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ZENGHOST wrote in post #6411621
This is a weird question, but I thought maybe one of you guys might have an idea for a place that holds maybe 150 people for a retirement party that would allow us to bring our own food and wouldn't be too expensive (but would also be nice). I'm trying to help plan this party for the end of November and they really want to cater from a specific place but don't have a place yet. Any ideas? I'd say that it'd be way easier to go somewhere that already caters, but they're sticking to the outside caterer for now.

+1 on the DAV at Keehi. The only other places I know of is in Mililani, if you know anyone that lives there, the rec centers are nice.

As far as catering, there are alot of places. My favorite would be Mililani Golf Course Restaurant, aka Alonzo's. Others would include, Sugoi Catering, Ige's, Masa's Cafeteria.

Good luck

Okinawa Center in Waipio

Evolutiondemon wrote in post #6412677
Okinawa Center in Waipio

i second that. the Waipio Gentry Okinawan thingy place. My friend had his HS grad party there...his mom catered Zippys. O_O

LOL...good times.

Linkzi wrote in post #6411960
The best places for that situation is a recreation center. Maybe the DAV at Keehi Lagoon Park? How about asking the caterers to suggest a place?

We checked with the newtown rec center but they require $180 plus $217 for a special duty police officer if the event is in the evening. Still need to check on some other rec centers. Asking the caterer is something I hadn't thought of. I'll look into the DAV.

tod071 wrote in post #6412229
+1 on the DAV at Keehi. The only other places I know of is in Mililani, if you know anyone that lives there, the rec centers are nice.

As far as catering, there are alot of places. My favorite would be Mililani Golf Course Restaurant, aka Alonzo's. Others would include, Sugoi Catering, Ige's, Masa's Cafeteria.

Good luck

I think I could find someone in Mililani. Haven't tried Rec V but I've been to stuff at Rec III.

They want to cater from Fukuya because the retiree mentioned once that they'd like to have their food catered from there, but that's the thing that's making it difficult to find a place.

Evolutiondemon wrote in post #6412677
Okinawa Center in Waipio

motion_projekt wrote in post #6413404
i second that. the Waipio Gentry Okinawan thingy place. My friend had his HS grad party there...his mom catered Zippys. O_O

LOL...good times.

Thought of the Okinawan Center but they require Zippy's catering and they really want to use Fukuya. The Okinawan hall is a nice place, though, I just had a luncheon there a few weeks ago.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

ps...with any luck, I'll be picking up a new lens tonight (I'll also be a thousand bucks poorer, though ).

Interesting--50D already up for sale: http://honolulu.craigs​list.org/oah/pho/86178​2607.html

ZENGHOST wrote in post #6413449
ps...with any luck, I'll be picking up a new lens tonight

300mm f4 IS?

ZENGHOST wrote in post #6413579
Interesting--50D already up for sale: http://honolulu.craigs​list.org/oah/pho/86178​2607.html

Yeah, but it's $1600 for just the body...you can get a brand new body from B&H for $1400.

Chris

ZENGHOST wrote in post #6413449
ps...with any luck, I'll be picking up a new lens tonight (I'll also be a thousand bucks poorer, though ).

woot for new glass.

Zen, congrats on the new lens!!!

ZENGHOST wrote in post #6413449
We checked with the newtown rec center but they require $180 plus $217 for a special duty police officer if the event is in the evening. Still need to check on some other rec centers. Asking the caterer is something I hadn't thought of. I'll look into the DAV.

ps...with any luck, I'll be picking up a new lens tonight (I'll also be a thousand bucks poorer, though ).

Newtown sounds cheap.... DAV will be at least 1K.

New L glass is like a new body, new types of photos... Nice!

Right now I'm rebuilding that computer with the fried hard drive and motherboard and while taking everything apart I noticed that there is a dust filter behind the front air intake section of the case. I pulled the filter out and saw this...nice...

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that's why i take the side and front panels off and never put them back...

Samanax wrote in post #6414491

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That looks like the filters in my vacuum cleaner The area around your computer must be super clean... or at least dust free

ZENGHOST wrote in post #6413449
We checked with the newtown rec center but they require $180 plus $217 for a special duty police officer if the event is in the evening. Still need to check on some other rec centers. Asking the caterer is something I hadn't thought of. I'll look into the DAV.
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I think I could find someone in Mililani. Haven't tried Rec V but I've been to stuff at Rec III.

They want to cater from Fukuya because the retiree mentioned once that they'd like to have their food catered from there, but that's the thing that's making it difficult to find a place.

Thought of the Okinawan Center but they require Zippy's catering and they really want to use Fukuya. The Okinawan hall is a nice place, though, I just had a luncheon there a few weeks ago.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

ps...with any luck, I'll be picking up a new lens tonight (I'll also be a thousand bucks poorer, though ).

I think Rec V (the big one on Ainamakua) has a special duty HPD clause too. My wife & I just went to a party at Rec I and parking wasn't bad at all. I think about 180 people attended, but I'm poor at judging head counts.

ishida wrote in post #6414605
That looks like the filters in my vacuum cleaner The area around your computer must be super clean... or at least dust free

Actually this isn't from my computer, it came out of a computer I'm rebuilding. The owner is the brother-in-law of one of my co-workers. The hard drive and motherboard got fried and I'm thinking the computer was overheating because no cool air could get into the case through this thick layer of dust. In fact, a lot of the computers I work on aren't cleaned regularly by their owners. Most of them have a nice thick layer of dust over the front air vents. Gross. This may be the last computer I fix...I'm tired of working on other people's computers.

Chris

Samanax wrote in post #6414627
Actually this isn't from my computer, it came out of a computer I'm rebuilding. The owner is the brother-in-law of one of my co-workers. The hard drive and motherboard got fried and I'm thinking the computer was overheating because no cool air could get into the case through this thick layer of dust. In fact, a lot of the computers I work on aren't cleaned regularly by their owners. Most of them have a nice thick layer of dust over the front air vents. Gross. This may be the last computer I fix...I'm tired of working on other people's computers.

Chris

That reminds me when I was working clients' computers... so dirty...