JUST ANOTHER WEEK AT 15 CRAIGSIDE

This was a good week at 15 Craigside.  Not terrific, but above average.  As most readers know, I am in a Honolulu retirement community.  I lived next door in the Craigside condo for 32 years and saw my present building coming up, and merely out of curiosity almost 9 years ago dropped by for a visit, was convinced to move in, and now have been here for more than 8 years.

A few months after becoming a resident, I posted on COULD 15 CRAIGSIDE BE PURGATORY?  We are surrounded by graveyards and churches, as that article showed.  Then a few years later, in June of 2017, I posted on FOUR SEASONS HUALALAI VERSUS 15 CRAIGSIDE.  This hotel is among my favorites, and you can read for yourself about this comparison.  Earlier that year (in May) I had a related posting titled, OKAY, IS THIS HEAVEN OR WHAT?  

This blog site has been vacillating about whether 15 Craigside is Purgatory or not.  Well, after my 44-day Global Adventure and anticipating a week on the Big Island next month to interact with another group of friends--ocean resources, this time--with golf at the Four Seasons Hualalai, where I'll be staying, the events of the past couple of days seemed to indicate that I actually could well already be in Heaven. 

Pardon me for all this religious stuff, but, after all, this is Sunday.  So on to this week at 15 Craigside.  Why do I like it here?  The security, meals, people (residents and staff), control of temperature, no cockroaches (I caught a thousand of them in Hoy Hoy Trap-a-Roach traps in my previous apartment) and all-around comfort.  You want activities?  Just this coming week:

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  Four worship services.  This place is run by a church.
• 31 exercise classes.  They stress strength and balance, but also tai chi, yoga and so on.
• A half a dozen wellness sessions dealing with diabetes, osteoporosis, etc.
• Various free snack give-aways.
• University of Hawaii football in the theater.

I enjoyed two tailgates in my apartment.  On Friday, maybe the best lunch I've ever had here, lobster and dungeness crab from Tamashiro's.

A feast of lobster, crab and clams linguini, with beer and red wine.  

Then for the UH football game, pork tonkatsu with hamachi sashimi, plus hot sake, cold soju and cold beer.

We have a monthly Aloha celebration, usually focusing on a holiday or event, to introduce new residents and usually with some entertainment.  Tomorrow is Halloween, and we had an advanced activity:

I didn't show you my Giant Pumpkin costume.  Maybe I'll wear it again next year.

I might finally add that we have rainbows...a lot of rainbows.

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