Bon Appetit!!!

This is my first edition copy of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. It was published October 16, 1961.

This year my birthday was my Julia Child birthday. Bryan got me the TV series, My Life in France and one of Julia's cookbooks - with full color pictures. We had discussed getting Mastering but it was kind of expensive. With recipes for aspics and brains, I didn't want to spend that much on a cookbook I really wouldn't use that much. I did tell Bryan that I would like a old copy, maybe a first edition, which I figured I would find at a garage sale or a used book store.

Well, that was not Bryan's plan. He searched eBay for weeks trying to find a copy. Weeks, he'll tell you. He was very meticulous in getting a first printing of the first edition. He won't tell me how much he spent. He really is the most awesomest husband EVAR!!!!!!

Day Three - Arizona Memorial and a long walk

Day three began early to get to Pearl Harbor before everyone else. The wait staff ask why were we up so early? Going to Pearl Harbor? Everybody knows to get there early. We were on the first boat over to the Arizona Memorial so it worked. It was very beautiful.



Arizona Memorial



Flag over the Arizona



Wall of Remembrance



USS Missouri

I didn't know it at the time but Bryan was in the Missouri's battle group (USS Hoel) when it(and he)was in the Gulf before Desert Storm. I wished I had known - it's a little heart's a flutter knowing we were in the same space, seperated by twenty years and thousands of miles. It's kind of silly but it makes me feel closer to him.

In the afternoon we hiked to Waimea Falls. The hike was beautiful but the falls were kind of anticlimatic.



I love these trees. They are so big.



The Falls



Becky hula-ing. I was too tired from the walk.

Day Two - Snorkeling!!!!!

Day two was spent snorkeling at Hanauma Bay. It was very pretty. Neither Becky or I had ever been snorkeling before. We were laughing so hard as we sat in the surf trying to put our flippers we thought that the life guards were going to have to come after us 3 feet from the shore.



Other people snorkling

It's weird having your head under water and still be able to breathe. For the first 10 minutes, I was thinking, "breathe, breathe, breathe, you're not going to drown." And I didn't!!



Me



Fishies



More fishies.

With the mask, the tide, and moving object, it's it rather difficult to know what you are actually getting.



Lots of fishies

Hawaii, Baby!!!!!

So Becky and I had a GREAT time in Hawaii!!! Beautiful and relaxing. Every day started with an awesome breakfast at the hotel. Lots of fresh fruit and yummy juice.

Day One was a drive around the island.



This is Hanauma Bay. It's a nature preserve and the next day we went snorkeling there.



Cairns on the beach.



Buddhist Temple



Koi fish



Buddhist kitty - or not. He was stalking all the birdies.



North Shore



Sunset at Sunset Point

Day Two Tomorrow!

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