Local style food and Hawaiian history at the Bishop Museum

Poor Penelope.  At home with her toys and R.
Plumbers are coming to do repairs, and our triple osmosis filters in the kitchen have to be changed, so Ry and I did some errands.
I went to the gym and my Zumba class.

Our instructor Kevin with his Instructor of the month award.
(Photo is from a couple of weeks ago)

It was raining when Ry picked me up after class, so some  Tanaka saimin for lunch was great!
You get teriyaki beef, shrimp tempura, and macaroni salad with the Wun Tun Min noodles.

It's monday, but the Bishop Museum was open (it's open every day) so Ry and I decided to visit.

The Hawaiian Hall

A "grass shack"

Top view of one of the beautiful koa posts around the house exhibit.

A lei kupe'e, or shell lei belonging to Queen Kapiolani made from shells presented to her during her travels around the islands.

One hands on exhibit lets you use some traditional instruments to accompany the chanter in the video.
There were  displays of implements, weapons, feather cloaks, beautiful woven mats, and an explanation of the many names of the moon as it goes through its phases-like "Mahealani" which is "the second of the nights in which the moon does not set until after the sunrise...it is the 16th night of the moon and it is much more full"

Such an eye opening display of the history of a people who lived in this isolated string of islands, surrounded by only sky and ocean.

The Planetarium was presenting a show of the Hokuleia's voyage and navigation using the stars and Hawaiian compass.
It was fun to review some of the constellations and see them from a Hawaiian seafarer's eyes.

Completing a Hawaiian sort of day, R and I had dinner at Highway Inn.

My Pulehu ribs were tender, not too salty, but with a slight crunch of the Hawaiian coarse salt used for flavor.

R's was the Plantation Plate with ribs, chicken adobo, and panko crusted fish.  Also Kim Chee and rice.