Post #201810 by Hukilau Brown on Tue, Dec 6, 2005 6:41 AM

Don the Beachcomber is alive and, well...open for now. This is your intrepid globe trotting Polynesian preservationist, Hukilau Brown reporting live from the 6th floor ocean front the Royal Lahaina.

I was sequestered to Maui several days ago to celebrate a birthday, methinks, and after checking in at 9:51 pm this evening, learned the bar would close at 10. Still a bit groggy (pun intended) from the multi-day celebratory rum infusion, my comely floral-clad partner in crime and I raced to the bar. I flung open the door and announced to the inhabitants, "Stop the presses! I have a fruity rum drink to order!" Fate was kind as Saintly Luke, the bartender and lone occupant was not only kind enough to pour us a couple stiff ones, but to allow us to take a gander at the decor and exit thru the luau grounds before closing down for the night.

I will investigate further in the morning before flying back to the mainland, but initial findings are not favorable for the venerable lounge, an original part of the 1962 structure. More as the story "develops".

H.B.