⛵️holly 🇺🇸➡️🇯🇵 @holly@v.st

@th photographing the family of boobies that are roosting out on the jibboom. They have no fear of people.

Polynesian sailing canoe, what a blast!

Thing I didn’t know but now I do: Hawaii has a feral chicken problem.

It’s charming as heck, chickens just running around loose. Apparently the locals don’t find it charming, though.

We have arrived in Honolulu!

View from the jibboom.

From Wikipedia: “The English name "booby" was possibly based on the Spanish slang term bobo, meaning "stupid", as these tame birds had a habit of landing on board sailing ships, where they were easily captured and eaten.”

Middle of the Pacific and we pick up this hitchhiker that likes to poop all over the deck

Leaving SF, we’re getting a send-off from a fire boat. Next stop: Hawaii!

Caltrain’s motto: Always Be Honking

I’m in Palo Alto, about to go sail across the Pacific. So far I’ve seen two cybertrucks (I thought the future would be cooler), a car driving down the street with no people in it (nope nope nope), and I’ve tried the Vision Pro (despite the photo there is not actually a cello app yet). I’m eating Mexican for nearly every meal because I can 😋

I have arrived in Palo Alto. Made the mistake of stepping out without my bingo card this morning.

For time back to the States in 5 years checklist:

✅ Mexican food
✅ Popeyes
✅ grits
✅ Wendy’s frosty

Five years away from the States and my first bit of culture shock on return: see-through bathroom stall doors. Y’all know it doesn’t have to be like that, right? Just add a simple strip of metal.

Dear USians, I haven’t left Europe for the past 5 years, but this weekend I’ll be flying to Florida for an 80 year old’s birthday. I plan to wear a mask on the flights (because 80 year old’s b-day party). What am I in for?

Love this Dance Your PhD! ✨🕺💃🎉 https://youtu.be/RoSYO3fApEc

I'm cleaning out the refrigerator and it strikes me that this is one of the more rewarding household chores. Not because it's fun, it's definitely not that, but because the pay-off is excellent. It's so nice to open a freshly cleaned refrigerator and not see any more questionable jars of ?? at the back, pasta crumble bits in the drawer, and weird spill residues on the shelves. Nothing but glistening white and glass orderliness, and exactly what you need right where you want it to be. Ahhh. 🍵