A few weeks ago, we had a mini-meeting of the Hawaii chapter of LCT.

We met up with capt john (John and Christina) who we were with on the Navigator on its June sailing in New England/Canada at their house where they showed off their lovely marina home and we went off to dinner at a local restaurant. I did have a Grey Goose cosmo in honor of all the other LCTers that were not present. Amanda, of course, had no alcohol. You can see the cosmo's effect in the picture - I'm almost half asleep! We had a great time and wished that more of you were there.



Masaki

What a great photo of all 4 of you! Amanda is glowing!!
Thanks for sharing with us!

Last night we had dinner with Denise & Alan. Why didn't we think to bring a camera?? Duh??

Masaki, great photo, smiles all around, thanks for
sharing..r/wes

Great photo!

Duh is right, Marcie! Next time!

The wind chill right now is MINUS FOUR.
Winter doesn't start until tomorrow.
An LCT Hawaii meet & greet would be awfully nice right now!

Great Picture Masaki - and Denise & MArci - DUH IS RIGHT!

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Great photo! Is that a giant bottle of champagne in the background???

Looks like champagne to me, Karen! Masaki, you and Amanda look so happy. Maybe we can have a BIG Hawaiian meeting someday. Sounds like a worthwhile idea to me!

We're definitely game for hosting an LCT party in HI!

You are all invited. Maybe when we do the baby 1st year luau. :) Karen - you're very observant - I didn't even notice that big bottle of champagne until you pointed it out. Really! :)

Masaki

I think a luau would be a blast ! <img border="0" alt="[hula]" title="" src="graemlins/hula.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[hula]" title="" src="graemlins/hula.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[hula]" title="" src="graemlins/hula.gif" />

Speaking of HI, I have a really dumb question. Is a 37 cent stamp sufficient for sending conventional mail to HI? Or does it have to go as air mail?

I love the photo. Amanda, you look fabulous. I hope you didn't let Masaki drive home.
If we were all there I would throw you the best baby shower ever!!!

This is so cool!
Great pictures!!

Lawrence, 37 cents is sufficient.

Masaki and Amanda, great picture.

Great picture A&M...Joanna

Appreciate the potential baby shower if you were here, Betty!

What Pam said, Lawrence. :)

capt john should be here to chime in on the photo but unfortunately (or actually, fortunately), John and Christina are away on a P&O cruise in Australia. So we'll have to await their comments until they get back.

Masaki

Aloha-All
Yes, just returned from our P&O/Princess cruise.
Must admit it's "NOT RSSC" , but we did have a great time. Food was good,quantities small and the nichel and diming; well you paid extra for everything. Even the trip into Brisbane (20min. $10.00 r/t)not much but on RSSC it would be included .The ship "Pacific Princess" was a former Renaissance (650 passengers). We found the people and the country itself to be very friendly and helpful. The cities were very CLEAN! We have a long way to go to equal Australia in terms of a tourist friendly country! But and there is always a "But" don't go during the "Christmas holiday season" when most things are Closed. Shopping was not a big thing for us but eating was!True we could eat at our hotel at $60-70 p/p in Sydney but we were not up to a big dinner each nite and were in search of some Bistro food but they are all closed during this period, not all but most.

Masaki & Amanda, That was a great evening. Did you pay the bill or did we? Oh well it doesn't matter, we had such a good time. Amanda you're looking great ! Yes I think we all look great in the picture. Our picture is after a snorkel dive on the "Great Barrier Reef". Great fun.

If you guys will be the sponsor of a LCT meeting in Hawaii, we will volunteer to be the co-sponsors. What fun we would have and places we could take our LCT friends to! All "Local" places!
Our best to all in the New Year! Mahalo, John & Christina <img border="0" alt="[hula]" title="" src="graemlins/hula.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[hula]" title="" src="graemlins/hula.gif" />

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Welcome back, John & Christina! We split the bill at Blu Water Grill, remember? (actually our waitress did) Glad to hear that you had a good cruise!

We'll have to set up for a LCT get together in Hawaii at some point. Like we said, maybe we'll schedule something around the baby's 1st birthday. :)

Masaki

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Aloha,Well this is the seconed try with a picture.Cross your fingers!!!!

You two look very blue! :) Great picture!

Masaki