After having a wonderful evening in town, I woke to this view in the morning.
Of course the Missus wanted to go "holo-holo" right away, but I needed some nourishment to keep up with Her. I had picked up some extra musubi from Iyasume the day before and had that for breakfast. And then we headed out. Of course we needed to get our caffeine fix on the way.
I'd read about a place named Bean About Town in Kathy's page about dining in Kaimuki and it seemed like the perfect spot. They have two shops; one in Waikiki and the other on Waialae avenue. Old timers would recognize the location as it is in the same building as where Tanoue's (which I wrote about in my post on visiting the old Neighborhood) used to be. It's a small shop, there looks to be like 5 parking spaces, so street parking is likely. If I recall, this used to be a barbershop when I was growing up.
Right across the street is Kaimuki Park where I wasted spent a good amount of time as a kid.
The Missus ordered a pour over, which She loved, and I got a nice, fairly stiff Cold Brew.
We had a nice seat on the little two top facing Waialae avenue. The Missus liked the design on my cup so much that She sent me back in the shop to see if they had some merch with the same design.
Sadly they did not.
Well, it looks like we've got a place to get some coffee next time we're in the area.
Bean About Town
3538 Waialae Ave. Suite 101
Honolulu, HI 96816
From here we headed up Waialae to H-1, then Kalanianaole, past Hawaii Kai and Sandy's to our destination; to the gate that says Kaiwi Scenic Shoreline. Since we were fairly early we found parking. I had the Missus pick out some hiking (for Her this was all "walking") spots for this trip. She chose the Makapuu Lighthouse Trail. Man, I don't remember the last time I was here.
Anyway, it's a paved trail, that goes a bit over the mile each way, with a 500 foot elevation gain. I actually enjoyed myself. I even saw Pele's Chair on the path up!
And of course, this is Hawaii, so you will see rainbows.
You can see inside Koko Crater too.
Of course the Lighthouse is not accessible for folks and is off limits, but you do get glimpses of it.
There's a lookout at the top.
And of course, there's Rabbit Island.
It's a wonderful panoramic view.
I heard that you'll often see whales, but none for us on this day.
Still, it was a fun activity for us. I was having fun "playing tourist".
Afterwards we headed back; stopping in Aina Haina for a short break. On our way back to the hotel, the Missus said, "can we go to Ono Seafood, I want more poke!" Man, we hadn't been to Ono Seafood since 2019! It's long been a favorite of the Missus since we first visited in 2011. So, we headed on over and easily found parking in the lot for the apartment building the shop occupies.
We got a poke bowl with brown rice and shoyu poke. Then headed back to the hotel to eat.
Though it seemed a bit more "sauced" than I recall, this was ono! Good shoyu, we enjoyed the limu, which adds a nice oceany-crunch. The fish was tender without the chewy connective tissue that permeates poke here in San Diego. Still one of our favorites for sure.
Ono Seafood
747 Kapahulu Ave. Apt 4
Honolulu, HI 96816
After lunch, we headed back on "footmobile" (when's the last time you heard that one?), walking to Don Quijote on Kaheka, then returning to Ala Moana to do a bit more shopping, before returning to our room for a nap.
Looking out at the lanai, I noticed that I wasn't the only one enjoying the view.
Thanks for stopping by, hope you're having a wonderful weekend!
The bread was again nicely toasted, the cucumbers again refreshing, I wish it had more tomatoes and I appreciated the mint. There was a generous of labneh slathered on the toast, but it was just too puckery and sour for me to enjoy, the sour Zaatar just piled on, I'd have appreciated perhaps touch of sweetness and savory to balance things out a bit? As a whole, much too sour for me. My salivary glands are puckering up just looking at the photo!
Which meant that when I bit into it, flakey croissant shrapnel flew everywhere! Also, the ham had attained almost a bacon like texture during the heating process. The ham gave the croissant a good bit of saltness; though I would have enjoyed a straonger butter flavor. The interior was light and not overly doughy. This was not bad.
The rice was perfect, but the sauce was greasier and milder in poultry flavor than what we'd had earlier and the turkey meat was more chewy/tough as well. 
There was quite a bit of interesting street art in the area. There was a place named Holybelly that was the subject of one of the 
Really friendly folks, a nice selection. I got the Missus a French Press and I got an Americano before we hit the road.
