Trump orders killing of Iraq's Qassem Suleimani

U.S. Strike Kills One of Iran’s Most Powerful Military Leaders
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/02...itary-leaders/
Qassem Suleimani’s death could mark the most dramatic escalation of the Middle East conflict since the Iraq War.


No question he was a bad guy. But does anyone think the current administration has a plan to deal with the fallout?

And don't forget, he accused Obama of toying with the idea of war with Iran as a re-election ploy. There is truly a Trump tweet for everything!

Trump orders killing of Iraq's Qassem Suleimani

What's for Dinner - Chapter 8

Spaghetti with meatballs and Italian sausage, a side of broccoli, red wine and a scoop of vanilla ice cream from The Old Spaghetti Factory.

Also drinking my second cup of Folgers Classic Decaf instant coffee.

What's for Dinner - Chapter 8

What's for Lunch - Chapter 14

Strawberry Icee and a cup of melted ice water while watching the movie Little Women at the Ward Theater.

What's for Lunch - Chapter 14

What's for Breakfast - Chapter 4

Hazelnut instant coffee with a package of chocolate donuts (this batch came from Sam's Club).

What's for Breakfast - Chapter 4

Little Women

Saw the mid-day showing of Little Women at the Ward Theater with my usual movie going friend.

The movie is about 4 sisters and their lives in Massachusetts growing up during the US Civil War and after the war about 7 years later. Each of the sister has particular talent, Meg is an actress, Amy is a painter, Beth is a musician and Jo who is the central character is a writer.

It takes a while to get the hang of this movie which might require a second viewing because at the start it was kind of hard to tell the sisters apart and the story keeps jumping between the two time periods without any subtitles, except the first one that says 7 years earlier in Massachusetts.

Little Women

Military & contracting, lived there 22yrs. Left 2016 *home* to Texas

It was true bittersweet leaving some precious friends that were close as family, but were returning to our native state and peeps.
Retirement is a huge adjustment but we're Texan to the core, of more generations than we can document and it's food for the soul, being home.

We miss some dear folks there that we spent Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Easter with for a lot of years, but we keep in touch.
Our daughters met and married son-in-laws that we love very much, so yes the islands were very good to and for us.

Military & contracting, lived there 22yrs. Left 2016 *home* to Texas

Highway Inn at 72

In 2014:

Traditional Hawaiian Restaurant Highway Inn Keeps Up With the 21st Century
http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Hono...ghway-Inn-Way/

"Monica had been thinking about a town location for Highway Inn for a while, to grow the company and to introduce a new audience to her grandfather’s legacy. Late last year, she opened the new Highway Inn in Kakaako, and I love it even more than the original. It is contemporary without forgetting its roots. It serves the same Hawaiian food as the original, down to the naau puaa, while offering new dishes such as whole fried akule and poi (fish and poi, seemingly a no-brainer for a Hawaiian food restaurant and yet so rare) and modern nostalgic desserts including poi Twinkies and a pineapple upside-down cake with kiawe-bean flour."This month:

Waipahu Highway Inn restaurant moves to new Waipahu location
https://www.khon2.com/local-news/wai...pahu-location/

"The new place will be next to the Waipahu Rail Transit station. The 5,000-square-foot restaurant will have more seating, a bar and live music on Fridays. Earlier breakfast hours are planned to launch in February, and there are plans to introduce some of the more popular items currently only found at the Kakaako location, such as the Smoked Moco. They will have a state-of-the-art photovoltaic system, which is expected to produce nearly all of the restaurant’s power needs."

Highway Inn at 72