Fodor's Travel Talk Forums - Honolulu GTG Report 2005

Well, folks...back to L.A. from Honolulu. As far as the GTG went...well...on a scale of 1-10 it was an 11! OK...I know 11 isn't on the scale of 1-10...but this event was off the scale!We had a GREAT time. I laughed so much until I thought I'd have to Thai massage my cheeks. And the food...the whole table was covered with about every Thai dish imaginable.We were 11(?) people and the total bill was less than $200...a real bargain!So we tossed in $20.00 each. The restaurant was great...a tiny,down-to-earth Thai restaurant in a very quiet area. We had the whole upstairs area. As for the drinks...yes, Kuranosuke brought Sake... and wine(I think)...and there was champagne and lots more wine. At the beginning of the GTG, we were given a couple of leis and Isis gave out gift bags of macadamia nuts. Then at the end of the GTG Hawaiian Traveler pulled out gorgeous Hawaiian gift boxes stuffed with all types of edible Hawaiian goodies...Thank goodness,I got my gift box home in one piece...with only a few pieces of raffia missing. The boxes were made of some kind of natural plant fiber and decorated with ribbon and bows made of natural plant fiber with a little coconut shell coconut decoration in the middle...very pretty.I ran into Macy's at Ala Moana Shopping Center an hour before closing...on Saturday... searching frantically for a sturdy carry-on bag to stuff all of my goodies in...so that I could get them all home in one piece. I ended up buying a backpack on wheels! AND... then Kuranosuke pulled out gift bags stuffed with a big bag of macadamia nut cookies! It was Christmas in August!Ho...Ho...Ho... I had brought along a huge canvas book bag...which I had the bottle of champagne in...which came in handy in more ways than one...since I stuffed it with all of my Hawaiian gifts in order to get them back to the hotel.I left the hotel looking like Santa!I want to thank all of you who were there for the absolute wonderful time and all of the great gifts.It was FA-BU-Lous dawlings...just absolutely...FA-BU-Lous! Happy Travels!