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Hawaii
YESTERDAY'S Star-Bulletin reported bankruptcies have dropped, but not everywhere: Frederick's of Hollywood filed for bankruptcy this week. Long before Victoria had any Secrets, Frederick's sold underwear that few could take seriously. In fact, some of the lingerie seemed to be a satire on the rest. Its bankruptcy brings forth a number of questions from isle wags: Will the attorneys of Frederick's be filing briefs?; Will merchandise be half-off?; Are profits scanty?; Does the company suffer from insufficient fun?; Will Frederick's theme song still be "With a Thong in My Heart?" Just asking ... Frederick’s
reveals woesFormer GTE, now Verizon, exec and jazz fancier Brian Blevins was in Vancouver on business, when he stopped by a club to hear bassist Ray Brown. He was pleasantly surprised to find that preceding the famous bassman on the program was Hawaii's own Jimmy Borges with pianist Betty Loo Taylor. Blevins flashed the shaka sign to Borges, which got his attention immediately. A long way to come across the blues, Verizon man ...
HERE'S a surprise: Via Magazine, aimed at the well-heeled traveler, has a cover story in the current issue headlined "Trouble in Paradise," listing six hot spots undergoing troubles with tourism, and one of them isn't Hawaii. They range from Tahoe to Thailand ...
Building on success
BACK in 1977, Eugene Watanabe and Kevin Chun joined the internationally renowned architecture firm of WAT&G on the same day. After 23 years there -- overseeing such projects as the new Convention Center in Waikiki and numerous high profile hotels, golf club houses and private residences and developments -- Watanabe and Chun have departed WAT&G to form their own architect and design consultant firm. With all the connections they've made working with people around the world, the two would seem to have success built in ...SIGNED to perform Saturday night at the Hawaii Kai Towne Center monthly musical evening is the R&B group Bud Cerio & the Now. They may not look like the stereotypical blues band, but the group, which plays periodically at Havana Cabana, can recreate the sounds of such artists as Santana in a "Smooth" manner ... Norman Krieger, the USC faculty piano artist and artistic director of Kauai's Prince Albert Musical Festival, was in town to help piano teacher Ellen Masaki celebrate her 72nd birthday. While here, he visited the Queen Emma Summer Palace in Nuuanu and discovered some music given to the Queen by one Rudolph Sipp that had been put away in a china cabinet. Others visiting the historic site and docents alike were delighted when he took the music to the Palace's keyboard and started playing it ...
Sue-be-dooby-do
THEY'RE billing it as a "dino-mighty" good time this weekend at Bishop Museum when the public gets its first peek at a T. Rex named Sue at 9 a.m. Saturday. It's actually a life-sized cast of the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil ever discovered. Viewing of the 45-foot-foot long carnivore is free for a family of four with a McExtra Card, available at McDonald's. The reggae band Stir Crazy will rock the crowd, but hopefully not the giant fossil. And we can only guess what songs they'll be performing this weekend: "A Boy Named Sue," "Runaround Sue," etc. ...
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: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com