Cook still awed
by isle’s beautyMANY years after Captain Cook discovered the Big Island, former Honolulu writer and public relations man Bill Cook made the same discovery. He and wife Patti Cook opened a store there featuring all made-in-Hawaii products and cleverly called it Cook's Discoveries. Now Bill has made a new discovery in his store. He's still trying to bring his blood pressure down after meeting Bo Derek. She's one of the leads in "Wind on Water," the new show NBC is premiering in the fall. Filming got underway Thursday with a 6 a.m. Hawaiian blessing conducted by Kan Kaniela Akaka and Clayton Bertlemann at Kekaha Kai State Park film site with all the cast and crew on hand ...
ONE of the three people on the cover of yesterday's USA Weekend may have looked familiar to some. The article, called "How to be a Millionaire Today," profiles a number of young people who either have made it or are on the way. One of the three on the cover is 32-year-old Malia Mills, a former Punahou student whose father, John Mills ran Royal Hawaiian Perfume. Things are smelling sweet for Malia, as well. She's reportedly sold more than $500,000 in swimsuits she's designed since 1994. Her partner is 31-year-old Julia Stern, who's worked on Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issues ...
Azul (gesundheit)
IT was an exceptionally busy weekend at the Ihilani, in part because Friday was Admissions Day and many local families opted to spend the weekend at the Ko Olina Resort. Under new management, the place is much more informal, with staffers decked out in aloha wear. It's much less reminiscent of the 5-star Halekulani atmosphere. The restaurant Azul remains a bit more formal, though jackets are no longer required, and the tariff was far from out of line. Some items can be on the pricey side, however. If you select a cigar from the humidor at the Hokulea bar, ask about the cost first. If you play the "price doesn't matter" game you may find yourself puffing an Opus XX that sells for $120 ...WHO would have thought that the Sunset Grill would be providing free food for jail inmates? Well it is, for certain people behind bars. On Wednesday the Muscular Dystrophy Association is again having its "Jailathon" with prominent citizens "arrested" and held in an ersatz slammer until they raise $1,000 in bail (which goes to MDA) to free themselves. Sunset Grill, where the "Jailathon" takes place, has agreed to at least feed those locked up while they "serve their sentence." ...
THERE were quite a few well known Honolulans at Sunset Grill for lunch the other day, some of whom would be good prospects to lock up: Movers and shakers like Emme Tomimbang and Carole Kai; Wine experts Alan Suzuki and Chuck Furuya; Congresswoman Patsy Mink, Bishop Estate attorney Bill McCorriston and businessmen Robin Companiano, Chris Pablo and Nate Nygaard were all there simultaneously ...
Keep on lorrying
I received a card from a localite taking me to task for quoting the Economist on the difficulty of getting things done in Hawaii. I idly questioned how many people locally would have a clue as to what a "rubbish lorry" was, and the writer took that to mean I didn't know. I did know, but my point was that many local readers might not. Incidentally, the writer also got the number of the Star-Bulletin's post office box wrong, as well as an incorrect zip code. Oh yes, it was also marked "Returned for Postage." At least my name was spelled correctly ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.
His columns run Monday through Friday.Contact Dave by e-mail: donnelly@kestrok.com.