From missionaries gone wild on 19th century Maui to how to install a garage door using only a chainsaw to an historical look at exactly how paper umbrellas first ended up in people's cocktails, Hey Waiter, There's An Umbrella In My Drink! takes readers on a delightful romp. A collection of memorable columns and essays that reveal author Charles Memminger's warped and wonderful view of Hawaii, life and everything else, this book is guaranteed to amuse both tourists and Islanders alike.

Legendary travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux says, "When laughter erupts anywhere from Midway Island to South Point on the Hawaiian chain on any given day the cause is likely to be one of Memminger's columns." A.J. Jacobs, editor-at-large of Esquire Magazine and author of The Know It All says, "Charles Memminger is a state treasure, as precious as the Hawaiian goose or the Yellow Hibiscus, but a lot funnier." And Wally Amos, "The Cookie Man," says "Charles Memminger is one of the few writers who can produce belly laughs while sharing useful and historic information. If you don't wet your pants laughing while reading this book, you're in a coma."  Memminger's column, "Honolulu Lite," for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, has twice been named the top humor column in the country for newspapers under 100,000 circulation.