I love you, Ithaca–really, I do–but Honolulu beats you out. Every time.

That’s where I could be this Christmas Eve, and…

here’s

where

 I

am.

‘Tis the season when it’s most awesome to live in Hawai’i (though I’m

dreading my inevitable return to the cold).

(Photos from top to bottom: 

Kahala Beach, my feet in the Pacific ocean, a dolphin at the Kahala Resort and another view

of the beach.)