AND to think the ongoing madness of the two Rolling Stones concerts here almost never happened because some unimaginative bureaucrat felt that Aloha Stadium couldn't be readied in time for the Pro Bowl Sunday. Yeah, right! Thanks, Guv, for setting them straight. People are still engaging in geezer gaga. Stones sightings: Breathless diners at Roy's in Hawaii-Kai watched in awe at the sight of two middle-aged chaps stopping by with a party of eight. It was, as they knew immediately, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts. Good thing the group was brought to the islands by Pepsi and not American Express, because Mick picked up the bill and paid for it with his VISA card. He signed it "Michael P. Jagger." I wonder if a waiter or waitress kept it as a memento. ... ‘Michael Jagger’
dines at Roy’s
HAWAII'S own "Jumpin' Jack Flash," Ken Anderson, celebrated his 45th birthday and 6,000 sky dives by partying with wife Cynthia and the Mokuleia "Drop Zone" gang at the Stones concert, but stopped short of skydiving into the stadium itself. Not only did Anderson, known as "Air Tugie," have front row seats and VIP passes at the concert, but they were picked up afterward in a stretch bearing the placard, "Mick Jagger's Limo" and whisked to Nicholas Nickolas. There, old friend Scott Osterhaus, the manager, toasted Tugie's birthday and pondered Denver's chances in Super Bowl XXXII. Both men helped manage the Black Orchid for Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen when it first opened. The weekend was complete when Denver -- the first team to give Anderson a tryout before he ended up in New England with old high school buddy Russ Francis -- bested favored Green Bay in the Big One ...
Nick's at Nite
NOW that the Super Bowl is pau and owner Pat Bowlen is on Cloud 9, he's back in town and readying for the Pro Bowl. He plans to join wife Annabel in throwing Nick's Fishmarket open to the public for a party in honor of the Broncos Thursday night. Drinks are no-host, of course, but Chef Eugenio Martignago is creating an array of complimentary pupus to mark the big win. And, of course, Broncos here for the Pro Bowl are expected to attend ...HE never got to be in the Super Bowl this year, but San Francisco 49er quarterback Steve Young is in town and will be auctioned off Saturday at the Polynesian Cultural Center. Well, sort of. As part of the McDonald's McExtra program, 10,000 free annual family passes are being given away this month, and another 10,000 going for just $35. Three lucky families who'll be randomly chosen from those to show up at PCC and redeem their passes Saturday will get to meet and spend time with the man whose ancestor was Brigham Young and who's here for Sunday's Pro Bowl ...
Bits and pieces
SURE, Frank Zappa named his kids Dweezil and Moon Unit, but whatever could the man be thinking who named his baby son Swallow Ocean Kim. The latter recently was involved in a drug bust locally, and his name fairly jumped off the page ... Sugar Bar owner Peter Birnbaum gives further evidence that Waialua, where his bar is located, is becoming a ghost town. Bank of Hawaii is closing its branch there ... Hummer salesman Bill Bohan was humming along on the highway when he spotted a red car with a bumper sticker reading, "The Living Is Great in Keokuk." And though that's the little Iowa town where I more or less grew up, it wasn't mine ... And finally, A.P. Murphy, past president of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in Hawaii, died in Las Vegas last week.
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