Comments on: Hukilau 2009, Ft. Lauderdale, FL http://tikitalk.astropad.com/archives/hukilau-2009-ft-lauderdale-fl/ The Enchanted Tiki Blog - events, mugs, music, merchandise, and more Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:42:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Hot Lava http://tikitalk.astropad.com/archives/hukilau-2009-ft-lauderdale-fl/comment-page-1/#comment-32188 Hot Lava Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:46:49 +0000 http://tikitalk.astropad.com/archives/hukilau-2009-ft-lauderdale-fl/#comment-32188 I personally heard rumors of ownership struggles months and months before Hukilau last year. The intent of that statement was in no way to insinuate that that life or death of the restaurant hinged on the Hukilau — I was in fact saying the opposite! Without the Mai Kai, there would be little point for anyone to gather in Ft. Lauderdale and the event would dissolve or move to a different city. I personally heard rumors of ownership struggles months and months before Hukilau last year. The intent of that statement was in no way to insinuate that that life or death of the restaurant hinged on the Hukilau — I was in fact saying the opposite! Without the Mai Kai, there would be little point for anyone to gather in Ft. Lauderdale and the event would dissolve or move to a different city.

]]> By: Rumor Killer http://tikitalk.astropad.com/archives/hukilau-2009-ft-lauderdale-fl/comment-page-1/#comment-32187 Rumor Killer Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:10:57 +0000 http://tikitalk.astropad.com/archives/hukilau-2009-ft-lauderdale-fl/#comment-32187 "A funk filled the air at last year’s gathering after rumors spread that the Mai Kai Restaurant, the last remaining “polynesian palace” in the United States, would close" A rumor started by some of the same people who organize Hukilau...... The Mai-Kai has been in business more than 50 years! It was doing great before Hukilau, it will do great after Hukilau. For anyone to think that one weekend of revelry makes a difference to the overall operations of the Mai-Kai is buying their own PR and inflating their own ego. “A funk filled the air at last year’s gathering after rumors spread that the Mai Kai Restaurant, the last remaining “polynesian palace” in the United States, would close”

A rumor started by some of the same people who organize Hukilau……

The Mai-Kai has been in business more than 50 years! It was doing great before Hukilau, it will do great after Hukilau. For anyone to think that one weekend of revelry makes a difference to the overall operations of the Mai-Kai is buying their own PR and inflating their own ego.

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