Hawaii Friday
Before James DiMartino was going to go into work, he was going to take me around to some of the sights and his hotel the Fairmont Orchid (http://www.fairmont.com/FA/en/CDA/Home/Hotels/AboutHotel/CDHotelHomePage/0,1143,code_type=MEET&property_seq=100141,00.html).
On our way to his hotel we passed by lots of home developments, which as he told me are selling very quickly at minimum of $2 Million. We stopped at a little shopping mall and got some Starbucks, which was very strange since I haven't had any since I was back on the mainland. At this same shopping center, supposedly a Whole Foods will also going to be built in. You know, I'm all about good food and making it available to people, but Whole Foods in Hawaii? What about FoodLand or Big Save?! I guess that's why they say Kauai is one of the most laid back islands compared to the others. I'm not sureif they would allow a Whole Foods to come here.
We then went to his hotel and I enjoyed seeing one of our competiting properties. Although their hotel was bigger than ours, I still feel like we could easily compete with them. Once our renovation is finished then we'll really be swinging!
Since James had to go back to work (he originally was supposed to have the day off), he let me borrow his car to explore parts of the island. I had a blast driving around and planning my own day's activities. I first drove to Waimea, the cowboy country of Hawaii, to check out the Parker Ranch. Its the oldest working ranch in America, because apparently they started raising cattle before the West did. They still raise cattle today, and Safeway's Rancher's Reserve is one of their most well known brands. Who would have thought that we were eating Hawaiian born meat? :)
I then continued on driving to Sheraton Keahou, our sister property, to meet with their new DORM. I was interested to meet him because he just finished a management training program and just got placed there. He was an interesting guy, but I'm starting to see a trend with DORMs. It all happened when my friends Dave and James were teasing me by laughing and saying to their friends, "Yeah she's doing a revenue management internship at Princeville . . . yeah . . . she's one of 'those'." My boss, James, is a fun guy but definitely a little quirky at times. Same with Sheraton Poipu's DORM and I also noticed some of it in Sheraton Keahou's too! Oy! Well, I'm here to break the mold! No quirkiness at all . . . well maybe just a little :)
I swung back to Waikoloa for a little bit of relaxation and then went back to the Fairmont Orchid to have dinner. I had an awesome Ahi Poke Cesar Salad and finished with a delicious Banana and Fudge Lava Cake. Once the guys finished work at about 9:30 we headed to the local bars to unwind on a Waikoloa typical Friday night.
It was a great weekend and it was awesome to hang out with my friends and explore Hawaii even more further!
On our way to his hotel we passed by lots of home developments, which as he told me are selling very quickly at minimum of $2 Million. We stopped at a little shopping mall and got some Starbucks, which was very strange since I haven't had any since I was back on the mainland. At this same shopping center, supposedly a Whole Foods will also going to be built in. You know, I'm all about good food and making it available to people, but Whole Foods in Hawaii? What about FoodLand or Big Save?! I guess that's why they say Kauai is one of the most laid back islands compared to the others. I'm not sureif they would allow a Whole Foods to come here.
We then went to his hotel and I enjoyed seeing one of our competiting properties. Although their hotel was bigger than ours, I still feel like we could easily compete with them. Once our renovation is finished then we'll really be swinging!
Since James had to go back to work (he originally was supposed to have the day off), he let me borrow his car to explore parts of the island. I had a blast driving around and planning my own day's activities. I first drove to Waimea, the cowboy country of Hawaii, to check out the Parker Ranch. Its the oldest working ranch in America, because apparently they started raising cattle before the West did. They still raise cattle today, and Safeway's Rancher's Reserve is one of their most well known brands. Who would have thought that we were eating Hawaiian born meat? :)
I then continued on driving to Sheraton Keahou, our sister property, to meet with their new DORM. I was interested to meet him because he just finished a management training program and just got placed there. He was an interesting guy, but I'm starting to see a trend with DORMs. It all happened when my friends Dave and James were teasing me by laughing and saying to their friends, "Yeah she's doing a revenue management internship at Princeville . . . yeah . . . she's one of 'those'." My boss, James, is a fun guy but definitely a little quirky at times. Same with Sheraton Poipu's DORM and I also noticed some of it in Sheraton Keahou's too! Oy! Well, I'm here to break the mold! No quirkiness at all . . . well maybe just a little :)
I swung back to Waikoloa for a little bit of relaxation and then went back to the Fairmont Orchid to have dinner. I had an awesome Ahi Poke Cesar Salad and finished with a delicious Banana and Fudge Lava Cake. Once the guys finished work at about 9:30 we headed to the local bars to unwind on a Waikoloa typical Friday night.
It was a great weekend and it was awesome to hang out with my friends and explore Hawaii even more further!
posted by L @ 11:58 PM
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