Thursday at the beach

Spent a lovely, lazy, sunny day with Cousin yesterday, first at the beach in Kihei (the Secret Beach, clothing optional, in sight of Bowie and Iman’s house), then at Spago in the Four Seasons building where he treated me to a swanky dinner of sushi cones and walu (fish) and cocktails – the bill came to $170, not including tip (holymoly). He said we got out of there pretty cheap, though; in the past he’s spent more than that himself. The last time he was there Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy were dining at another table. I said, “What is Jenny McCarthy famous for?” and he said the movie she made, Dirty Love I think it’s called, was really funny. We were at the beach so long I was actually ready to leave this time. Cousin made a nice sand castle and started on a mermaid as well, but didn’t get very far; I made a sad little castle myself that got sanded over by the window pretty quick. I got lots of sun and am now a candy cane: bright red from the waist up, then WHITE in my bathing suit area – not the most flattering look; I should’ve sunbathed nude like Cousin and others do. Now I’ll probably be peeling for the Victoria/Victoria party next weekend. But I am on my way to a nice bronze Island tan (I used some of Cousin’s bronzing spray). He drank Pyramid apricot ale, made in Portland. It was unusually calm today so the waves weren’t as fun, and the sun was behind the clouds much of the time, but we saw a whale, and Cousin said he could hear their whale language when he went under water, but when I went under I didn’t hear anything. The maid came over and cleaned this morning and I briefly spoke with her: she was nice. I told her about Michelle Obama making the unforgivable mistake of patting the Queen of England on the back (John Stewart had a funny riff on that on tonight’s Daily Show). Tomorrow I finally get to see the Hana house, the one that used to be Heavenly Flora: I’m going with Cousin to do some landscaping work – weed killing and mowing and such. I’ll earn some more money that way. I’ve been here only a week, and I guess I’m doing pretty good so far: I’ve already taken in Haiku, Paia, Kahului, Lahaina and Kihei. Cousin will be gone most of June with J. – they’re going first to Seattle for a friend’s memorial, then to London for a while, and K. is also going to Russia around the same time, so I’ll have this whole fabulous house to myself (not counting Ilio and Nikita, our dogs) for most of June! Good time to come and visit me, if you’re able...