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It was packed at Murphy's Thursday as owner Don Murphy and his wife, Marion, greeted friends on his 50th birthday. The gang from O'Toole's across the street had a narrow crosswalk of tape across Nuuanu Avenue and they Murphy rolls
into the 50srolled in an antique wheelchair with two IVs filled with alcoholic beverages as a gift. As for rolling into the 50s, Murphy said, "I'm trying not to think about it. You only get to cross the stage once." Murphy is well known for his support of UH athletics. Football coach June Jones and basketball coach Riley Wallace heaped praise on him. "There is nobody in the world like Murphy," Jones said. "I've lived in about 20 cities and there is nobody with a bigger heart. When they made him, they broke the mold." Wallace said that in all the years he's been involved in Hawaii sports, he's "never met anyone better than Murphy. I think he's in a class of his own. What he does and says is straight from the heart." Magician-bartender Bobby Acoba performed. He was a gift from Ray Sweeney and Dave Lyman, who was with his fairly recent bride, Lori. Clyde Lono, Isaac Akana and Van
Diamond played music. A bagpiper piped a salute ...
Hale 'Aina golf raises $15,000
Chefs, culinary students and visitor industry execs played golf and enjoyed award-winning food and wine at Honolulu Magazine's Hale 'Aina Golf tourney and blowout at the Hawaii Prince Golf Club Monday. It raised more than $15,000 for UH Community College culinary arts programs, according to co-chairs John Alves, Honolulu publisher, and American Express' Tom Mullen. Maunalua - Bobby Moderow, Kahi Kaonohi and Bruce Spencer - played music ...E! Entertainment's "Wild on Waikiki" will be shown tonight at 7 on Channel 20. Hosts Todd Newton and Brooke Burke check out an all- beauty-queen tennis tourney with Candes Gentry, Trini Kaopuiki,
Jennifer Hera, Erika Kauffman and others at the Hawaii Prince Golf Club; the SeaWalker at Sea Life Park; treatments at Ihilani Spa; photo art with Kim Taylor Reece, and the Kodak Hula Show with emcee Kimo Kahoano ... Monica Mancini sings tonight at the Concert Hall; Cool Heat Urban Beat closes tomorrow at Hawaii Theatre ...
For a chef who many believe has the best restaurant in town, Alan Wong is a humble guy. We never think about being considered the best, Alan said Sunday at the fifth anniversary of his King Street eatery. "The success here has been the dedicated, hard-working staff. We keep striving to be better to please the customers. We feed on the energies." Among the many congratulating Alan was Sen. Dan Akaka, who also sang "Hawaiian Lullaby" as his son, Daniel Jr., played guitar. Junior's wife, Anna, danced hula. More music was by Mahiehie - Sam Kaina, Mark Tang and Helene Woodward. Sunday was also the birthday of Wong's office boss, Mona Taga. "She tells me what to do," said Wong's G.M. Charley Yoshida ...
Wegman earns a bow-wow
dogs at the bark park are howling over the video art exhibition at The Contemporary Museum featuring William Wegman's cool canines through June 11. Wegman's work is well known among the doggie set for his witty portraits of Weimaraner dogs. His famed four-legged pal, the late Man Ray, is big in the hourlong video. Wegman's new star, Chip, as the top-hatted Eustace Tilley, was on the cover of the 75th Anniversary issue of The New Yorker. Woof! ...
Ben Wood, who sold the Star-Bulletin in the streets
of downtown Honolulu during World War II, writes of
people, places and things every Saturday.
E-mail him at bwood@starbulletin.com