Not much of a diary, but as I was out walking my baby grandson the Obama motorcade cruised down Kalaheo ave. in Kailua, on the way to Hickam and a return back to the soon to be frigid east coast. For all the conversation about the disruption caused by Presidential Visits, for two weeks in Kailua, the only way I knew he was here was because my morning runs on the beach were about two hundred yards shorter. But it does get me wondering .... after his term is over, where will he do his Christmas vacations? As I understand it, his winter trips to Hawaii pre-dated his presidential years, so I wonder if they will continue afterwards. And if so, under what circumstances? Security will still be an issue, but the need for a portable White House will be gone. I'd be happy to rent him our main house, and me and the Ms could cozy up in our studio. :-)