HI friends (not that kind)

I’m fortunate to get in some local Hawaiian experiences thanks to my friends, Jeff and Aaron, as we met up for some drinks at (wait for it...) SALT at Our Kakaako, a super cute area with restaurants and bars.  It was interesting being part of their life here in Hawai’i given I've really only partied with them in large social settings back when we were raging 21+ year olds in San Diego, LA and Las Vegas, lol... our ratchet club days (I die).

I liked seeing them in their element as we bumped into some of their hometown High School friends.  Guys, DO YOU REALIZE HIGH SCHOOL WAS LIKE 10 YEARS AGO?  I die again.  It's a bit overwhelming for me to know that everyone has such layers of history, experiences, a whole different life beyond what I know of them - we can only be so lucky to get such glimpses into what it could have possibly been like if we weren't a part of it.

After a few drinks in, we rented Bikis (Honolulu’s bikesharing system) and biked through the empty streets of downtown and into the Chinatown area, where after pounding some shots of YOLO, danced at Manifest and regretfully, ended the night at Zippy's for my first taste of a Zip Pac.  I don't know what picture I should add here... me and my friends or the Zip Pac.

Alriiight, I'll post both.

Overall, these are the experiences that I want from any traveling that I do.  Touristy things are of course a must for the first time you visit a new place, but it's always the most uninteresting parts of my travels.  I crave the local experiences, the everyday seemingly mundane shenanigans that you get yourself into with company you enjoy.  It's everything I could have asked for in a night out with some goofy guys I call my friends.