SO that's why they call it a "Parkway." Remember the old Steven Wright line about "Why do people drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?" Well, we have a kind of answer. Former Hawaii adman Dave Park (get it?) was driving in heavy traffic on an L.A. freeway the other day when his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of something which looked very familiar. Sure enough, it was TheBus, familiar stripe down the side. Park realized TheBus was no doubt destined for the docks and a ship ride to Honolulu. He very nearly gave the driver a "shaka" before realizing it might be taken as a gang sign which could lead to, say, a drive-by shooting. So he settled for a twinge of nostalgia and bid the speeding bus (Keanu Reeves at the wheel?) a fond aloha ... AVENUE magazine in New York came out with a special issue listing the 500 most influential Asian Americans in the U.S. A total of 31 from Hawaii were on the list, 27 of whom were born here and 15 of whom are still located in the islands. There are the usual Asian-American politicians (Inouye, Akaka, Cayetano, etc.) and a few ex-isle folks who've made their presence felt on the mainland: Wendy Gramm, wife of onetime presidential candidate Phil Gramm, New York public relations exec Patrice Tanaka and computer guru Guy Kawasaki. One lone non-Honolulu resident in Hawaii who made the list: Edwin Goto, exec chef at Lanai's Lodge at Koele ...
GREAT line from Bishop Museum honcho Donald Duckworth after the Advertiser's two-day pro-con series on the Museum's present course. He said he felt like a kamikaze pilot with a quota of two ships ...
LOCAL communications exec Cliff Laughton has three Columbia/TDRSS satellites which travel at nearly 7,000 miles an hour some 22,000 miles up. Since he's into speed, it stands to reason he'll be backing a hydroplane called "Columbia Communications presents Appian Jeronimo" in this weekend's JN automotive hydrofest at Pearl Harbor. Owner Bob Fendler's boat skips across the water at 200 miles per hour and is the only Hawaii based entry in the race ...
IZZY stoked? You bet. Storyteller Joel ben Izzy, in town for the Bankoh "Talk Story Festival" Saturday at McCoy Pavilion, was treated to a special view of Honolulu from inside a glider at 3,000 feet while listening to the "Blue Danube Waltz" on a cassette tape. Ken Kanter of Douglas Trade Shows, moonlights as a glider instructor for Soar Hawaii at Dillingham Field. He'd seen Izzy at a performance for the Hawaii Jewish Federation and thought a glider flight while listening to Strauss might be just the touch of inspiration to make him soar to new heights. As for Izzy, he hasn't come down yet ...
WAIKIKI publisher Carlino Giampolo, a Pittsburgh native and Steelers fan, set about to create a poster celebrating five Steeler Super Bowl wins. But when they lost No. 5, Giampolo went back to the drawing board (literally!) and produced a poster commemorating the Steelers' five appearances in the Super Bowl, with Steeler-biased game summaries written by another former Pennsylvanian, adman Jim Winpenny. To market his product, Giampolo convinced Steeler management to stage a "Fan Appreciation Day" and sold space on the poster to Pittsburgh merchants. And on Sunday, when the Steelers host the Bengals, each fan in attendance will be handed one of Carlino's posters ...
