Comments on: Mai Kai - The Postcards http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/ If it's Swank... Thu, 22 May 2008 19:48:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: RITA WALKER GORTH http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-46099 RITA WALKER GORTH Fri, 09 May 2008 05:53:13 +0000 http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-46099 once again - LOVIN' this site - such wonderful memories and the MAI KAI - the place of my engagement - nearly 40 years ago - in the garden - my TOM placed my engagement ring on my finger - LOVE IT! RITA RETRORITA once again - LOVIN’ this site - such wonderful memories and the MAI KAI - the place of my engagement - nearly 40 years ago - in the garden - my TOM placed my engagement ring on my finger - LOVE IT!

RITA
RETRORITA

]]> By: janice wilson http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-8785 janice wilson Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:22:28 +0000 http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-8785 Taking out of towners to the Mai Kai was always the high light of everyones vacation in the 60's. There really wasn't alot to do back then and it was way before its time, after all Ft. Lauderdale back then was just a sleepy little town. Great posts cards.......................Janice Taking out of towners to the Mai Kai was always the high light of everyones vacation in the 60’s. There really wasn’t alot to do back then and it was way before its time, after all Ft. Lauderdale back then was just a sleepy little town. Great posts cards…………………..Janice

]]> By: Dallas Keffer http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-8772 Dallas Keffer Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:14:40 +0000 http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-8772 I took my grandmother there so she could finally see fire dancers and it was a blast. She was always cold in her last years and I was able to treat her to two trips to Florida. We made it to the Mai Kai on the latter of the two and I am so glad we did. She passed away a week after I got her home to West Virginia. I took my grandmother there so she could finally see fire dancers and it was a blast. She was always cold in her last years and I was able to treat her to two trips to Florida. We made it to the Mai Kai on the latter of the two and I am so glad we did. She passed away a week after I got her home to West Virginia.

]]> By: mariam doneiran http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-1504 mariam doneiran Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:04:02 +0000 http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-1504 March 26, 2007~~ I went to the Mai Kai as a kid in the mid 1960's.... about 1967 or 1968. It was a wondrous fairyland inside and out!! I have color photos that we took of the exterior. Beautifully landscaped on the outside with big sea shells acting as fountains...it was a true fantasy land!!! Better than Disney World!! I had one of those long slim post cards on my little bulletin board for years!! They gave them free back then~~ I saw the floor show back then...boy i wanted one of those gorgeous floral leis that they had for sale, i think that they were a whopping $3.50 at the time. I had a pineapple drink in a real carved pineapple there~~ it was about $3.25 back then. Well the MaiKai is an established tourist attraction and since it has been around for 50 years, i think that it will be there for another 50! Aloha! mariam March 26, 2007~~
I went to the Mai Kai as a kid in the mid 1960’s…. about 1967 or 1968.
It was a wondrous fairyland inside and out!! I have color photos that we took of the exterior. Beautifully landscaped on the outside with big sea shells acting as fountains…it was a true fantasy land!!! Better than Disney World!!
I had one of those long slim post cards on my little bulletin board for years!! They gave them free back then~~
I saw the floor show back then…boy i wanted one of those gorgeous floral leis that they had for sale, i think that they were a whopping $3.50 at the time.
I had a pineapple drink in a real carved pineapple there~~ it was about $3.25 back then.
Well the MaiKai is an established tourist attraction and since it has been around for 50 years, i think that it will be there for another 50!
Aloha!
mariam

]]> By: Swanky’s Blather » Update: New Mai Kai postcard found http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-151 Swanky’s Blather » Update: New Mai Kai postcard found Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:49:00 +0000 http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-151 [...] Previously: Mai Kai: The Postcards [...] [...] Previously: Mai Kai: The Postcards [...]

]]> By: Traitor Vic http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-118 Traitor Vic Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:50:33 +0000 http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-118 I CAN'T WAIT!!! Only 10 days 'til my next Mystery Drink! Now that I have a working computer once again, I bet I spend at least a half hour a day (some days much more) from now until then pouring over this post. I also can't wait to see these postcards in person! I CAN’T WAIT!!! Only 10 days ’til my next Mystery Drink!

Now that I have a working computer once again, I bet I spend at least a half hour a day (some days much more) from now until then pouring over this post. I also can’t wait to see these postcards in person!

]]> By: virani http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-88 virani Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:27:00 +0000 http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-88 Excellent post swanky...I love the Mai Kai and your postcard collection. Thanks for all the info Excellent post swanky…I love the Mai Kai and your postcard collection. Thanks for all the info

]]> By: Humu Kon Tiki » Blog Archive » Swanky’s Massive Mai-Kai Postcard Collection http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-86 Humu Kon Tiki » Blog Archive » Swanky’s Massive Mai-Kai Postcard Collection Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:54:52 +0000 http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-86 [...] Swanky has shared scans of many Mai-Kai postcards from his collection on his Swank Blather blog. These include interior shots, exterior shots, and artists’ renderings of this most beautiful and archetypical of Polynesian palaces. As can be seen in some of the postcards, the exterior of the Mai-Kai has changed dramatically over the years — not just due to expansion, but also because of the encroachment of the city (when it was new, the Mai-Kai was quite isolated), and the growth of the lush jungle-like foliage around it. Swanky will be bringing his postcard collection with him to the Hukilau next month. Via MrBaliHai’s Eye of the Goof. [...] [...] Swanky has shared scans of many Mai-Kai postcards from his collection on his Swank Blather blog. These include interior shots, exterior shots, and artists’ renderings of this most beautiful and archetypical of Polynesian palaces. As can be seen in some of the postcards, the exterior of the Mai-Kai has changed dramatically over the years — not just due to expansion, but also because of the encroachment of the city (when it was new, the Mai-Kai was quite isolated), and the growth of the lush jungle-like foliage around it. Swanky will be bringing his postcard collection with him to the Hukilau next month. Via MrBaliHai’s Eye of the Goof. [...]

]]> By: MrBaliHai http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-85 MrBaliHai Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:23:04 +0000 http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-85 "balihai, shut yo mouth!" But I'm talkin' 'bout the Mai Kai! (Then we can dig it!) “balihai, shut yo mouth!”

But I’m talkin’ ’bout the Mai Kai!

(Then we can dig it!)

]]> By: Swanky http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-84 Swanky Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:07:23 +0000 http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-84 He is sort of right. The Mai Kai employees over 200 people. It's a huge operation and thanks to the hard work of the great staff and the guiding hands of the family owners, it continues to thrive. But something that complex could change and end. I hope it never does! I wanna take my daughter there for her first legal drink when she is 21 in 6 years. But as in all things in life, do not take them for granted. Get there now! He is sort of right. The Mai Kai employees over 200 people. It’s a huge operation and thanks to the hard work of the great staff and the guiding hands of the family owners, it continues to thrive. But something that complex could change and end. I hope it never does! I wanna take my daughter there for her first legal drink when she is 21 in 6 years. But as in all things in life, do not take them for granted. Get there now!

]]> By: johnny dollar http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-83 johnny dollar Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:38:08 +0000 http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-83 balihai, shut yo mouth! :P (bad karma.,.,.,.) balihai, shut yo mouth! :P (bad karma.,.,.,.)

]]> By: MrBaliHai http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-81 MrBaliHai Sun, 03 Sep 2006 11:40:49 +0000 http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2006/09/01/mai-kai-the-postcards/#comment-81 I hope I can make it to this glorious Temple of Tiki before some developer buys it and turns it into a strip mall. I hope I can make it to this glorious Temple of Tiki before some developer buys it and turns it into a strip mall.

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