Mrs. BH and daughter wanted to go shopping at the Mall of America yesterday, so I dropped them off for a few hours of retail therapy while I headed off to do some antiquing. My finds included a beautiful
Rotoruan carving from New Zealand, a Don Ho
Suck 'Em Up ashtray, an Appleton Rum recipe brochure (
front,
back), and best of all, a motherlode of old Hawaiian postcards which I've uploaded to my
Vintage Hawaiiana gallery.
My favorite postcard is this one, featuring the Hula Hostesses at the Hawaiian Pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan. I spent a week at Expo '70 as a kid, and I remember these gorgeous gals in their Day-Glo Mod polyester Muu-muus very well.
Disney artist, Kevin Kidney, has posted an excellent collection of photos showing the restoration process of my namesake, the Mr. Bali Hai carving outside the Bali Hai Restaurant in Whale's Vagina, California.
