After several weeks without Robyn, she returned from the mainland and times were old at the Hana Hou. Fine friends came by, we were delighted to see our buddies from Latitudes, and the momentarily "evil" Paul Janes Brown, taking a night off from his production of Urine Town. I have yet to see it though it has rave reviews. Jonathan and I got bickery over the volume of solos though it will most likely all work out. There are a lot of cute but feral cats and kittens racing the floors and the power went out twice tonight. Once while Robyn was dancing, so she drifted toward the tiki torches and the show went on. Those darn Honeys, even pulling the plug wont stop em. Another nice time at the Hana Hou. The rain will be arriving soon so these dry fall nights are fun, more so because of the wild assortment of characters that materialize out of the Haiku nights. Mahalo Maui! Ginger

With Robyn on the mainland I waited to see who would show up at the Hana Hou tonight. Imagine my surprise when Leslie Granat showed up dressed as the harvest queen to honor the fall weather. It's hard to sit with her and be snapped because no one can hold a candle to our own Keihi Queen. But play on we did, I was" Graced" by a bevy of friends who not only endured, but nurtured our one night offering of Sal Godinez, Jonathan and me. I whipped out more weird charts including Surrey with the Fringe on the Top and other obscure favorites. Louise Lambert sang Twisted for Bob Hale who was jonesing to hear it while I sat out a few and sampled patrons desserts. All in all a delicious evening! Thanks to all my good friends who fell by this evening. Love Ginger

Wow, A lot has been going on! First of all Robyn came home for a minute. Then we Played Picnic with Poki Under the Monkey Pod tree in down town Wailuku. They bus in elderly folks and special needs people and I find it a great way to spend the morning playing for these kind folks who listen and sway to the music. That's Brother Poki in the yellow shirt, Looking good Poki! Then we got a little rain rain which had me taking pictures of my coconut tree, I'm getting artistic with my three pixel camera. This morning my star ukulele student, Marilynn Colvin came for a lesson, She is learning the whole Hula Honey songbook, one song at a time. Add to the list a set at Manao Radio on Thursday and a gig for the Children's Justice center, and its easy to see why so little gets done. I'll see you Monday at Hana Hou with Sal Godinez (just in from Chicago), Best wishes to Robyn and Buzzy, off on an important trip. Come back soon!
Love to all, Ginger

Labels: coconut tree. music.ukulele

Tonight was an unexpected treat for me, with Robyn gone off to Napa Valley (to share her wiles and ukulele magic,) I was left to craft a night at the Hana Hou without her. We decided to be Jazz Rats with the cat away, and so I invited Phil Benoit of Benoit Jazz Works and Gypsy Pacific to spell us with inventive solos and great harmonies. It all worked out great. Emily. the wonderful tattooed waitress was in full form (and that's saying a lot) and the naughty jazz boys took many a solo. I tried out new charts and had more fun than the guests, though I didn't eat as much. You all are so kind to frequent our tropic corner of the planet. The nearly full moon shown through the coconut tree out front and the night was bright and lovely here on the island of Maui, floating in the warm and tropic sea. We missed you Robyn, Check out the new charts! Love to all, Ginger

Labels: tenor guitar, tropic night. maui.jazz

Yup another Monday night came and went at the Hana Hou. Lots of wonderful characters and just a few nut cases came by and we were glad to see each one. The weather has begun to cool just a bit, though it is still dry in the Haiku Jungle. June, our fabulous chef came up with a chicken curry with coconut milk, but we were too happy eating his garlic shrimp to taste it. Forgive us June!

On Friday it was the Honey's turn to work at the fair. We worked along side some of our Manao Radio Dejay Ohana. According to Robyn anything consumed at the fair has zero calories! And that's sure lucky because that is what we did a lot of, besides handing out a lot of barbecue pork and macaroni salad. As ever, we found every bit of fun that was available and consumed that as well. If you are planning to enjoy the fair this year be sure to stop by the Manao food booth and say hi to all the volunteers.