While we were at Frank and Jen’s wedding on Saturday we ran into some friends of ours (that also got married last month) and the new bridegroom remarked that he liked our Christmas card and our accompanying newsletter. He said he was jealous because it seemed like I traveled a lot during the past year. And while it is true that I got have been blessed enough to go on a few trips this is the last one of 2008. I am up here on the Big Island with a few of the guys in my wedding party.

They actually arrived before me to play a round of golf on Sunday and because of church (they’re all heathens) I arrived a little later in the afternoon. I got there just in time for dinner and so we tried a place called Solimene’s because John-John‘s friend owned the place. Now in general, I’m not very fond of Italian places but being the team player that I am, I agreed to eat with them.

They had paninis, which I do like, but unfortunately for me, they only have them during lunch so no luck there. Mike and Ted split a large meat lover’s pizza and I settled for a sausage and pepper calzone. The calzone had a light soft crust and it came with a large dish of marinara sauce for dipping. Also, since John-John knows the owner, he hooked us up with tiramisu for dessert. Overall, it was an enjoyable evening with acceptable food.