Weight=183.2 pounds, Steps=18,300
While Gyongyi was attending a hydroponics class in the morning, I walked about downtown and played chess at the Hilo Library.
For lunch, we had brown rice sushi at the Dragon Kitchen, small 'puka' (hole-in-the-wall) restaurant along the Bayfront which shares space with four other kitchens. The rolls are very affordable (most under $5 per roll). There is a small, but good selection of rolls, nigiri and hand rolls. We tried the spicy ahi and salmon handrolls, as well ahi/avocado and fern shoots/avocado rolls. The fish was super fresh and the brown rice worked well with the fish. They also offer poke bowls.
In the afternoon, I went with Gyongyi to her monthly Hilo Orchid Society meeting where we heard a talk by one of the organizers about how to interpret orchid labels.
Orchid raising and trading is big business. Worldwide, the retail economy in orchids adds up to some $9 billion; in the United States, wholesalers ship nearly 8.5 million plants a year, while in Holland a single nursery produces 18 million. Several million people worldwide now grow orchids and this botanical craze has already eclipsed both the nineteenth-century frenzy for orchids as well as the tulip madness that gripped the Netherlands in the seventeenth century.
If you are in the orchid world, you could be a bit obsessed and bizarre. Orchid family of flowers, which are said to have an astonishing variety of around 30,000 known species and 160 thousand registered hybrids, larger than any other known plant.
Orchid is said to signify many things; love, wisdom, beauty and thoughtfulness. Notably, a pink orchid is said to convey affection, and is more commonly used for celebrations such as Valentine's Day. They send the message of exotic seduction. If someone gives you orchids on Valentine's Day, they're a little wilder than the person who goes for a dozen roses. Orchids also hold up well over time, both in bouquets and pots.
While Gyongyi was attending a hydroponics class in the morning, I walked about downtown and played chess at the Hilo Library.
For lunch, we had brown rice sushi at the Dragon Kitchen, small 'puka' (hole-in-the-wall) restaurant along the Bayfront which shares space with four other kitchens. The rolls are very affordable (most under $5 per roll). There is a small, but good selection of rolls, nigiri and hand rolls. We tried the spicy ahi and salmon handrolls, as well ahi/avocado and fern shoots/avocado rolls. The fish was super fresh and the brown rice worked well with the fish. They also offer poke bowls.
In the afternoon, I went with Gyongyi to her monthly Hilo Orchid Society meeting where we heard a talk by one of the organizers about how to interpret orchid labels.
Orchid raising and trading is big business. Worldwide, the retail economy in orchids adds up to some $9 billion; in the United States, wholesalers ship nearly 8.5 million plants a year, while in Holland a single nursery produces 18 million. Several million people worldwide now grow orchids and this botanical craze has already eclipsed both the nineteenth-century frenzy for orchids as well as the tulip madness that gripped the Netherlands in the seventeenth century.
If you are in the orchid world, you could be a bit obsessed and bizarre. Orchid family of flowers, which are said to have an astonishing variety of around 30,000 known species and 160 thousand registered hybrids, larger than any other known plant.
Orchid is said to signify many things; love, wisdom, beauty and thoughtfulness. Notably, a pink orchid is said to convey affection, and is more commonly used for celebrations such as Valentine's Day. They send the message of exotic seduction. If someone gives you orchids on Valentine's Day, they're a little wilder than the person who goes for a dozen roses. Orchids also hold up well over time, both in bouquets and pots.
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