My Vacation Foodie Post

We enjoyed a lot of wonderful meals in Maui but as far as I'm concerned, these are the Foodie Highlights of our trip --

Look at this cheeky little bugger, helping itself to some guy's breakfast while he was in the bathroom! That's the hazard of open-air restaurants.

Captain America cereal, eh? With "red and blue shield marshmallows" to boot. Oh you crazy Yanks, what will you think of next?

This is the most decadent dessert I've ever seen in my entire life -- the Polynesian Black Pearl dessert at Mama's Fish House near Paia. The black pearl is chocolate mousse nestled in macadamia nuts. The oyster shell is a thin cookie pastry hinged on whipped cream. Beautifully patterned caramel and chocolate sauce surround and set off the bottom shell. This work of art was almost too exquisite to eat!

ALMOST.

[Photo #1 and #3 by My Rare One; photo #2 by Debra She Who Seeks]

Aloha, I'm Back!

Well, here we are back again in the Land of Ice and Snow after our holiday in Maui.

We go to Maui every time My Rare One has a Significant Birthday because she swears that "birthdays are painless in Hawaii." And hoo boy, was this birthday a doozy!

My Rare One has now reached the milestone age which entitles her to receive Free Government Money every month -- otherwise known as the Old Age Pension. And if that terminology is not bad enough, it also means she is now officially a Senior Citizen.

NOOOOOOOOO!

It took a lotta crying towels to deal with this birthday!

Plus a lotta sun, sand, surf and snorkeling.

Luckily no jellyfish were encountered except at the aquarium.

We avoided sharks too, although unfortunately a tiger shark did bite another woman at our beach.

Seriously though, My Rare One took this birthday in stride. She's still a young kickass chick, goddammit!

[All photos by My Rare One]

And now, a word from Captain America (with a P.S. from me)

[art by elithien]

I feel compelled to pop back into the blogosphere today for a short post. My Rare One and I are in the USA right now. We spent yesterday evening glued to CNN watching our boy Anderson Cooper deliver the election results. We are shocked and appalled and did not sleep well last night and jeez, we're just Canadians who get to go HOME in a couple of weeks.

So I just want to send BIG HUGS to all our American friends (regardless of how you voted) who must spend the next four years under a Trump regime. I fear for the future of the United States.

Adventure Calls!

I'm going to be away from the blogosphere for about a month. See you in late November!

HRH's Halloween Post

Hello, it's me -- everyone's FAVOURITE dead cat, Her Royal Highness, back from The Afterlife AGAIN to do my annual Halloween post! My hard-of-hearing and mostly-useless human FINALLY heard me meowing from across THE VEIL and let me in so I could use her computer.

Cats LOVE Halloween. It's the ONE holiday where we get some RESPECT. Of course, it helps that we just look SO DARN GOOD associated with all things spooky or pumpkinish!

By the way, this next photo is the VERY FAB Halloween costume which I DESIGNED for my human this year. As you can see, her bodice has MY lovely face on it. Don't read TOO much into the bloody throat/necklace imagery though. I would NEVER hurt my human by slashing her like that. Besides, it's a well-known fact that cats always eat the EYEBALLS first. Yes, I know the picture doesn't actually SHOW her eyeballs. Don't read too much into that either. SHEESH, YOU PEOPLE!

Anyway, have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN, everyone!

See ya 'round the blogosphere the NEXT time I can access a computer!

Putting the FUN in Funerals

It's only NATURAL at this time of year for our thoughts to turn to issues of DEATH and MORTALITY. Of course, we can use this contemplative impulse to wax philosophical about PROFOUND matters . . .

. . . OR we can take a more LIGHT-HEARTED approach to the whole area.

WHY must funerals always be such GLOOMY affairs? Use your creativity, people! Inject some FUN into the proceedings . . . serve CAKE, at the very least. EVERYONE loves cake.

Give some THOUGHT to how you want to lighten things up, even if it's only just to TWEAK the traditional ceremony a wee bit.

Or maybe you should consider going FULL-OUT GONZO CRAZY! Make your funeral an EVENT! One that people will talk about for YEARS!

If nothing else, take out a BILLBOARD!

WATER burials are an option for some.

Hmm, this looks LEGIT.

Whatever method you choose, may LOTS of people come to your party . . . I mean, funeral.

And DON'T forget to have fun with your post-funeral MEMORIALS too!

Halloween Party Tips

It's everyone's FAVOURITE time of year again! Be sure to decorate your haunted house in the SPIRIT (so to speak) of the season.

Remember, candles always create a LOVELY ambience for any room.

And don't be a RECLUSE! Invite a few people over for a get-together.

Or maybe just a few of the GIRLS --

Witches know how to parTAY!

But avoid playing MEAN JOKES on others . . . oh, who the hell am I kidding, LOL?

The scariest monsters are the ones you never even SUSPECT.

Now listen up, everyone, DON'T OVERDO the partying. You don't want to get carried away like THIS poor sap.

If you DO overindulge, though, just check into that NICE HOTEL down the street, spend the night there and sleep it off.

Have a nice brekkie in the morning and you'll feel MUCH better afterwards.

Have FUN, everyone! And take BAIL money with you!