1975 Mai Kai Calendars - Beyond Tiki

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Wed, Jul 9, 2003 6:07 AM A few of us who were at Hukilau were able to purchase an old vintage Mai-Kai calendar - each month features a different Mai-Kai wahini posing somewhere on the grounds of the Mai Kai. I only bought the 1975 version of the calendar, and have only just discovered that the dates in 1975 line up exactly as they do in 2003! (July 4th is on a Friday, there is no Feb 29th, etc.) This means I can use the 1975 Mai Kai calendar as my current desktop calendar! There is nothing quite like being able to recirculate an old vintage item into current everyday use. Vern [ Edited by: ikitnrev on 2003-07-09 06:21 ]
I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Thu, Jul 10, 2003 5:41 PM I have the July page of the 1975 calendar sitting in front of me - a closer look shows that the model for July is no other than Mireille Thornton - wife of Mai-Kai founder Bob Thornton. Mireille is still alive, and was with us at the Mai Kai Hukilau, looking even more beautiful than she did back in 1975. Vern
T tiki_kiliki Member Birmingham, AL Joined: Apr 01, 2002 Posts: 1046	T tiki_kiliki Posted posted on Thu, Jul 10, 2003 5:46 PM I am so glad we scored those! Bre-elle got so many of them and then told me to scurry on into the gift shop and get a couple. I love it but I really thought they were larger from the pics I had seen of them in magazines, etc. We bought so much in the gift shop that weekend - I actually just called them about 30 minutes ago to buy one of the Mai Kai license plates - they're only $5.

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ikitnrev Posted posted on Wed, Jul 9, 2003 6:07 AM

A few of us who were at Hukilau were able to purchase an old vintage Mai-Kai calendar - each month features a different Mai-Kai wahini posing somewhere on the grounds of the Mai Kai.

I only bought the 1975 version of the calendar, and have only just discovered that the dates in 1975 line up exactly as they do in 2003! (July 4th is on a Friday, there is no Feb 29th, etc.) This means I can use the 1975 Mai Kai calendar as my current desktop calendar! There is nothing quite like being able to recirculate an old vintage item into current everyday use.

Vern

[ Edited by: ikitnrev on 2003-07-09 06:21 ]

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ikitnrev Posted posted on Thu, Jul 10, 2003 5:41 PM

I have the July page of the 1975 calendar sitting in front of me - a closer look shows that the model for July is no other than Mireille Thornton - wife of Mai-Kai founder Bob Thornton. Mireille is still alive, and was with us at the Mai Kai Hukilau, looking even more beautiful than she did back in 1975.

Vern

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tiki_kiliki Posted posted on Thu, Jul 10, 2003 5:46 PM

I am so glad we scored those! Bre-elle got so many of them and then told me to scurry on into the gift shop and get a couple. I love it but I really thought they were larger from the pics I had seen of them in magazines, etc.

We bought so much in the gift shop that weekend - I actually just called them about 30 minutes ago to buy one of the Mai Kai license plates - they're only $5.