Dietary fun. . .

We don't serve any meat with our breakfasts here at the hotel. We get a fair amount of vegetarians, vegans, gluten-free folks, here, so it makes things simpler if there's no meat in the breakfasts.

Every once in a while, we get strict vegans (no animal products at all: no cheese, milk, eggs, certain types of cooking oil, etc.).

We read various other blogs and Web sites for other B&B owners and enjoy the responses some of them give to guests' special dietary requirements (and dream about doing the same, but of course it will never happen).

Vegetarianism is understood down here, but vegan-ism is a whole different matter. Most of the folks down here cannot fathom a diet like that. We have a friend who has lived here for years and speaks fluent Spanish, and when she orders at a restaurant, they still slip in some eggs or meat, as if they can't believe that is what she is really asking for.

Another thing that we cannot bring up to our guests is the advice and wisdom of Jack Scaff, a renowned cardiologist and father of the Honolulu Marathon Clinic (and Honolulu Marathon). He is still waiting for someone who has willingly been on a vegan diet to hit the century mark. According to Scaff, it has never happened. Not to say that vegan-ism is bad, but it shows the extremes of different diets:

You eat BigMacs every day, not that great for you; you eat nothing but fruits and vegetables every day, also not that great for you.