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La Pietra sunset event
serves all that jazz
and a lot more

La Pietra's Sunset Jazz event on the lawn had much more than jazz to offer Sunday. Sure, there were plenty of good jazzy songs knocked out by Shari Lynn, Jimmy Borges, Gabe Baltazar and Fascinatin' Rhythm, but get a load of the rest: Martin Denny, 93 years old, at the piano playing three of his exotic numbers with Jimmy doing bird calls on "Quiet Village," a young women's harmonious barbershop quartet, super senior Art Todd singing and playing banjo, a bit of Broadway by Shari, and the groovy Savoy Sisters -- Rose Marie Barbee, Annie MacLachlan Renick and Shari -- singing a great medley of Glenn Miller favorites. Gabe excelled on sax and flute with solos and in backing singers. Some of the more sprightly members of the crowd were so moved by the sounds that they got up and displayed hot dance steps. Among those going at it on the grass were Piia Arma, Elaine Evans, Bob and Evanita Midkiff, Mark Arnold and a chorus line made up of Vicki Borges, Carolyn Berry and Carolyn Arnold. Other highlights were Shari's "All That Jazz" and "At Last" and Jimmy's "I Get a Kick Out of You" and a very swinging "I'm Old Fashioned." This was the best of the annual Sunset Jazz concerts at La Pietra. Denny's daughter, Christina Denny, who helped him to the stage in his wheelchair, is a graduate of the La Pietra girls' school ...

Hula Grill has no trouble hailing cabbies

Hula Grill Waikiki's top chef Mark Kowalkowski and staff, along with marketing manager Jessica Warfield, had no problem calling nearly 300 cabbies Thursday to the Outrigger Waikiki where the restaurant is located. In appreciation for their service, the grill team handed out Hawaiian Regional Seafood bentos to the cab drivers. The free lunch included Hula Grill skirt steak with shoyu tamarind dipping sauce, furikake rice, chicken foccacia sandwiches, somen noodle salad, crab mac-nut wonton with shoyu mustard sauce and congo bars ...

John Browning surprised his wife, Tammy, by inviting 50 guests to join them for dinner at Roy's Friday. The couple then surprised the crowd by revealing that Tammy is expecting. July 12 is when the "little astronaut" should arrive, said John, who plans to take a space flight some day. "We are so excited about becoming parents. We have wanted this for a long time," he said ...

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