Daydreaming

Zippy's Breakfast Bento #2

Two weeks after returning to California, I'm beginning to hanker again for Hawaiian plate lunches and bento boxes (it's convenient having a dozen food outlets within walking distance).

Airfares have come down now that the kids have returned to college and the tourist high season is pau. Let's run the numbers for an October holiday: free bed, almost-free and plentiful food, and a loaner car. Even if one includes the cost of flying, the price for a week in Honolulu is about the same as a weekend in San Francisco.

Dad bought a new Nissan over the weekend. He'll need someone to break it in....