{"id":285,"date":"2007-10-15T20:47:39","date_gmt":"2007-10-16T00:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/10\/15\/mai-kai-calendar-a-day-1\/"},"modified":"2013-03-29T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T16:00:00","slug":"mai-kai-calendar-a-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/10\/15\/mai-kai-calendar-a-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Mai Kai Calendar a Day #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"cover\" alt=\"cover\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2007\/10\/cover.jpg?w=840\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a proper build up to the new <a title=\"Tiki Daze\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tikidaze.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tiki Daze calendar <\/a>I am producing, I am going to be sharing my <a title=\"Mai Kai\" href=\"http:\/\/maikai.hukilau.org\" target=\"_blank\">Mai Kai <\/a>calendar collection over the next few months. The <a title=\"Mai Kai home\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maikai.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mai Kai <\/a>means a lot to me. It&#8217;s the greatest place on Earth as far as I am concerned. They are the anchor of <a title=\"Hukilau event\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hukilau.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hukilau<\/a> and it was the fantastic presence of the Mai Kai and the incredibly welcoming spirit of the owners and staff that keep Hukilau in Fort Lauderdale. I owe a lot to this place. It helped light and continually rekindles my tiki fire. The people who work there are great sources of information and are just the best.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I spent a few hours at the Mai Kai, photographing the place for the calendar. It&#8217;s is far more dense with imagery than you realize.<\/p>\n<p>So, it only seems fitting to share images of my Mai Kai calendars to celebrate the new Tiki Daze calendar. Over the coming months, you will see an mage a day. If you think the images should be bigger, let me know. When I can, I will add side information.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tikidaze.com\" target=\"_target\">Sponsored by Tiki Daze &#8211; The only damn calendar that matters!<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blog\/tiki_daze_banner.jpg?w=840\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a proper build up to the new Tiki Daze calendar I am producing, I am going to be sharing my Mai Kai calendar collection over the next few months. <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/10\/15\/mai-kai-calendar-a-day-1\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[542,17,547,11,539,540,541],"tags":[500,234,702],"class_list":["post-285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tiki-collecting","category-ephemera","category-places","category-polynesian-pop","category-retro-goodies","category-retro-preservation","category-vintage-places","tag-calendar","tag-mai-kai","tag-og-tiki-central"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-4B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":332,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/12\/03\/mai-kai-calendar-a-day-44\/","url_meta":{"origin":285,"position":0},"title":"Mai Kai Calendar a Day #44","author":"Swanky","date":"December 3, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"It's probably a good idea that the outrigger isn't there now. I can definitely see Crazy Al rowing out to the waterfall at Hukilau... Linda is Miss March 1974. A drawing of the dining area in the gardens. Mai Kai, Fort Lauderdale, FL Sponsored by Tiki Daze - The only\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;\"Tiki\" Collecting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"\"Tiki\" Collecting","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/polynesian-pop\/tiki-collecting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":334,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/12\/04\/mai-kai-calendar-a-day-45\/","url_meta":{"origin":285,"position":1},"title":"Mai Kai Calendar a Day #45","author":"Swanky","date":"December 4, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Kainoa is Miss April 1974. We had the pleasure of Kainoa dancing in the opening ceremony for Hukilau 2004. An incredible lady. She dances with my good friend Talani's Polynesian Proud Productions in South Florida. 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