I split my water time equally between stroking across the bay and diving down below the surface, holding my breath as long as I could to stay close to my new fish friends.

I swam along with a puffer fish, found an anxious eel hunkered deep under a coral ledge, dipped into a school of goatfish, and cut through a small group of blue trevally trolling for prey.  These larger fish have a broad bank of electric blue painted across their backs that spark like neon under the sunlight.

After my swim, I laid out on the sand and dove into my book.  When the sun became too much, I retreated into the shade under the palm trees.


{shady reading spot}

Getting into the ocean is good for your soul.  I followed up my ocean swim with happy hour with a friend before having a girl's night up at my house with some vino.

It was a good restorative weekend before heading back into a hectic workweek!
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Friday, March 21, 2014

Beach Day at Wahikuli

Posted on 6:05 PM by dimple
We've been enduring a rather wet winter on Maui, so we had to take advantage of our gorgeous sunny day yesterday.  A group of us, and T-Bone, hit the beach!


{T-Bone}


{playing Frisbee}


{Will strumming the ukulele}
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Friday, January 17, 2014

An Afternoon at the Beach

Posted on 8:51 PM by dimple
Three posts in one day!  That's how I make up for not putting anything up for a week.

Bryan and I spent the afternoon at Wahikuli Beach.  It's a small, local beach a five minute drive from the house with good snorkeling and a great BBQ set up.

We arrived and ran into our favorite pooch: T-Bone!  Bone, Will and Jess were finishing up a quick dip before heading home for band practice before the TOLO show at Diamonds.


{T-Bone soaking up rays}

I spent the afternoon soaking up sunshine, reading my new favorite: Four Fish, and diving for seashells.


I'm pretty stoked about my new seashell stash!


{a few more shells from my second foray into the water}


Another beautiful day on Maui.
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Friday, December 6, 2013

Thursday Fun Day

Posted on 2:18 PM by dimple
Bryan and I spent the afternoon at the beach after getting lunch and bubbly at Leilani's.

I had my can't-live-without-it Hydro Flask, a stainless steel vacuum insulated water bottle that holds 40 ounces of deliciously cold water, and my current read: The God of Small Things.


The beach at Black Rock boasted sparkling seas and epic cloud swept skies.


The ocean was cool and sported a mega current that gave me one hell of a workout as I swam back to our spot on the sand after swimming half way to Black Rock.

After getting our full dose of sand, surf and sun, we came back home and watched a lovely pastel sunset and waited for our friends to come over for game night.


We have been enjoying our new game, Cards Against Humanity: A Party Game for Horrible People. It's not for the faint of heart.  It's for the dirty minded, sick and twisted people.  If this isn't you, stick to Apples and Apples.
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Thursday, November 7, 2013

First Week of November

Posted on 5:45 PM by dimple
A few snapshots of the first week of November...

When I was on the other side shopping for the last odds and ends for my Han Solo Halloween costume, I picked up a comic book tee in the men's department at Old Navy.  I took it home and cut it up:


{kitchen selfie--our apartment has so many random mirrors}

The day after Halloween, Bryan and I got lunch at Longhi's.  I had been dying for some of their delish pasta bolognese.  While we were waiting for our food to come down from the kitchen, we snacked on their signature pizza bread and got seduced into ordering mimosas.  Longhi's makes the best mimosas with freshly squeezed orange juice.  Our bartender hooked us up and gave us monster drinks in wine glasses instead of champagne flutes.  It's good to be a repeat customer.


{monster mimosas}

I went to the amazing Doctors on Call at the Hyatt on Sunday to refill prescriptions.  My doctor has an interesting collection of monkeys pinned to his wall:


My housemate Alexa hooked me up with homemade borscht (aka beet soup).  I had some with some organic arugula tossed on top.


{eating colorful, eating clean}

Yesterday on my day off, I did an afternoon solo snorkel sesh at my favorite beach.  It had been awhile since I've been in the water, and it was nice to spy on all my fishy friends again.  I ran into a small honu (turtle) and a spotted eagle ray too.  Epic.


When I was done swimming, I got out and let the sun dry the salt water off me while I finished reading my book.

When I came home from the beach, the most handsome hound dog was waiting for me with his stuffed bunny.


{he's so happy, his tail is a blur--how awesome is that?}

My girlfriend Shaina and I went out for lunch this afternoon at one of my favorite spots, Pineapple Grill.

I got the corned beef brisket sandwich:


And the pineapple upside down cake for dessert:


It's a perfect overcast day, so I'm going to snuggle up with my new book: The Keep by Jennifer Egan.  How's your week been so far?
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Slaughterhouse Beach

Posted on 5:58 PM by dimple
Last Thursday Bryan and I went to Slaughterhouse Beach.


It's a tucked away pocket of a beach that's usually fairly quiet.



Not a bad place to spend an afternoon off.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Honu Swim

Posted on 9:48 PM by dimple
I'm feeling a little under the weather, but it's too hot to sit around the house, so I took Bryan's suggestion and went to the beach.

I ran into some friends on the beach, so I camped my gear by theirs and headed right into the water for a swim.

The moment I kicked a few strokes out from the beach, I was greeted by this very friendly, very curious honu or sea turtle.







He swam under and around me, then circled away before swooping back towards me.  He seemed to be especially interested in my toes.



{charging towards my toes!}




{shaka with honu}


{there were a few instances that he got so close, I had to quickly back peddle so we didn't collide--it's a big no-no to touch sea turtles, so I tried to give him his space}



{close enough to touch--but don't worry! I didn't!}


{swimming over a fishing line}




{cruising away}


{a short, wobbly video of swimming with my curious honu friend}

After he swam away, I took off to explore the reef a little.






After my snorkel, I got out to sunbathe and chat with my friends.  After a bit, we all got back in and my turtle friend was still hanging out.  I swam with him for a bit.





Note to self: sick days are always better when spent under the water.

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