Day 18: Sandy's Beach, Real Hawaiian Food (J) ........ and an Apology

This post will be less wordy, and more image-y.  First stop today was Sandy's Beach, a favorite of locals, with two housemates, Tami and Kawelo-- our resident "first couple" of Hawaii.  Cruised along in the beach van, almost broke my neck once in the gnarly waves and, perhaps, found my favorite beach in Oahu.  Everyone here was super-hot and tanned, island jams and the smell of ganja happily flowed from the back of parked vans, there were almost no other tourists, and the gorgeous ocean was almost angry with its force.  Trust me, the pics don't do the beach and waves any justice.
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Afterward, we headed over to Yama's Fish Market for some authentic Hawaiian Food.  We had the Lau Lau, Kailua pork, poke (amazing raw spicy tuna), poi, and haupia.  Really liked it!
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 In keeping with the tradition of our short-lived blog's propensity for new, kitschy conventions, I will now introduce the "Quotable Quip" of the day.  Today's quip comes from Athena (aka "A-Train"), an esteemed member of our "follower" tri-pod, who said this to us last night during a remarkable evening of food and conversation:  "Oh, I read your blog a lot!  Sometimes I can't sleep so I read it right before I go to bed."  I am paraphrasing, of course, but the hurtful gist was there.
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Finally, I apologize to Matt for Day 13's overly critical post.  (Though I believe he owes me an apology, as well.)  I have edited it somewhat.  Please read the epilogue under Day 13 for details.