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Hi basschick --
At this instant, where would you rather be? San Francisco or Wakiki?
I have three books up about San Francisco: COCAINE & BLUE EYES, CINDERLLA AFTER MIDNIGHT, and TOUGH TOWN COLD CITY.
I have a single Hawaii book up right now: MURDER IN WAIKIKI.
Right now it's 1 pm EST. Say five or six hours time difference, which would make it seven or eight am Hawaii time.
If you walk out of your hotel right now and (smeared in suntan lotion) slither down to the beach -- the watr at this moment is about 70-75 degrees ... as is the air around you. You can get two, maybe three hours in before it gets too warm to lay out in the sun or paddle around in the water.
In two or three hours, you go shopping in one of the great air-conditioned shops and stores in Waikiki -- while most of the tourists who come now to thre beach are trying to look like pink roast beef.
Around 4 or 5 pm this afternoon, come back from shopping and go back to the beach.
The sands are deserted. The tourists are inside slathering on aloe vera lotion.
Enjoy the beach. Enjoy the water. And when you are ready -- go out to a lovely, candle-lit dinner aslong Kalakaua Bloulevard.
I recommend the Royal Hawaiian's outdoor restaurant with reservations at 6 pm, when the sun goes down in the tropics. It's a sort of canopy-restaurant, but with candles asnd white table cloths and (sigh.) You are beachside at sunset, you can look all the way down Waikiki's sands to Diamond Head ... and if you drop your fork, it falls in the sand. Meanwhile, the catamarrans are just off-shore. Can you hear the music drifting to you?
But that's just my personal favorite at this moment in time.
Should I also mention San Francisco?
Oh. And in a short time, look for A DEATH IN KEY LARGO.
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