tiny bubbles

who leaves 80 degree weather

in the dead of winter

for a balmy holiday 

in Hawaii?

well,

i do

of course

we planned this trip

long before we knew that

summer would show up by

mid-february

lest you think i am complaining

I AM NOT

by the time you read this

I will be sipping a mai tai

on the beach

while hubster

gives don ho

a run for his money

aloha

kili 

(my hawaiian name which was printed on a grain of rice and purchased by me

in 1984

in celebration of my high school graduation

and boiled by me

sometime in the 90s

in false hope

that it would be funny)

Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai Ingredients:

 1 ounce Dark Rum

 1 oz Light Rum

 1 oz Orange Curacao

 2 oz Orange Juice

 1/2 oz Lime Juice

 Dash Orgeat or Grenadine

 Dash Simple Syrup (1 cup sugar and 1 cup water boiled until the sugar dissolves) 

Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai Instructions: 

Mix all ingredients and pour over crushed or shaved ice in a glass. Garnish with a cherry and a slice of pineapple