Celebrating Art's 75th Birthday

One of the moments we were able to celebrate was Art's birthday earlier in the summer.  Happily, our daughter and family were here to make it even more special. Our son had given us a gift certificate to Nobu Honolulu. It's a pricey restaurant that we'd never have gone to if Keola hadn't given me that certificate.

It did not have good reviews when I looked online so I was quite pleasantly surprised that the food was good and service was fabulous. They'd asked me earlier if we were celebrating anything. I told them I'd already read that they DON'T give complimentary birthday desserts so we would't be ordering anything.

What a surprise when they brought this sweet, sort of crumbly confection to wish Art a happy birthday anyway.

The cod is pretty much their signature dish and very good.

We did then go across the street to Whole Foods where we bought a giant blueberry shortcake.

Across the street from Nobu was the Anaha Tower. We were shocked to see this huge swimming pool cantilevered over the street. Apparently, this is a luxury condominium and the salt water pool is 75 feet long and 15 feet wide. It's also 75 feet to the sidewalk.

We don't venture into Honolulu much anymore and I can see there are a lot of surprises to be discovered.