A post about shoes and banana bread. And Hawaii. But mostly shoes and banana bread.

I am sitting in my hotel in Hawaii lamenting the lack of sci-fi Friday on my hotel's cable network. This, despite the exhortations of the nice man who dropped off my loaf of complimentary banana bread--I am very fond of any hotel that gives you a loaf of banana bread--and seemed concerned that I was sitting in my room alone. "Go. Walk on the beach." Eh, the beach at sunset is overrated. Besides, when compared to the beaches in Mexico, which were more wide open and beautiful, the beaches in the tourist section of Waikiki are not that appealing. Of course if I could get away to the beaches that makaidiver has been to, I might change my tune. I just seem to get headachy any time I walk around outside, and am disheartened that it is only chain restaurants within easy walking distance of my hotel. Maybe it has to do with all of the vacationers, who are with their loved ones while I am all alone. My unhappiness here all probably ties back to the fact that I didn't clean my house before I left and so don't feel at ease on this trip.

Anyhow, this post is really about my groovy new shoes. Here is the page at zappos, although I paid only of a fraction of the price listed: http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/7415220/c/35554.html And I learned something interesting about them when I went to get the link: "The Mobius concept for a shoe was found through transforming the frame of Mies van der Rohes' iconic Barcelona chair." I did like their neat design, the cut out platform wedge, their incredible comfort, and the fact that they are orange, my color of the moment. I have people stopping me on the street to get the brand name, and have received tons of compliments.

Anyway, I will try to count my blessings--banana bread! cool shoes!--and ignore the fact that I am not enjoying Hawaii and am currently being deprived of Battlestar Galactica.