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Another Mai Kai

August 9, 2019January 6, 2020 swanky 1 Comment

No, this post is not about the Mai-Kai’s plans to open new restaurants in New York City or San Diego,

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Mai-Kai Slide June 1966

August 7, 2019January 6, 2020 swanky 1 Comment

Recently added to the Mai-Kai archive, an image from someone traveling through Fort Lauderdale in 1966. You can see their

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Mystery of the Fiji Room

May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 swanky 0 Comments

I had never heard of the Fiji dining room at the Mai-Kai. No one I talked to ever mentioned it.

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Remembering the Surfboard Bar

May 18, 2018May 18, 2018 swanky 0 Comments

The original bar at the Mai-Kai was not the Molokai Bar, but the Surfboard Bar. It was made from real,

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2018 Molokai Bar 60th Anniversary

May 7, 2018 swanky 1 Comment hukilau, molokai bar

Reserve your place for my presentation at the Hukilau HERE. We all know today’s Molokai Bar with it’s nautical theme

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#TBT 1959 Mai-Kai Entrance and Drink Menu

January 25, 2018 swanky 0 Comments

A couple on their honeymoon in 1959 came to the Mai-Kai. They revisited a few years ago and gave the

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Explore the Mai-Kai in 3-D

August 24, 2016August 24, 2016 swanky 14 Comments 3d, explore, goole maps, inside, Mai-Kai, tiki

Via Google maps you can now explore inside the Mai-Kai and through the gardens in 3-D. Click here. 

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Book Release Party at the Mai-Kai – Sept 17th

June 20, 2016July 4, 2016 swanky 0 Comments book, cocktails, hotel, mcm, modern, party, release, retro, vintage

The only place to officially celebrate the release of my book is the Mai-Kai. Join me in Fort Lauderdale September

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Two New Postcards in the Collection

June 1, 2016 swanky 0 Comments don q rum, history, Mai-Kai, postcards, rum, tiki

They may not be the most exciting pieces in the collection, but when you have been searching for years for

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Video Preview for Book and Presentation

May 21, 2016May 22, 2016 swanky 1 Comment hukilau, Mai-Kai, tiki, video

A video preview of images from the book and my presentation set to a song by Toti, founder of the

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