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Mai Kai 50th Anniv. - a look back in pictures! |
PremEx
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From: Houston, Texas
|  Posted: 2006-12-19 9:03 pm Permalink
Love that B&W tiki shot! 
Now re the 1990 Mai Kai Calendar...
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Makes we willing to write bad checks. While...
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...looks like I tried to cash one with her!
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bigtikidude
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From: Anaheim,Ca.
| Posted: 2006-12-19 9:39 pm Permalink
Damn!! what GREAT decor.
and the Mai Kai looks really good too 
Jeff(bigtikidude)
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Swanky
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From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2006-12-20 05:59 am Permalink
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Mmmm duck carcasses!
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2006-12-20 7:39 pm Permalink
Here's MY favorite waitress photo. Not in a calendar yet.
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tiki_kiliki
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From: Hamtown USA
| Posted: 2006-12-20 9:09 pm Permalink
Here's todays photo - a look at the gardens. The outrigger was once able to take you from this view of the restaurant to the shore just a few feet away...another escape from the outside world....
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tiki_kiliki
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| Posted: 2006-12-22 11:42 am Permalink
Here's todays picture. These fern gods were once in front of the Mai Kai as you've seen in the pics previously posted - here they find a home across the driveway into the parking lot which is where they remain today. Weathered by hurricane Wilma only one is completely intact.
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Karbora
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From: Orlando, Florida
| Posted: 2006-12-23 8:55 pm Permalink
TK-
Thanks for this glimpse back in time. These images are indeed priceless. I am so appreciative that you are sharing them here. I have got to tell you, I was not originally planning on attending the Mai Kai 50th because there is so much going on over the holidays, but after seeing this thread I do not want to miss it. My family traditions will have to remain preserved until next year.
Long live the Mai Kai.....
Karbora
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tiki_kiliki
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| Posted: 2006-12-25 6:01 pm Permalink
Here's the latest photo. Have a Happy Holiday everyone!
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tiki_kiliki
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| Posted: 2006-12-25 6:02 pm Permalink
Karbora,
I'm so glad that you're attending the 50th!! It certainly would not be the same without you!!
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hala bullhiki
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| Posted: 2006-12-26 08:59 am Permalink
great thread, great pics
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tiki_kiliki
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From: Hamtown USA
| Posted: 2006-12-28 07:04 am Permalink
Here's the latest and last of the photos. There were a few days that I missed posting but more than 28 images were shared over the last 28 days. I certainly hope that everyone enjoyed them.
We're off to share a wonderful evening with ohana and the Mai Kai staff. Also, our special guest - Jeff "Beachbum" Berry. I'm so glad he has the chance to join us tonight. Also in attendance will be Mariano's son, Ron Licudine.
If you haven't yet made it to the Mai Kai please make it a part of your near future. You never know what might happen. And I'm sure everyone will agree with me that you will never be the same after experiencing what is inside - the history, the decor, the staff and the family.
These images come from the Licudine scrapbook. Here the story talks of the screened area, the dining rooms, the diorama once behind the surfboard bar and other facts about the Mai Kai.
Enjoy...
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Chip and Andy
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From: Corner table, Molokai Lounge, Mai-Kai.
| Posted: 2006-12-28 1:17 pm Permalink
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So can I pull up in my wee-little car and have a wee-little Mai Tai and see a wee-little dinner show?
Or is this the Barbie Dream House Polynesian style?
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GatorRob
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From: 3 hrs 33 mins to paradise
| Posted: 2006-12-28 2:27 pm Permalink
We're heading there right now... and the Mai-Tai's better NOT be wee-little!
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2006-12-28 4:25 pm Permalink
Wish I could be there.-Sigh- I am gonna miss the Bum.
...and I wish that model with the mini sign and 3 Tikis would still exist. Great post, a fitting ending to a great thread, thank you Christie! I never really knew who the Mai Kai's architect was: It is the same guy who did the Castaways in Miami.
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TikiJosh
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Posts: 735 | Posted: 2006-12-28 4:50 pm Permalink
Very cool thread, and even better pictures. Man, I gotta get to Florida.
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