Here on Maui, we are usually happy to have friends and relatives visit - until we meet them for lunch.
All we hear from them are complaints about the trip, such as: "They changed our seats." "They refused to put my stroller on the plane." "The food was awful." "The flight was late." "They lost our baggage."
We have to endure these stories because we think they are buying lunch. Instead, we get stuck with the check.
It seems people fly over here just to have us suffer listening to their tales of suffering.
Blackie Gadarian - Lahaina
(Letter published in The Maui News July 5, 2011, and Lahaina News July 14, 2011)
About Me
- Maui Blackie Gadarian
- Maui Blackie Gadarian is a living legend on the island of Maui, Hawaii. 91 year-old machinist, owner Blackie's Machine Shop - Lahaina, Blackie's Boat Yard Lahaina and Newport Beach, California. Former owner Blackie's Bar, jazz club and restaurant Lahaina 1981 to 1995. Irascible writer of pithy letters to local publications. Maui Blackie Gadarian wears his trademark orange shirt all over the United States and Europe, from the back streets of Lahaina to the jazz clubs of Paris, verandas of yacht clubs and posh restaurants and hotels.