{"id":362,"date":"2008-05-15T19:12:14","date_gmt":"2008-05-15T23:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/?p=901"},"modified":"2013-03-29T08:57:02","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T15:57:02","slug":"mai-kai-gals-argosy-magazine-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/05\/15\/mai-kai-gals-argosy-magazine-1964\/","title":{"rendered":"Mai Kai Gals – Argosy Magazine 1964"},"content":{"rendered":"

The one great thing I credit myself with in the whole Hukilau event<\/a>, is being able to promote and in some ways really help make the Mai Kai more well known and popular. We all love the place, but I love the people that run it. They are the best. The staff as well. Mai Kai.<\/p>\n

I noticed there was not a good set of images of this magazine article on the web, so I thought I’d scan it and put it out there for everyone.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Considering all the images of this Barrel of Rum mug, you’d think they would be around, but I have seen this mug on Ebay once in maybe 5 years.
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\"\"<\/a>Is that me in that aloha shirt? Maybe at Hukilau?<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Bob and Jack Thornton<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Bob pours the Coffee Grog.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\"\"<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The one great thing I credit myself with in the whole Hukilau event, is being able to promote and in some ways really help make the Mai Kai more well Read More …<\/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":[471,480,510,520,141,148,152,232,234,702,311,335],"class_list":["post-362","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-argosy","tag-bar","tag-cheesecake","tag-cocktails","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-magazine","tag-mai-kai","tag-og-tiki-central","tag-polynesian","tag-restaurant"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-5Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":367,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/05\/20\/mai-kai-in-holiday-magazine-march-1962\/","url_meta":{"origin":362,"position":0},"title":"Mai Kai in Holiday Magazine March 1962","author":"Swanky","date":"May 20, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"More Mai Kai goodness pre-Hukilau","rel":"","context":"In "\"Tiki\" Collecting"","block_context":{"text":"\"Tiki\" Collecting","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/polynesian-pop\/tiki-collecting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/uploads\/2008\/05\/holiday-march-1962-286x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":662,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2011\/03\/17\/esquire-november-1959-mai-kai\/","url_meta":{"origin":362,"position":1},"title":"Esquire November 1959 – Mai-Kai","author":"Swanky","date":"March 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Not much to add to this. 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