{"id":361,"date":"2008-05-14T19:10:05","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T23:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/?p=895"},"modified":"2018-02-20T13:20:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T20:20:16","slug":"kona-kai-las-vegas-postcard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/05\/14\/kona-kai-las-vegas-postcard\/","title":{"rendered":"Kona Kai – Las Vegas – Postcard"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been lusting after<\/span> wanting this postcard for a long time. It’s finally mine. Why do I want it?<\/p>\n

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Could be this guy, waiting and watching on the diving board.<\/p>\n

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Could be these mafia guys, planning something harsh.<\/p>\n

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Could be this gal, smiling, cocktail in hand with the awesome hairdo.<\/p>\n

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Could be this red hot mama. But…<\/p>\n

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Really it’s just the whole damn card!<\/strong><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been lusting after wanting this postcard for a long time. It’s finally mine. Why do I want it? Could be this guy, waiting and watching on the diving Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[542,17,547,11,539,540],"tags":[476,210,219,314,316,426],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tiki-collecting","category-ephemera","category-places","category-polynesian-pop","category-retro-goodies","category-retro-preservation","tag-babes","tag-kona-kai","tag-las-vegas","tag-pool","tag-postcard","tag-vinatge"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/kona-kai-6.jpg?fit=654%2C421&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-5P","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":192,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/11\/20\/update-new-mai-kai-postcard-found\/","url_meta":{"origin":361,"position":0},"title":"Update: New Mai Kai postcard found","author":"Swanky","date":"November 20, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I should have known that Basement Kahuna would have in his possession, a Mai Kai postcard I had never seen. 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