Nico's, Penny & Sophie

Diamond Head once stood very tall in this photo at Eggs and Things.

Janie and Isao invited me to Nico's to enjoy her guitar teachers and their comrades' music.
Too bad R, who was at his weekly karaoke dinner, missed a great evening.

Nico's was bursting with people enjoying their wednesday evening.  The music was a great mix of Latin and old and new favorites.  My favorite was Sway.

Thanks to Janie we got to chat with  Mike, one of her teachers, during their break.  He also teaches ukulele.

Rolando, from Nicaragua, who played the Congo drums and sang.

Mike's son Michelangelo, another of Janie's teachers.

Then I went to pick up Penny at Pets in the City.

Penny?

That cute pup is Sophie, of the bigger eyebrows!

She also barks a lot.

From Nico's to Diamond Head

  We both went to the gym today to exercise so we felt that we could go back to Nico's and have a hearty dinner.    They allow dogs outdoors so Penny was happy.
   

The crispy calamari was so good.   They have wines on tap and  the special of the day was a Riesling  for $5.  

I was going to order the short ribs last time we came, but was side tracked by the mahimahi fish and chips.  A bit salty but tender.

R ordered the furikake ahi.

Good Penny.  I took off her collar and she was quiet through the whole dinner watching the people outside.

Fishing boats in the harbor in front of Nico's .

The ride back to Ala Moana.  Aloha Tower.

Wards Warehouse under the moon.

Drove through the boat harbor in front of the Prince Hotel.

View from the Hilton Lagoon area.

The drive up to Diamond Head lookout.

Diamond Head  Lighthouse.

Remember the days when we were children and  Madame Pele walked on Diamond Head?  And you should never carry pork in your car?
The kiawe trees are still there but Madame Pele has long gone on to find more suitable haunting grounds.

Penny's first day out

     We went to Fendu for our lunch bringing along olives from the Whole Foods olive bar,   grapes and cheese to go with the croissants.  

   

Dachshunds can be noisy as we found out when a cute long haired dachshund came to sit at the next table.  (Luckily we were finished with our lunch)
Wanted to photograph the cutie, but we had to hurry away from the resulting barkathon.

At Craig Sensei's studio.  Rude Penny barked at MiuMiu the resident cat, who snubbed her and sauntered away.

Practiced trying to feel and hear the different resonances of head and chest voices.   Thank you sensei for making it understandable.  Now to actualize what I learned.


This evening we decided to go to Nico's because they allow pets in their outdoor seating area.

Their fish and chips (mahimahi today) has a crispy beer batter like we had in London.

In the harbor around Nico's and Uncle's  many of the fishermen were having dinner aboard their boats.  

There is something romantic about a harbor especially in the quiet evening time.

                 Finally, someone Penny wants to play with.

When we got back to our garage who should be there but Buddy, Penny's neighbor and good friend.  Except she couldn't romp with him today because the vet said no rough stuff.