An Evening With The Cheese

Sorry to disappoint our blog readers, but I’m back behind the helm. Tom did such a good job filling in for me with a very entertaining post. Now it’s back to boring old me.

So a few things have happened since the last posting. First we have flown back from Maui to Oahu. Last night, Friday the 13th we were entertained by our favorite lounge singer, Richard Cheese, at the Pipeline Cafe in Honolulu, HI. The venue was different than what we are used to, as the two previous times we have seem him in Chicago at the House of Blues. The Pipeline Cafe had poor audio quality, so we had a hard time hearing Richard but could hear the drunks behind us no problem. It was a still an entertaining show and we were happy to introduce a couple of our guard family members to the Cheese. Todd and Kris – you don’t have to worry – the Chicago shows were definitely better than this one. On the upside however, Cortney had a camera with her and we were finally able to get our picture taken with Richard and his piano player, Bobby Ricotta (the House of Blues won’t allow cameras).

So there we were at the end of the night thinking we have had a pretty good vacation, and were packed and ready to come home. Than this morning, as we are about to begin the process to get the military flight back home,I got a call from the pilot who said he was too sick to fly home today. So surprise, we are in Honolulu for an extra day! I know . . . there are worse places to be stuck. Today we laid low and spent some extra time soaking in the rays at the beach on Hickam Air Force Base and checking out the submarine, the U.S.S. Bowfin at Pearl Harbor. Tomorrow we get back into travel mode, with the hope that our pilot is well enough to fly us safely home.