By Dave Donnelly
Monday, December 9, 1996
Donn Ariyoshi, Brandy Bacal
Donn Ariyoshi, Brandy Bacal
THERE was a "Mini City Hall" set up at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall during the BIA Building and Remodeling exhibit last week. I wandered among the departments and came upon one which had a sign asking if I qualified for a homeowner's exemption. I seemed to fit the criteria listed, so I checked and in a search of the computer found I was qualified but had not applied, so I did so on the spot. That little visit to the exhibition hall may cost me some money should I use any of the tempting remodeling opportunities on hand there, but it may also save me money in taxes. Thanks to Mayor Jeremy Harris for having such City Hall services available to the general public ... That said, I found it amusing that on Friday Mayor Harris appeared on KQMQ and told morning duo Cliff Richards and Erika Engle that his favorite disco song was, "We Are Family." The next day's Star-Bulletin then front-paged a story about how three more members from the mayor's cabinet were the latest to bid the "family" goodbye with another perhaps hot on their heels ... One quick check
turns up a winnerAND with the annual Honolulu City Lights brightening things up downtown, Donn Ariyoshi, son of former governor George Ariyoshi, is heading underground into some of the more dank and dark places on Oahu. Seems young Ariyoshi and wife Lynne have left the "li hing" offerings of his auntie's crack seed store, Munchies, and are starting a new family business called Mushrooms Hawaii, Inc. And where do mushrooms grow? Why in those dark, underground areas where the Ariyoshis will be exploring in hopes of making mushrooms as popular as li hing products ...
MORE than 600 of Honolulu's best and brightest students converged on Ward Warehouse yesterday to pick up their free Jeep Eagle Aloha Bowl/ABC Stores T-shirts for maintaining a straight "A" average. Also included are sideline seats to the Christmas Day Aloha Bowl game ...
HOLLYWOOD celebs are really taking to aloha shirts, particularly those eye-catching Reyn Spooner jobs. The local sportswear manufacturer's "Flying Pineapple" shirt was worn by a regular cast member of "Murphy Brown" on a recent episode. Rodney Dangerfield aimed at getting respect by wearing the "Aloha Oe" print by Maui artist Cynthia Conrad on "Saturday Night Live" and Kevin Costner had on a Reyn's shirt in the movie "Tin Cup." And when local ad exec Sharon Serene was at Hoku's the other night, she recognized a Reyn Spooner shirt by another Maui artist, Guy Buffet, on a guy at the next table. It took her a moment or two to realize that the "guy" was Jerry Lewis, dining there with his wife ... Spreading aloha
AND you thought Honolulu was an ethnic melting pot? Hawaiian author Robert Kamohalu Kasher's new book, "Passport's Guide to Ethnic Toronto," provides details on Afro-Caribbean, Arab, Balkan, British and Irish, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Indian and South Asian, Italian, Japanese, Jewish, Latin and Russian aspects of the Canadian city. No Hawaiian, though; Kasher may be the only one living there. Kasher's mother Claire, who works at Bank of Hawaii, says, "Poor Bobby, having to eat so many different kinds of food just to write a book." "Ethnic Toronto" is available at local bookstores ...
STILL soaring high after his Peck Sims Mueller ad agency fed 250 people downtown over the Thanksgiving holiday, Don Mueller completed a 13,000-foot tandem sky dive to celebrate his 50th birthday. He's already signed up for another jump and is giving his 18-year-old son a certificate for the aerial adventure over the Christmas holiday ...
DIRECTOR Ryan Brown of the ADR Model/Talent Agency is already celebrating a merry Christmas holiday. Both of his talents, Brandy Bacal and Caroline Leedom, captured the only two "Best Actor in a Principal Role" awards at the Association of Independent Producers' annual "Mea Nohe'au" ceremonies. It's not an Oscar, but it's a start ... Christmas already merry
