Bare chested Santa and bikers

If that title doesn’t make people jump over here, I don’t know what will. Pssh, I kid. Who in their right mind wants to see a bare chested Santa…willingly?!

I realized I never showed the pictures from when G-man and I went to check out the big display in Honolulu. Nor did I show when the Toys for Tots bikers came through. No…don’t go away, its interesting, I promise.

Thousands of bikers ride in Honolulu. They start out at Ala Moana Beach Park and go through Waikiki. I don’t understand how so many bikes are on the island. Seriously! Its an island.

Have I mentioned G-man’s apartment is perfectly located for all these major events? We’ve sat on his lanai for the Honolulu Marathon, Toys for Tots rides, parades, whale watching… Its perfect.

It took over an hour from start to finish and some of the bikes were pretty neat looking. (I’m into bikes a bit)

It must take either a very strong man to ride a hot pink bike…or one who doesn’t know how to be a man….hard to say.


I’ll probably be the only one who finds this interesting but they were talking the whole way down the road…and I could hear their conversation from high up. {they had to talk over all the motors}


This one’s just cool and looks so comfy.

Be happy I didn’t show the video. Even I was incredibly bored by it. I thought it would be neat to show all the bikes rumbling by. After 15 seconds, I questioned why I continued recording for 2 minutes more.

Later that day, we saw the Honolulu City lights where Shaka Santa (aka bare chested Santa) was. Its weird, I’m not going to lie. I get the concept, but it’s still weird.

I embraced it, mind you. HI is all about going with the flow.

Snowmen with surfboards and scarves? Okay…

1 week from this very day, I get to have G-man here. These days are creeping by but going only 3 weeks before we see each other again is nothing compared to normal so I’m not going to complain. Not one bit.

Thank you to all you sweetie pies for yesterday’s kind words about my decorating. You guys sure know how to make a girl feel good.

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Absolutely positively AWESOME!

I did it! I did it! I did it! (I feel like a little kid saying that...)

But I really did it! After getting the bike out of the bike room in the parking garage I go to pop a cough drop in my mouth...still have lingering affects from being sick; and what does the wrapper say!?

I LOVED IT!  I started laughing and knew it was a sign. haha So perfectly appropriate for what I have been fearing.

So I told myself I would walk the bike out of the garage because there are 2 very steep...ok, maybe just steep declines and I didn't want to lose control going down into the rows of traffic, but I stoically rode it down  both of them and zoooom I was on my way!

Once I made it across the street to the park I went around it 4 times. That's about 4 miles of riding and I was loving every minute of it! I had this perma-grin on my face and was sad to see other fellow bike riders (because I'm now a part of the "group") so serious and with these sullen expressions. I wanted to stop them and say, 'Why so sad?! You're riding a bicycle right now! Be happy!!"

Even though my 'eh em' was really hurting me from all the riding, I didn't want to stop at the park. I wanted to go beyond! Especially since the park was a 'safe' zone for me. No actual traffic to contend with...so I made the executive decision to ride along the traffic into Waikiki.

((Which I later was told was the 1 place I was informed NOT to go into until I got my license to ride the bike. The coppers like to commandeer bikes if they stop a rider without a license...crazy isn't it!?))

But I was a risk taker and went into Waikiki any way...((sorry honey)) It was awesome by the way. I rode on the side of the street with ALL THE CARS! They went right past me without incident. I stopped at the beach and rested on a wall...I was sweating! Holy cow, it was such a great workout. And I love to take a moment to people watch all the crazies.

Like how the girls will wear 3-4 inch high heels in the sand to look cute for the guys. -Crazy!

Or the tiny 70+ year old Asian man dressed in hip hop clothing with his hat turned sideways. -Crazy!

Or the Grandparents that were with their grandkids on the beach having a great time. -Cr...okay that was adorable! I want to be those Grandparents who take their Grandkids on vacation like that.

Any way, I finally made the long trek back. Apparently being alone separates me from the tourists because I had one stop me for directions. Thankfully I knew where she wanted to go and helped her.

I felt invigorated though. It was lovely! I can't wait to do it again...though first thing I'll do is go get my license. I can't risk getting his bike taken away. But today might not be the day since we're having crazy storms today.

Last night I woke up at 3:30 to the wind screaming through the cracks of the windows and the rain hammering down. It was like a mini hurricane...or I guess tropical storm. And looking at the water right now at the poor dinner cruise boat going by. I would HATE to be on it right now, they are literally crashing into the waves, rocking violently. I would certainly lose my lunch if I were on it. Poor people.


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