How do you properly honor a year’s worth of accomplishments by the County of Maui Department of Liquor Control? With useless, meaningless awards, that’s how! So here’s to 2007, and hopes that 2008 will be just as exciting: LICENSEE OF THE YEAR Bob Longhi The year was just four days old when Longhi came in to accept his prize—a $2,000 fine for over-service ($1,000 … [Read more...] about Award Time!
Archives for December 2007
The Eye of the Hurricane
Isn’t it weird how a year can simultaneously feel like it flew by and still seem like it’s been forever? That’s what happened in 2007, which was a great year for me. In fact, I can’t think of a past year that went as well as this one did. The year brought a ton of changes, mostly good, and a lot of letting go (slightly painful, but still good). This … [Read more...] about The Eye of the Hurricane
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Surprise, surprise. One of those people who’s always opposed you has decided to speak up again this week to tell everyone how wrong you are. You’re used to this by now, so hopefully you’ll be able to defend yourself without getting huffy or petty. Making a good impression right now is an especially good idea because someone you’ve never teamed up … [Read more...] about
First Light
THURSDAY, DEC. 27 2 p.m. Man in the Chair (PG13/109 min) Christopher Plummer stars in this film about a teen who gets help from a bunch of retired film people when he decides to enter his own student film in a film competition so he can win and go to film school. (Anthony Pignataro) 5 p.m. Grace is Gone (PG13/93 min) The story of a father struggling to find a way to … [Read more...] about First Light
Imitating Nature
I’ve dabbled in ceramics for about 15 years. And by dabbled I mean sculpted naked people, because naked’s what I tend to do best. I’ve also tried my hand in rolling slabs, which I couldn’t get into because it was too tedious. Also, I harbor secret fantasies about Demi Moore in Ghost. I can’t quite figure out if it’s Moore or The Swaze that I’m attracted to, or which crush … [Read more...] about Imitating Nature