HAVE YOU EVER HAD A $100 ROOM SERVICE ITALIAN MEAL?

My morning began with a free breakfast, but I splurged on a $100 Italian lunch on my Four Seasons veranda of Hualalai Linguini Bolognese, Hualalai Caesar Salad and corn, with a beer and Field Stone Merlot from Alexander Valley:I like to enhance my bolognese, usually with a slice of raw onion, but today tried some corn.  This was a very satisfying meal, with my only regret being that I should have brought with me a small can of corn, which got...

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HUALALAI GOLF AND TASTE OF HAWAII

According to FOX News, the best golf courses in Hawaii are:#1  Club at Hokulia#2  Hualalai Golf Course (above)#3  Mauna Kea Golf Course#4  North Course at Maunalani Resort#5  Poipu Golf Course.Thus, the top four courses in this state are on the Big Island.  I today golfed at #2, Hualalai.  Hokulia, unfortunately, is a private course, and is not open to the public.  Neither is Hualalai.  You need to stay...

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WHO REALLY CARES IF OUR GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN?

Hey, this is merely a political game.  Congressional disapproval has been mired at 80% for years anyway, and might even be down to 9%, so who's counting?  President Barack Obama?But he's not running again, so what's the Republican ploy this time?  Simple as this:The Republican Party is in continued disarray.The Tea Party wants to again be influential.They know that the public is confused about Obamacare, and, more are NOT in favor...

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CHAINE DES ROTISSEURS: Gala Induction Dinner

Chaine des Rotisseurs celebrated a Gala Industion Dinner at the Hualalai Ballroom of the Four Season on the Big Island.  The induction ceremony was formal and exalted:The two gentlemen are the #2 (Harold Small) and #1 (George Brown) grand leaders nationally, while being inducted was Tai King, with the Big Island Bailli (Kim Matar) presiding.  George, also known as Keoki (see posting of yesterday), does this almost weekly, as he has to suffer...

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HAVE YOU EVER HAD A $100 JAPANESE FUSION BREAKFAST?

Four years ago I enjoyed a $60 breakfast at the Four Seasons Hualalai:This morning, while, perhaps, a bit exaggerated, I had a $100 Japanese breakfast at this same hotel:This was more a Pacific-Japanese fusion breakfast, for the fruit salad included passion fruit, rambutan, mangoes, boysenberries, blueberries and a raspberry that was a large as a medium size strawberry.  If you add the bottle of Stanford Alumni Paraiso Vineyards Chardonnay,...

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CHAINE AT HUALALAI

I've belonged to two eating clubs in my life, El Capitan while a student at Stanford University, and Chaine des Rotisseurs.  Eating clubs began forming at Stanford in 1892, making them the oldest student organizations on campus, while CdR is said to be traceable back to 1248 at the time of King Louis IX.  I guess, though, that calling Chaine an eating club does not quite describe the epicurean nature of that organization.The flight from...

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