(Mini) Wedding of a Lifetime

Last year we were invited by Hawaii Bride & Groom Magazine to take part in a all-expense paid dream wedding giveaway. Two lucky local lovebirds would be chosen by viewers to be flown to Oahu to be pampered, fitted, dined and wed like celebrities. And since celebrities don't usually do what everybody else does, the winners couldn't ride in limos like everybody else does.

Instead they were chauffeured in Mini Coopers!

Since most of our MINIs were rented for the weekend, the MINI of Hawaii dealership pitched in a few brand new convertible MINIs for the occasion. We all had a blast driving from the luxury Hawaii Prince Hotel to the elegant Ocean Crystal Chapel of the Hilton Hawaiian Village, through Waikiki while honking and waving to cheering onlookers, to the Homestead reception in Aina Haina.

To see pics of this incredible event, pick up the latest copy of Hawaii Bride & Groom Magazine, available in stores all around the islands as well as online at www.HawaiiBride.com.

O Come All Ye Faithful MINI Fans in Georgia

Murry over at murmini.com has invited MINI motorists there in Savannah to come out to Hawaii and soak up some rays in our MINI ragtop rentals. As a special thanks for the great plug, we'll offer all murmini viewers 20% off any rental over 2 days, as well as all the other standard free stuff.

And since you're reading this, check out their sweet MINI shirts. That's got to be one of the coolest designs I've seen in a while, and they're only $18 and shipping is free.

MC2 Magazine thinks we're pretty cool

A few months ago I accidentally emailed Barry Brazier, the publisher of MC2 Magazine. He called me up a few days later and asked me about our new MINI rental business out here in Hawaii. He thought MC2 readers would love to hear about us, and asked me to send over some pics of our cars and a little info about us for their next issue. The timing couldn't have been any better. A few days earlier, another Barry (the amazing Hawaiian wedding photographer), had followed us around the south shore of Oahu taking pictures of our MINIs at a bunch of amazing locations. I emailed some of those awesome pics (which will eventually make it to our company website) to Barry #1, and a few weeks later and they gave us a nice little feature article on page 16 of their Nov/Dec issue. Although they put that we were on the Big Island instead of Oahu (don't worry, I won't hold it against you Barry!), we greatly appreciated our first Little Hawaii spread in a magazine.

If you like reading about MINIs, which you probably do since you're reading this, I would recommend you get yourself a subscription to MC2. I've been an avid reader since contacting Barry a few months ago, and am sure to make time for this mag. Their latest issue features the world debut of the long-awaited 2008 MINI Clubman. Talk about one cool car. Give us a year or so, and we hope to have one of these on our fleet (or at least in my garage!)