Monday, January 26, 2009

The View From Here




We arrived without incident in Oahu on Saturday afternoon. The group relocated to a new condo, called The Watermark, a couple of blocks away from the old one. Amusingly enough, in checking out Google Maps, I discovered a Food Pantry grocery store smack dab in between the old condo and new one, within a very short five minute walk. This is amusing because, the last two times were were here we could have very easily walked to this grocery store, rather than drive to the mall for groceries. We just never knew this grocery store was there, because it is situated down a side street that we never ventured down! So, I am very happy. I was excited about this grocery store, it seemed to have more variety than the one at the mall. And besides, we are now even closer to the mall, which means we can now walk there in a matter of minutes!

Anyhow, this condo is ridiculously nice, check out this link if you don't believe me. It's new, and it is designed much more like a hotel than a condo complex, with large manicured grounds and a big infinity pool that Evan and I took a dip in last night. As we walked through the gardens we realized there are several little areas with new barbecues for hosting friends, as well as one large covered pavilion with a gas grill and dining room set-up, where a small group of people were having a nice steak dinner (I wanted to join them!). Like I said, ridiculously nice.

I can't yet take a picture of the view this morning because I can't figure out how to open the remote controlled floor to ceiling screens on the windows, so the above are photos the group had sent to us. But I enjoyed making coffee in the granite-countertop-Viking-decked-out kitchen!

I'll write more later.