Mike Foley's blog
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Polynesian caviar, anyone?
We don’t get it naturally here in Hawaii, as far as I know, but I recently saw a post on one of the popular social media websites reminding me that for some of our South Pacific island cousins, this is the season of “Polynesian caviar” — palolo.
History missionary traces close PCC/BYU-Hawaii ties
[Story and photo by Mike Foley: Published originally in the online BYU-Hawaii “Newsroom,” September 26, 2003] Elder R. Lanier Britsch [pictured at left], a service missionary working on writing the 40-year history of the Polynesian Cultural Center, traced the close ties between BYU-Hawaii and the popular visitor attraction during the University’s Sept. 25 devotional address. […]
L&L CEO recommends decentralization
[Story and photo by Mike Foley: Published originally in the BYU-Hawaii online “Newsroom,” February 18, 2003] The CEO of Hawaii’s largest plate lunch restaurant chain says decentralization and giving management part-ownership are keys to L&L Drive Inn’s success. Eddie Flores [pictured at right], a Chinese-Filipino who immigrated with his parents to Hawaii in 1963, told […]
PCC Hawaiian expert shares culture, hula insights
[Story and photos by Mike Foley: Originally published in the BYU–Hawaii electronic “newsroom” on 27 February 2009] Cy M. Bridges [pictured at right], Theater Director for the Polynesian Cultural Center and a noted Hawaiian cultural expert, shared his love, passion and expertise on historical and genealogical aspects of modern hula with Brigham Young University Hawaii […]