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Hey Gecko,
I bid against you for that one, you lucky sucka! The Hawaiian Village is/was in downtown Tampa, Florida near the airport on Dale Mabry. (The hotel is still there and is now a Day's Inn) Bucanner stadium is down the street.
They used Otagari mugs, so my guess is this is one of their's. When in operation during the early 60's and 70's the hotel and restaurant were first-rate, and attracted lots of business meetings and small conventions. The place gradually declined and the tiki restaurant was torn down and replaced with a TGI Fridays. Uugh. I'm always on the lookout for photos and postcards of the place. For some reason they are hard to find. You can still find their gold foil matchbooks and their weird swizzles on e-bay. Other mugs they used included a Tiki Bob-stye mug, a rum barrel mug and hula girl on a surfboard mug. They all say Hawaiian Village on the back, and have "Hawaii in Tampa" circled by a yellow lei. Hope this is helpful to you. By the way, I have only seen one other of the mug you won offered on e-bay, and it went for something like $80.
Aloha.
[ Edited by: Kailuageoff on 2002-11-12 08:14 ]
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