by donnbeach | Feb 21, 2021 | Donn's History, Entertainers, People
From the Phoebe Beach Archive She is center above performing at Don the Beachcomber circa...
by donnbeach | Feb 20, 2021 | Donn's History, People, Waikiki Restaurant
I started with this photo and the scribbling on the back: From the Phoebe Beach Archive This photo was taken at about the opening on the Colonel’s Plantation Steakhouse. Scrawled on the back of it was this: I gave up on figuring it out and posted on Facebook...
by donnbeach | Feb 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
This article is great. Long-simmered Filipino soup, charcoal-grilled pork and wild cocktails at re-imagined Auntie’s in Norfolk A nice in-depth write-up on the Filipino restaurant and bar. But this quote is just dead wrong: And then, of course, there will be the...
by donnbeach | Feb 16, 2021 | Donn's History, Locations, Waikiki Restaurant
From the Phoebe Beach Archve Here it is under construction. from the Phoebe Beach Archive Donn’s original Hawaii location was pure Polynesian fantasy. Thatch roof, lauhala, pandamas. From the Phoebe Beach Archive It was described to me as coming right up to the...
by donnbeach | Feb 14, 2021 | Celebrities, Donn's History, People, Waikiki Restaurant
From the Phoebe Beach Archive That’s Waltah with the gourd. He’s the guy who “occupied the third umbrella from the left,” on the beach at Waikiki.Desert Sun 1955 Waltah was a beach boy at heart. Mike Skinner tells the tale in his presentation: His obituary in...
