So tonight we decided to take our friends’ advice and go out to dinner while we can before the baby gets here!  We went shopping at Babies R us in Sausalito so we stopped in San Rafael on the way back.  We chose a place called Bay Thai because it was full and everyone seemed ... (read more →)

We ate at Shells Restaurant for New Year’s Eve dinner, as well as for their breakfast buffet. The New Years buffet was expensive ($90 pp), but had all-you-can-eat oysters, crab, shrimp, sushi, ahi, champagne, etc. Although there was a lot of choice, none of the main meal options were vegetarian. We had ... (read more →)

We spent one week at the Sheraton Kauai. It’s about a 25 minute drive from the airport to the Sheraton. At checkin, we were pleasantly surprised to find out that because of all the problems we’d had in Maui, we got a free upgrade from a partial oceanview (which as it turned out would have ... (read more →)

We ordered delivery from China Bowl Restaurant. Ian had a shrimp dish, and Wendy had tofu with mixed vegetables.   The veggies were done perfectly – not overdone.  The temperature was good.  Both meals were quite good, and delivery to the Sheraton took about 45 minutes. The bill came to about $40 – certainly ... (read more →)

For Christmas dinner, we had a hard time finding a restaurant. A lot of restaurants were closed, others (like the Sheraton) were buffet only, which rarely works well for vegetarians. We ended up at Pioneer Inn, overlooking the harbour in Lahaina. The atmosphere was rather festive and casual, with some intersting Christmas carollling going on ... (read more →)

Just a short walk down the boardwalk from the Sheraton is Hulu Grill, part of the Whalers Village Shopping Center. The restaurant has a “on the sand” section (called the Barefoot Bar) , with simpler snacks and plates, and a fancier indoors section, which is where we ate. Ian had some delicious ahi ... (read more →)