#15 – dress up and go for martinis at lewers lounge

it’s been YEARS since i’ve had a valentine. but this year i’m lucky… my valentine took me to waikiki for the holiday, so i figured this was a perfect time to cross off #15 since we were staying right next door to the beautiful halekulani hotel.

matt had given me the task of picking out a restaurant for valentine’s day, but because i knew that i wanted to go to lewer’s lounge for cocktails and that they’d probably be pricey, i decided on something a little more low key.

we spent the day lounging around like tourists on the beach

followed by a romantic, heart-shaped pepperoni pizza delivered by papa john’s (complete with long stemmed rose!)

then i got my man all dressed up for our swanky evening at lewer’s lounge…

and tada! we had a wonderful evening checking this one off the list while listening to the live jazz from the piano bar and nibbling on pistachio’s. matt’s favorite cocktail was a signature “whiskey smash” and i selected a strawberry basil martini, which was good but probably too sweet for my taste. i later switched to proseco with a hint of pomegranate and that hit the spot…

unfortunately, i had to get up at 5:30am the next morning to participate in the great aloha run the next morning, so 3 cocktails with no water was probably not the smartest idea. but luckily i had great running partners and we were able to finish the 8.15mi course in only an hour and 25 minutes, my personal best! i guess cocktails the night before may be the secret to my new PR…. =)

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