An Article written by Romance Novelist, Mildred Bergman

Our first impression, beyond the lei greetings and lovely smells of the airport, was eight days of disappointment. We didn't get it!

Then people in our auto sales group led us to dinner under the banyan tree, lit in the bazaar with tiny lights. Later, we walked along the beach, wading in warm rippling waves, and different music from each hotel we passed. We were captured for ever after.

The aloha in every breath of air is an indescribable sense of feet hardly touching earth, and people smile on crowded Kalakaua Avenue or hushed in the sound of a waterfall tumbling in the plaza.

When Lee and I discovered the sound of top forties dance music, almost symphonic in Trappers Lounge on the Avenue, we were concerned for maybe five minutes that the volume would damage ear drums. Never again did we care! It was Jimmy Borges, fantastic in his artistry, that drew us, night after night, to dancing from the beginning to three o'clock lights out. Everything he sings is unforgettable style, jazz or old classics that he updates to make it sound as if it were written today, or today's that makes you want to dance.

Once or twice a year, Lee and I kept going back to Hawaii for more of palm trees with shimmering moonlight reflected under a sky of velvet dark blue, and swaying to the music still playing in our ears.

Mildred and Lee dancing the night away in Hawaii at the Espirit club at the Sherraton Waikiki.

This article was written by Romance Novelist Mildred Bergman who lives in Washington State, but LOVES Hawaii and the people. This photo of Mildred with her beloved husband, Lee, was taken December 1999 at the Sheraton Waikiki*

Mildred has the Aloha Spirit and has published a few books. Mildred's books are available at Amazon.com, or telephone toll free at 1-877-874-6334. To learn more about Mildred you can visit a special page on her on the Danny Couch Cheerleaders website.

*Starwood Hawaii features 13 of Hawaii’s signature hotels and resorts located on five islands with spectacular beaches. They include the Sheraton Moana Surfrider, The Royal Hawaiian, Sheraton Waikiki, W Honolulu Diamond Head, and the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani, on Oahu; the Sheraton Maui, Westin Maui, Kapalua Bay Hotel; Princeville Resort and the Sheraton Kauai Resort; and the Sheraton Molokai Lodge & Beach Village.