Hawaii
IT was a weekend filled with women. It all began with a massage therapist named Patricia, who gave me my first "stone massage" using hot rocks at Paul Brown's Ward Centre salon. It was interesting, particularly hot stones between the toes, but it'll never replace the hands of a masseuse who knows her business ... From there it was to the movies to see "Bridget Jones's Diary," a delightful romp, and for my money they can send the Oscar for best actress to Renee Zellweger right now ... Toss in a Grammy for Diana Krall, too. She sold out the Blaisdell Concert Hall with the Honolulu Symphony's pops orchestra and, as a favor to conductor Matt Catingub, added a third show that sold out, too. Matt, by the way, showed his versatility. Besides conducting and scoring the orchestra, he sang, and played sax and piano. Feminine focus to
weekend’s eventsNO mention of women during the weekend would be complete without an account of "Talking With ..." It's a series of monologues written by Jane Martin and featuring six local actresses. All were effective, bringing forth emotion such as terror, when Sammie Choy forced at gunpoint a would-be mugger in New York to, well, "self-Bobbitize" himself. As Butterfly McQueen would say, "I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' no babies," but if it's anything like what Anne Marie went through in one scene, I don't want to. The lovely Dorothy Stamp added a pair excellent characterizations, a dedicated baton twirler and an auditioning actress who was every director's nightmare. These and other monologues by Annie MacLachlan, Blossom Lam and Betty Burdick are on view at the Yellow Brick Studio on Keawe St., a production of TAG, directed by David Schaeffer.
Moonlighting?
THREE ladies lunching at Kincaid's last week were taken by the fact the "waterboy" looked like Paul LeMahieu. Good reason for that -- it WAS the school superintendent. No, he hadn't sought new employment due to the strike. He simply wanted some water, couldn't spot a busboy or waiter, so helped himself. Other diners asked for water, so he served them as well.THAT was some tan on E! Entertainment Television's knockout Brooke Burke when she appeared on "Politically Incorrect" the other night. You can thank the sunny Big Isle for that. E! finished shooting "Wild on the Big Island" a couple of weeks ago, and the show will be aired on the network July 12 with Burke strutting her stuff. The "Wild on Waikiki" show shot here last year was the highest-rated debut in the network's history, and they're hoping to top it with this one.
No fish here
WHERE's a photographer when you need one? Just beyond Fisherman's Wharf is a sign reading "No Fishing," absurd in itself. Just beyond the sign yesterday were three guys fishing! ... Not a lot of fishing for what to order in Ruth's Chris Steak House. In Sunday night to celebrate their 48th wedding anniversary were Indru & Gulab Watumull ... Compadres owner Rick Enos is taking time off from his Orlando's Caribbean BBQ in Pak-Bell Park in San Francisco to open a new Compadres next month in the East Bay community of Piedmont. His partner in the enterprise? Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden.
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