With the continued staffing challenges, food service needs to re-tool. smaller, simpler menus and recipes. I said it to my former employers and they haven’t heeded the advice.

The hotel I’m at now seems to get it. They change the menu based on the number of cooks we have on the line.


It’s different on an island. I grew up at the beach and in the ocean. Leaned to swim in the ocean. Took my daughter as a toddler. We take our grandsons weekly. It’s an event. The chairs, umbrella and other implements live in the car.

Is the Beach Actually Any Fun?



Looking forward to a trip to O`ahu in a couple of weeks. An end of summer treat for our Grandsons and a getaway for us. We’ll check out the first segment of the new Honolulu Rail, go to Wet N Wild, go to Tropics Mini Golf and just cruise around in the big city.


Extraction II popped up on Netflix today. Never a bad day for an over the top action movie.


So Hawaii is one of the minority of states that DOES NOT pay out earned vacation or PTO when you leave. Sucks


What does a chef make on his day off. Most times simple fare. Today I wanted to play. Shrimp and orzo with a liliko’i (passion fruit) lemon butter sauce. Beaujolais Villages in the glass


A week of not wearing Apple watch.

  • Still mostly know what time it is, my phone or the 3 clocks in the kitchen at work.
  • Not sure how many steps today, but I’m still walking.
  • Not sure what my heartbeat is, but it still seems to be beating.
  • Have still managed to get the notifications that matter. 😎

Love this demo version of “While my Guitar Gently weeps”. So pure

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In a George Harrison mood

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Just watched Living with Bill Nighy.

Loved it, all of the emotions


First days off since I started my new job. Loving the mental and emotional freedom of not being a manager. A day off is a day off.

Ran into someone at the hotel that I worked with at TGI Fridays in Honolulu in 1979. We had quite the reminiscing session. A lot of what happened to so and so, etc.


Sunny and raining. Love the tropics


Starting to see Discovery network shows (of which I have no interest) creeping further up the screen in the Max app.



Ocean view is so subjective



New season of Foundation July 14. Yay


Never really a Rumsfeld fan by any reach. But this quote really does apply to many situations.


Good to hear. I’ve crossed that channel 21 times. It’s beast. I’ve crossing in a 1-man canoe, 2-man canoe and a 6 man canoe. Cross 3 times in be same year twice. > Prestigious Molokaʻi Hoe Canoe Race returns after 3-year hiatus