Monthly Archives: September 2012

A week in paradise

I’ve just got back to New York after spending the week in Maui. Grant was there for an offsite and I decided to tag along. I had homework to do, but somehow even reading articles on online copyright was fun and relaxing when done outside by the Koi pond over breakfast….

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or later that afternoon by the pool…

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Of course since I am the whitest woman in the world I took sensible precautions against sunburn…

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Maui was everything you’d expect from a Hawaiian paradise. There were hula girls…

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…spectacular volcanic mountains…

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…Palm trees and gentle, warm waves…

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and picture postcard beautiful sunsets.

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But it turns out, according to the hotel anyway, that danger lurks even in paradise…

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I had a great time, but I’m hoping the ocean in Honolulu is friendlier when we’re there in November.