WAAAYTOOO

Thanks, Sweety ! I don’t know if I even mentioned it, but our meal at 150 (beef tenderloin for 2) was very marginal. The beef was chewy and tasteless. I have come to the conclusion that I am just “steaked out”. I have never been a huge beef fan to begin with and in the past 9 days I have eaten more steak than I would normally consume in a year. I think I just need to steer clear of steak for a while. Maybe they will be more palatable if I keep them as a special treat.

Yes, Kadena is a nice base. Waaay better than anything the Marine Corps has over there. We used to take MAC hops out of Kadena over to South Korea to shop. There was also a once-a-week Navy flight to Hong Kong that was a favorite I’m sure those are long gone. In a rather weird twist of fate, I ended up going back to Oki many years later for business. I ended up having sites at Ft Buckner and Torii Station and made many trips back over there, the past 16 years.

We didn’t find the Music Hall concert to be that loud BUT we sat kinda off to the side, almost behind the speakers so it could have been louder if you were getting a direct barrage from the sound system.

I’m so happy that you and your besties are having fun. I know you were a bit nervous about a “girl” trip and when you are the “organizer” you somehow feel responsible to make sure things go right. I know. I’ve been there. Glad it’s going well.

I agree that there should be a suites area. I’m guessing, but believe there will be, eventually.

You’re too kind. We are having a wonderful time.

It’s no worse

Not to my knowledge

However, on a positive note, we just got back from seeing Phoenix, and I cannot say enough GOOD things about that show. They were really good. I would go back and see them again in a minute. I am not as impressed with the Music Hall on Oasis as I was with the one on Anthem, but they did the best they could with the space they had. It’s a sight more useful now than it was as Dazzles. Also, a huge bit of news, Dan and I finally met the Twangbot. He seemed very real. Almost human-like. A very advanced bot, indeed. He sat with us at the concert. It was quite an honor for us.??

To me, it seemed like they tried to take advantage of the success of Flight (Symphony) and add a touch of Blue Planet. The result falls flat, IMO. Honestly, I don’t ever expect any kind of plot to any of these shows but it seemed very disjointed and again, the music was utterly unfamiliar. I also agree that this is NOT the fault of the performers. This show is just a hot mess.

Not me

We just got out of One Sky. My opinion...? It wasn’t terrible and it didn’t help that I knew virtually none of the music.

My husband was stationed at Futenma Air Station. We lived at Camp Kinser and I worked at the Naval Hospital at Camp Lester It was a fun 3 years but I was ready to come back to the land of tall people

Yeah, I’ve been wondering this myself

Thanks, Sabrina !

Thank you. That’s very kind.

Dinner tonite at 150 Central Park. Joyce took a pic for us

I will PM you on this one

Today was another non-stop barrage of loud live band music. Now....that did not stop Dan and I from taking a heavenly long nap but it never stopped all afternoon. In fact, the music is still going strong but it’s piped music and not a live band. Maybe they’re just on break. Who says only Twangbot can take a great sunset shot ! Happy Dan got this one out our window.

I’ve never seen any packages for sale onboard. They do hock individual meals from time-to-time. I never pay attention to what they’re selling onboard anymore b/c I always pre-purchase the UDP.

Sorry to hear this. We lived there for 3 years, also (89-92).

So we did the BBQ. It was good but not great. For ship’s BBQ it was decent. The mac’n cheese was awful. They use some kind of cheese whiz or something. Yuck. The nanner puddin’ thing was ok. Honestly, I probably wouldn’t do it again. I had the pulled pork and Dan had the brisket. Ashley is right-the brisket wasn’t presauced. Ones thing’s for sure - they don’t skimp on the portions. It doesn’t look it from the pictures but those sandwiches are huge ! Having it delivered to the room was sweet !

Congratulations on your son’s donation to wigs for kids with cancer. What a great thing for him to do.

Riddle me this.... What possible purpose could a “stopper” be on a bidet ? That little “stick thing” in the back is a stopper plunger (not sure what the proper plumbarian term is). Maybe I’ve been using it wrong all this time ! Why would you ever need to fill that bowl up with water ?

Joyce just brought us a hard copy Portside BBQ menu and she is going to place the order to be delivered in the suite. She also confirmed tonite’s schedule. 150 Central Park at 6:00, One Sky at 8:15 (show at 8:30) and Phoenix at 10:30 (show at 11:00). Yesterday she said she was ordering Izumi to be delivered this afternoon but we asked her to please cancel that. It’s just waaay too much food. We still have food here from yesterday ! If we have BBQ now I’m already worried I won’t be hungry for dinner. There’s no way we could sneak afternoon sushi in there, too ! I know Matt would disagree but there’s NOT always room for sushi ! ??? #starclassfoodcomaisreal