For those of you who missed it (dgolds - so what if you hate Waikiki - we had only 45 min of beach time anyway cause we were BUSY!!), there will never be another PIP! This was the PIP of all time forevermore.

Many kudos to the creative Committee and to Randy Petersen and his incredible staff (not to mention his generosity). Thanks to all of you for making this the most memorable boondoggle I have ever attended!

With the help of AuH20, we left Hawaii utterly a dry state. Anyone coming late must bring his own booze...

AND the chocolates - oh my...well, by the time I won a door prize, I came back with as much as I brought! It was amazing the variety from all over the world - lovely local specialities. Now, mind you, some of us found it hard to enjoy the buffet's chocolate desserts after an afternoon of chocolate but - so what!!

The PIP was inspired and I could not be happier that we decided to go. Just tough coming home...too bad we lost Punki et al in SFO. Had no idea that the party had shifted to SF Red Carpet. Got home to a COLD house, made fresh asparagus soup to warm up. Had those "Hawaiian Classic" crackers called Lavosh (had to fly UAL to understand).