{"id":566,"date":"2010-11-02T13:50:31","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T19:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/?p=566"},"modified":"2012-08-17T11:08:44","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T17:08:44","slug":"sunday-10-10-2010-maui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/hawaii-2\/sunday-10-10-2010-maui\/","title":{"rendered":"That Time Matt Asked me to Marry him in Maui"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday was a big day: we slept til 11am! I’m sure that had something to do with the li hing margaritas.<\/p>\n

We got food and mai tais at Tiki Grill at our hotel, which smelled delicious. At least til I realized what the smell was: a pig roasting in a hut.<\/p>\n

\"pig<\/a><\/p>\n

We went to the beach to swim for a while. It was gorgeous outside (as if it’s ever not gorgeous in Maui).<\/p>\n

\"ka'anapali<\/a><\/p>\n

\"resorts<\/a><\/p>\n

After the beach, we swam in the whale-shaped pool for a while, then changed and headed back up to Maui Brewing Company. I really wanted the hoodie they were selling there, but they only had tiny ones (I ended up buying one after returning home). We got a pint glass instead, then did some souvenir shopping at the strip mall nearby.<\/p>\n

We dropped the car back off at our hotel, then walked to the Westin around 3:30. We had reservations on a sunset cruise on Ka’anapali! Also, the Westin has flamingos:<\/p>\n

\"flamingos!\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Before boarding, we had to all remove our shoes and lock them in a chest on the beach. If that’s not a surefire sign of awesome, I don’t know what is. We then got instructions about how to board, because the surf made it tricky. Basically, they would wait for the waves to go out a little, then yell at you to run like crazy til you got up the steps, otherwise you might be drenched. I was the first one on the boat, and managed to make it with only a little water damage.<\/p>\n

They had free drinks and pupus on the boat, so we partook in mai tais while sitting on a bench at the front of the boat. I wished I hadn’t worn a dress, though, because the wind kept blowing it up so our fellow passengers could potentially see my underpants.<\/p>\n

\"raising<\/a><\/p>\n

We rode out a ways from the beach, then put the sails up and headed north up Ka’anapali. We passed our hotel, then Black Rock, the hotel with Duke’s where we’d been the previous night, and got close to Kapalua. Then we jibed (see, I remember sailing lessons) and headed toward Lahaina.<\/p>\n

\"resorts<\/a><\/p>\n

There were two large groups of people on the boat besides us, and they seemed to both be there for weddings. The level of drunkenness was pretty spectacular. Our favorite guy was this one, who started pole-dancing by himself:<\/p>\n

\"then<\/a><\/p>\n

\"matt,<\/a><\/p>\n

Matt having a very good day, with Lana’i in the background.<\/em><\/p>\n

We stopped to float near the Lahaina harbor to watch the sunset over Lana’i. It was gorgeous. We had champagne to celebrate.<\/p>\n

\"sunset<\/a><\/p>\n

\"clouds<\/a><\/p>\n

After sunset, they took us back to the beach, where we had to get off the boat in significantly less-sober condition after a boat-wide singalong of “Don’t Stop Believin'”. I hopped off the second they said to, hiked my skirt up, and ran for it. I ran nowhere near quickly enough, though, because the wave caught up to me. Confusingly, only the bottom inch of my dress was wet, but my underwear were soaked.<\/p>\n

\"the<\/a><\/p>\n

We decided to go back to Hula Grill for dinner, since it was nearby right on the beach. The place was packed full, but they found us a couple of seats at the bar where the chefs were prepping food. Watching them work was amazing, and convinced me that I would be terrible at that job.<\/p>\n

\"chefs<\/a><\/p>\n

We had the tasting menu for $25, which included tomato soup with focaccia, a tiny grilled cheese made with Surfing Goat cheese, and tofu and veggies with curried rice. Matt had macadamia nut mahi mahi. There were mai tais, and also desserts:<\/p>\n

\"desserts<\/a><\/p>\n

After dinner, Matt asked if I wanted to walk back to our resort via the road or the beach, so we took the beach route. And then he asked me to marry him.<\/p>\n

I cried for a very long time. Once I mostly recovered, we started walking back. On the way, I saw a shooting star, torches lit along the beach, and all these amazing\u00a0tiny glowing things<\/a> washed up on the beach. I kept feeling like I couldn\u2019t get enough air in my lungs. We went back to our hotel, where we passed not one but three wedding receptions in progress. We got a table at the tiki bar and watched the band. Even the really cheesy songs made me want to cry.<\/p>\n

\"the<\/a><\/p>\n

Once the tiki bar closed up at 10, we decided to walk to Tia Juana’s, one of the other places the bartender at Duke’s had recommended. It was at the end of the road into Ka’anapali, but it was still probably only a half-mile away. When we got there, we noticed a bar in the basement below Tia Juana’s blasting reggaeton, so we went down there instead. (We found out later that Tia Juana’s closes the restaurant around that time of night, and people go downstairs.) Donavan Frankenreiter’s Margarita House was in the midst of happy hour, and we were very happy to be there. They had $3 margaritas and Tecates, and some local girls were blasting Ludacris on the jukebox.<\/p>\n

While we sat there watching surfing highlight videos on the TV with the rest of the bar, Matt reminded me that I hadn\u2019t actually said yes yet. (Don\u2019t worry, I fixed it.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday was a big day: we slept til 11am! I’m sure that had something to do with the li hing margaritas. We got food and mai tais at Tiki Grill at our hotel, which smelled delicious. At least til I realized what the smell was: a pig roasting in a hut. 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