aloha kaua - i haven't worn socks for a month. never surfed today - wind + rain, cuz.

alan's party was even bigger than last year, fireworks were crazy all night, w/ a midnight explosion of illegal aerials up + down kalihi. took new year's day off surfing, hiked to diamond head beach for a little afternoon delite swim + au naturel sun w/ stevie. had to agree with him afterwards when he said, 'i liked the naked part.' [my regular readers will recall that i started this tradition last year.]

tuesday + wednesday conrad took us back to camp for more epic wesside waves - some big ones rollin through there ... and the waves were pretty big too! this one time, at rest camp, i got a pretty sweet ride. well ok more than one time really ... was great to get the chance to hang out + surf w/ conrad this time! tuesday night jimmy had us out to hawaii kai for a barbecue + hot tub soak at his condo's crazy pool/party gardens; last night marked our return to chiko's! i want a "i [heart] chiko's" t-shirt ... i've realized on this visit that i'm kind of way over hula's - too cliquey! 2 hi sku! - but chiko's has great food + cute boys [wow especially super nice + hospitable + tall + dreamy owner quinn; to whom i have referred, up to this point, with undisguised affection, as 'chiko' - dudes i'm crushin bigtime sorry cannot help it ... but you know come to think of it our excellent server was pretty nice too ... + you gotta love a guy named herb], plus the sexy down-low vibe suits me just fine. jake led the charge on karaoke and our table backed him up on a respectable 'carolina in my mind' - steve followed it up with a curious styling of 'delta dawn' ... he admitted afterward that he hates that song. wanna go back for live local music next thursday 1/11 9-midnite ... c u there + say hi this time !!!