My farewell lunch with Burleigh and her daughter Linda (who "doesn't do" photo ops) at Waioli Tea Room was full of chat about and little slices of life of Doris Duke (Burleigh lived nearby many years ago), info about Ono Hawaiian Food "hole-in-the-wall" and the best here, where Linda goes to to get them lunch, and many other snippets of life in Honolulu. Lomi Lomi massage in times gone by, the film evenings at Doris Duke Theater in the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and life in the times when the only way to get here was by boat. The first Pan Am flights (Linda remembers!) that took over 8 hours, and life on the windward side of the island in summer. Lively, delicious and silently tinged with the shadows of good-bye until we meet again in Pennsylvania.
It's lovely having good friends, even if they have to move away. Burleigh is one of the very best!
2 comments:
What did you eat? The sandwiches looked so yummy. Better than the tea. Though, the tea was yummy too.
I think you're wearing the same dress this time as when we went.
Actually, no sandwiches. I had Wai'oli Curry Chicken Salad with mango chutney and papaya dressing; Burleigh had a chicken and cheese quesadilla, and Linda had Asian Chicken Salad Wai'oli style (noodle/chicken salad). Lunch menu here: http://thewaiolitearoom.net/lunchmenu/
It was really good!
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