The Sunday Snapshot

Said goodbye to the owners of Soupcon Cafe, home of the best lattes on island. 

The Lantern Festival

My friends and I recently had a girls night where we visited the lantern festival at Murasaki Mura, a historical Okinawan village. The lantern festival celebrated the Chinese influence on traditional Okinawan culture. We parked as soon as we saw the lights flickering through the trees, but we had a harder time finding where to pay our entrance fee. After being turned away by a hotel front desk and passing an empty booth we simply walked in. We purchased some snacks once inside to compensate. It almost felt like Christmas with all of the beautiful lights.

Beni-imo tart lantern. So Okinawa!

Alex made a kitty friend!

The Cosmos and Coffee

On Sunday our group of friends squeezed into one van and drove to see the cosmos. We relied on my memory of the location of the field from last year, and I was responsible for navigating from the back seat. As a result we almost did not find the field. Along for the ride we had the girls- me, Alex, and Beverly- and the guys- David and the amazing, walking Alden.We were a little early for the full bloom, but that meant we had a whole field to ourselves! We stayed on the walking paths...except for the one really good patch of flowers where a little rule breaking was required to get the perfect shot! I think we got some gorgeous photos, but unfortunately none of them included David. Oops!

Afterwards we drank lattes on the porch of our favorite cafe Soupcon. Look at the view!

The Sunday Snapshot

Dressing room at the mall. They provide sheer bags to keep makeup off the merchandise.