This past weekend, some of the teachers here took a much needed trip to Aloha. Aloha is a restaurant that serves western food the real American way. The owner and manager is from Hawaii and makes everything in-house to keep it "just like home." The portions are enormous and the milkshakes, ooooo, the milkshakes; I will miss them when I go back to America - they are that good. I somehow plowed through the Aloha burger which consisted of 2 patties, a slice of ham, a grilled pineapple, cheese, lettuce, a slice of tomato, and some sauce to top it off. I shared the fries and felt stuffed afterwards. The milkshake choice was harder than the entree. I ended up getting the double cookie frenzy - oreos and chocholate cookie dough crunched together with ice cream in a rich, creamy wonderland. I must return for, if nothing else, another milkshake. Here's the burger I dominated and the delicious milkshake.
After the food, we rolled on over to the Qintai (
chin-tai) Concert Hall for an evening of piano music. The star performer was a man from Maldova. He played the first half of the program and came back after intermission to play sonatas in duet form with another accomplished pianist from Taiwan. The music was pure and flawless. It's not everyday that I hear live music this good. I enjoyed the concert and took a couple discreet pictures hoping the ushers wouldn't see me before the concert began. The hall was beautiful inside and out. Just after Christmas we are hoping to go and see Zorro in the theater across the street. Stay posted to see if this comes to fruition.
After the food, we rolled on over to the Qintai (chin-tai) Concert Hall for an evening of piano music. The star performer was a man from Maldova. He played the first half of the program and came back after intermission to play sonatas in duet form with another accomplished pianist from Taiwan. The music was pure and flawless. It's not everyday that I hear live music this good. I enjoyed the concert and took a couple discreet pictures hoping the ushers wouldn't see me before the concert began. The hall was beautiful inside and out. Just after Christmas we are hoping to go and see Zorro in the theater across the street. Stay posted to see if this comes to fruition. 
