Hurricanes, Famous People, and Pigs

So, it has been an eventful couple days...I still am getting eaten alive by mosquitos, but that is old news....the new news is better and more interesting!

So, they say there is a hurricane brewing a couple hundred miles from Hawai'i, but we should only get a tropical storm, which should hit some time tomorrow...needless to say, not a whole lot of tanning going on for me. Not to mention the fact that I have been working a lot, so I haven't really had time to go to the beach because I have been tending the stand. Oh, the lovely banana bread stand...for all of you at the Chieftan, I will try to send you some delectable bread tomorrow, and I want feedback! :)

Besides being busy with work and rainy weather, there has been some fun things too...One of our local guys, Glen, and his girlfriend Athena, had a wild boar roast at their house the other night which I was able to go to. Also called Kahlua Pig, wild boar are not native and are a huge environmental nuisance, so people are encouraged to hunt and kill them. Charlie, a local native, goes pig hunting all the time with his dogs, and he and Glen ended up getting three pigs, which they haul out of the jungle on their backs like backpacks. It is a totally dirty, bloody, messy endeavor, and we got the fruit of their labors, which was some awesome wild pig (esp. the ribs, which Charlie slow-cooked forever).

There was a big bonfire, tons of food, and plenty of cold beer. Also, some serious Boston accents! Glen is from Boston, and his friend from there was also visiting, and after about 8 beers, his friend decided to go "bobbing for beers" in the trashcan/ice/beer cooler. After dunking his head in the freezing cold water about ten times, trying to get a beer with his mouth, Charlie walks over, takes off his beanie, sticks his head in the trash can full of ice and beer and comes up with one on the first try! It was hilarious...lots of drunken guitar playing, more pig, and more beers...good times.

The next night, I ended up getting invited to a get-together at Honokalani Ranch, where my friend Rebekah works as a landscaper. She works for David LaChapelle, whom I had met earlier that day at the stand (and I didn't even realize it). For the unfamiliar, David is a internationally renowned photographer, and he has a huge piece of property down near the beach, where he invited all of his employees for dinner before he leaves to go back to the mainland (apparently he has to do J-Lo's new video). It was a really cool night, met a bunch of new people, and ate some awesome vegetarian food.

So, a good couple of days, with plenty of crazy bugs and toads and rats and spiders thrown in for good measure...I hope you are enjoying the blog, and if you want to write an email, you are welcome to at andriamiller50@yahoo.com, or leave a comment, which I love to read.
Missing you in Hana!