When is Cinco de Mayo?

Today was a milestone in my experience in living in Hawaii!

I was at work last night and one of the girls I work with was telling me that she goes to the Paul Mitchell school and that I should go see her friend at Blanc Salon to get my hair cut because he does such a good job and if not there, then I should check out CHOPS and since Mitch & I were going to get our hair cuts I thought I would talk to him about those two places. Not 30 minutes later, I was serving this couple who were uber cool and really nice, but after they had cashed out with me the asian girl w/ blonde hair (a combination I absolutely love as long as it's done right, in this case, perfection) pulled me aside and told me to come talk to her once I got a second. She had a stern tone in her voice and I thought that I was about to get a lashing, but apparently she worked @ CHOPS and wanted to cut my hair! Immediately I told her about what a coincidence it was that Mitch & I were going to get our hair cut the next day and that one of my coworkers had just told me about CHOPS! And the blonde beauty, Jennie, told me to bring Mitch in with me whenever we were available! So this morning when I woke up Mitch & I made appointments for our haircuts! When I say Mitch & I made the appointments I really mean that I begged Mitch to call in because for whatever reason I hate talking on the phone for any reason because I always think that Mitch will make such a better first impression.

Albeit fashionably late, we headed to Ala Moana and got to CHOPS and it was an absolutely refreshing experience compared to the last experience we had at a salon. When we first got to Hawaii we researched salons here and came upon Paul Brown Salon and it had such a good reputation so we went there to get our hair cut and I came out w/ what I can only describe as a fancy bowl cut and Mitch came out w/ a decent haircut and with highlights that already included roots! That was nice of that lady to save him the trouble of waiting weeks to reveal the inevitable roots that signal the need of an immediate touch up. Long story short... Paul Brown Salon out - CHOPS in.

Jennie did such a good job on the both of us and restored my faith in Hawaiian salons! I will definitely be going back to her on a regular basis and anyone that reads this blog (needs to comment asap) should go visit Jennie D @ CHOPS from now on!

After CHOPS, we went to Ala Moana mall and ended up @ Bubba Gumps, but to my disappointment, a guy that I had served @ Changs wasn't there! I told him if I ever went Bubba's that I would ask for him and apparently he doesn't work there anymore. He looked just like Tailor Made from I Love New York 2! So we got a different server and she was cool. I got my long awaited LAVA FLOW and cajun shrimp bucket! and Mitch got his assortment of mojitos and margaritas! And not long after we got our food, Sarita a.k.a. BFF (who is my first friend that I made here in Hawaii!!!) joined us and I've been trying to get her to get a job at a restaurant w/ a good bar so that I can plague her on a daily basis and get drunk, but I don't think she thought Bubba's was her destiny OR my future daily watering hole.

We wanted to do shots, but apparently they don't really have signature shots there so unwilling to think of our own shots, we paid out there and went next door to Mai Tais, but weren't feeling the vibe too much so we left there and went to Island Burgers? Island Grill? Island Paradise? Wherever it was we got there and against everyone else's wishes I ordered Jaeger Bombs! Sarita being the punk princess didn't take hers and instead attempted to sip it as if it was a fine, aged wine so I, not having that foolishness, downed her Jaeger Bomb and had another Lava Flow, but this one wasn't nearly as good and tasted like a yogurt disaster. Don't get me wrong, I finished it, but it was indeed a disaster.

And not long after we took those shots, Melody joined us! Melody is a girl that was in my group during training at Changs and we bonded during the wine tasting that went severely wrong! Just imagine 300 buzzed employees running around an empty restaurant in Waikiki on the last night of training after a week full of repetitious, mind numbing brainwashing! It was madness and is probably some form of ironic foreshadowing of how I will get fired based on how I love to take my vodka filled "water bottle" to work to get me through the night!

After a couple of drinks and rounds of shots @ Island Whatever we went back to Mai Tais. Somehow the lame vibe we got earlier was overshadowed by the drunk vibe we had achieved in between locations and now Mai Tais was somewhat durable, despite the overabundance of fuglies everywhere. So being creatures of imagination, we all had Mai Tais @ Mai Tais and soon enough, Melody had to bounce to pick up her ol' ball and chains, the love of her life, from work.

And after we finished our drinks (and I finished Melody's drink) we walked Sarita to her moped and as I'm trying to hotwire it, I hear Sarita and Mitch talking about how he wants to get me a moped and if he does get me one, I must wear a helmet at all times. Helmet hair is not hot, ya feel me?

All in all, I had a great day and cannot wait till tomorrow which is the annual SPAM JAM in Waikiki! From what I understand, they have spam in every size, shape, form, style and prepared in every way imaginable! I hope that I don't overdose on spam... the temptation is beyond my will power!

This is the first time that Mitch & I went out with friends (that I just KNEW i would never make) and I had so much fun! I gotta open Sunday morning @ Changs and then next week is Cinco de Mayo!!! Speaking of CdM... is it common knowledge that CdM is on the 5th of May? I don't see how that's common knowledge... I mean, I do see because it translates to that, but I really believe that not everyone knows when CdM is. Somebody get my back on this one! Somebody? Anybody?! Hello? Is this thing on???