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Wednesday, July 12, 2000

We're Best of Friends
The musubi theme is applied to crafts.

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"People of all different cultures and races enjoy this mound of rice, but never give it much recognition as a symbol of fellowship."

We speak, of course, of the musubi. Modest yet universal.

The little craft shop We're Best of Friends pays tribute to the rice ball throughout July. It's Musubi Madness month, featuring musubi-like and musubi-looking craft items, from T-shirts, to pillows, to jewelry ...

Highlight of Musubi Madness month, however, is the Musubi Decorating contest, now in its second year. The contest takes place Saturday at the store, 1223 Koko Head Ave., Suite 4, in Kaimuki.

Prizes will be awarded in the categories of Most Comical, Most Local and Most Original Presentation, with a trophy going to the Grand Musubi winner. Kaimuki restaurants have been invited to enter a special professional division.

Amateur musubi makers should arrive at the store with their entries at 10:30 a.m. (use 1 cup cooked rice and put nori on there somewhere). The contest runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 734-3693 (the store is a little hard to find, so it's best to call for directions).

On the Big Island, Kona Brewing Co. is offering souvenir glasses on Tuesdays for the price of a pint of beer, $6. Thursdays at 6 p.m. is a free tour and tasting. Trivia contests (with prizes) go on all month. Call (808) 334-2739.
On Maui, Fish & Game Brewing Co. & Rotisserie is holding a four-course Brewer's & Chef's Dinner July 29. Cost is $30-$40. Call (808) 669-3474.
On Oahu, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant is serving up its seasonal Hefeweizen.

Oh, and of course, free screenings for blood pressure, glucose/cholesterol levels, breast cancer risk, a hand-washing test and other health information.

The event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Kuakini will give a T-shirt to the first 100 people who can prove they were born at Kuakini by showing a copy of their birth certificate.

The Japanese Benevolent Society was the forerunner to Kuakini Medical Center. The bubonic plague breakout in Chinatown in December 1899 led the society to provide emergency relief and spurred plans for a hospital. The 38-bed Japanese Charity Hospital was completed in Kapalama in July 1900.

The hospital moved twice after outgrowing this site, and has been upgrading and expanding the scope of its facilities and programs ever since.

For more information, call Kuakini at 547-9168.

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