Local Boy Kobe Bryant
Who knew Lakers Kobe Bryant was a local boy at heart?
Must be all those Lakers training sessions in Hawaii.
Thanks to @valdezign for the tip.
hawaii
New Soda in Stores
Now in stores, new soda from Mountain Dew and Aloha Maid?!
Mountain Dew’s Game Fuel Horde Red and Alliance Blue are now in Hawaii. Here’s a review of Horde Red from Bevreview.com.
I didn’t know popular juice maker, Aloha Maid, produces soda as well. Iced tea and guava soda? Umm, I’ll pass.
Congratulations to Natalie Ai Kamauu
Congratulations to Natalie Ai Kamauu for winning best female artist at the 2009 Na Hoku Hanohano awards.
She must have gotten a boost from all the texting/tweeting fans at her table. 😉
You can sample Natalie’s music on her MySpace music page.
Men and Their Toys
Men and their toys are going to get a boost when the new Lego store opens at Ala Moana on July 29. Hawaii reportedly has a big Lego fan base represented by the Lego Enthusiasts Association of Hawaii (LEAHI), hence the logical choice of opening a Honolulu location.
On August 15, the first 300 customers who spend $35 at the store will receive a special Lego set of a humuhumunukunukuapua’a and coral. That’s definitely a collector’s item!
I got to check this store out and perhaps, bring in some of my vintage stuff.
Thanks to @hawaii for the picture.
Inside Club 939: Go Go Dancers?
So you thought the Inside 939 question and answer sessions were done? Not quite. Here’s a question that came in via Twitter asking about the salaries of go-go dancers. Just for some background, but Club 939 at times has changed their venue into a night club.
I want to know how much go-go dancers get paid. I’m seriously in the wrong profession. Heh.
The response:
Easy answer is… Depends. There seems to be two tiers of Gogo dancers. If they are ‘established’ then they usually won’t dance for less than $100-150. Established means they have been dancing at big clubs (pipeline, level 4, w, etc) as house gogos, ie every week.
The second tier is girls who are newer and unproven and will dance for $50-$100. Usually younger.
The established gogos do a much better job of promoting their events and actually have a fan base. So some promoters prefer these girls.
Other promoters will use cheaper girls because the promoters can’t get the established girls or can’t afford them.
If u need to get in touch with any gogos let me know- I know pretty much all of them.
Case closed.
Memories of My iPhone 3G
With the announcement of the new iPhone 3GS, I had to take a stroll down memory lane and reminisce the day I bought my iPhone 3G, 11 months ago!
Come with me back to July 11, 2008 as I waited outside the Windward AT&T store under sunshine and drizzle to become part of the iPhone ohana.
Whoa, Easy with the Yeezy’s
Kanye West designed Air Yeezy’s came out with a new colorway today, and like that, they were gone. Kicks Hawaii was fortunate to have 15 pairs of the Yeezy’s, and kick fiends waited in line since Wednesday to cop a pair for $300. No, I wasn’t in line to get one of only 3000 Yeezys made.
Watch the KGMB9 coverage of the Air Yeezy release.
Day of Traffic
Some interesting traffic today. Hope no one was hurt.
See the overturned car on the left?
Was it the accident on the other side of the H3 that caused the afternoon backlog?
Or was it the presence of KHON and KGMB(?) behind the Toyota truck that caused the traffic?
Possible Day Biz Model for Club 939
So Hawaii’s hottest gentlemen’s club, Club 939, is a place for nocturnals. But what about the daylight hours? Isn’t there a whole business opportunity being missed when the sun is out? Consider this daytime business model – a scantily clad coffee shop!
Despite the economic recession, this market has been quite successful in the Southern California region. That is young, clothes-challenged women serving up coffee and non-alcoholic slushees to primarily male patrons.
Just think of it, a Mr. Coffee (or even a $11,000 Starbucks Clover system), the same talented employees, and the Club 939 Café is now open for business!
