Alan Chong
GETTING somewhat more favorable publicity is David Thielen in Computer Games magazine. The son of Rep. Cynthia Thielen, David grew up in Windward Oahu and when he went into business as an electronic games developer for the Internet, he called his headquarters Windward Studios. The current write up is about two new games he's come out with, "Enemy Nations" and "Galaxis." Before opening his own company, Thielen was a senior designer for Microsoft... And Golfer magazine has named the Plantation House Restaurant at Kapalua and the SeaWatch Restaurant at Wailea in its list of Top 10 "19th Holes" of golf. Co-owner Mike Hooks (who does!) was ecstatic: "We're thrilled. It's certainly an honor to have both of our Maui clubhouse restaurants in the company of places like Pebble Beach, the Links at Spanish Bay and Pinehurst." The Maui watering holes were the only ones in Hawaii to make the list ... And finally, Alan Chong, assistant curator of the Cleveland Museum of Art, has been tapped as curator of European art at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. Chong, who grew up in Hawaii, is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Walbert Chong of Wailuku, Maui, and the brother of Cathy Eyre of Honolulu ...
IF the city would like to make a bundle of money for the state's general fund, I suggest posting a cop on Punchbowl Street just makai of King, to pull over the roughly one driver per minute who crosses the double line and turns right, directly in front of a bus stopped at the corner... Bernard Horowitz who operates the New York Deli in the Kahala Mall is close to opening two new Bernard's delis, one in Pearl City and the other in Kakaako...
OAHU'S only "dental artist" accredited by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, Dr. Wynn Okuda, had plenty to smile about last week. He helped develop the "Pageant perfect smile" of Monica Ivey, Hawaii's rep in the Miss Teen USA pageant. On Saturday, Dr. Okuda was all smiles himself as he stepped to the altar with Caryn Fujitani, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Shigeaki Fujitani. Monica didn't win (or make the Top 10) but all the girls in these pageants consider themselves winners. And so does Okuda ...
