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August 2006

Features

Beautiful Imperfection

When you’re building a $6 million dream home overlooking Kaneohe Bay, it is possible to make things too perfect. These homeowners avoided an overwhelming mansion by roughing things up...

Michael Keany

Nowhere Else to Go

How the state is using its detention home as a warehouse for mentally ill kids.

Ronna Bolante

Dammed for All Time?

?Small farms and rural lifestyles hang in the balance as Kaua‘i scrutinizes its aging dams.

Joan Conrow

Chinatown Now

Michael Keany, Jenny Quill, Lori Anne Tomonari and Noelle Chun

Wave Goodbye

Last call at Honolulu’s finest nightclub

Story and photos by Bill Harby

Topping out on the Big Island

Can one father, one son and one SUV conquer two mountains—Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa—in a single day?

Story and photos by James Dannenberg

Departments
Editor's Page: The Artists Archive »

HONOLULU Magazine says goodbye to one art director, and welcomes another.

A. Kam Napier, Editor
Letters: Letters - August Archive »

Calabash: Working off the Baby Fat Archive »

Drop and give me 20 pacifiers! New moms bond and get back in shape at these classes.

Noelle Chun
Calabash: Shopping: Honey, Be Archive »

We combed the stores for products worth buzzing over.

Kathryn Drury Wagner, photos by Rae Huo
Calabash: Q+A Archive »

The Outdoor Circle CEO Mary Steiner

Kathryn Drury Wagner
Calabash: Score a Deal in Waikiki Archive »

Calabash: By the Numbers Archive »

Calabash: A Fresh Look Archive »

Koi Ozu turns ordinary items into funky art for the Honolulu Academy of Art’s Showcase 2006.

Noelle Chun
Calabash: Clipping Service Archive »

Calabash: Our Town Archive »

Ohta Wafer Factory

Michael Keany
Calabash: How to Cook Washoku Archive »

Noelle Chun
Calabash: What’s in Storage Archive »

New self-storage centers try to set themselves apart with class.

Noelle Chun
Calabash: Nature: Born to Run Archive »

It's halalu season—time to catch these small, tasty fish.

Shirley Black Gerum
Calabash: On The Road with Roadshow Archive »

Is that an early-19th-century fainting couch? Fans might need it when they line up at the Convention Center this month, when Antiques Roadshow comes to Hawai’i.

Kathryn Drury Wagner
Calabash: Koa Canoe Blessing Archive »

Calabash: A Mighty Wind Archive »

Maui is on the cutting edge of energy production with a new wind farm—so why isn’t everyone happy?

Ilima Loomis
Calabash: Music Review Archive »

Barefoot Natives, Barefoot Natives, Malama Pono Productions

Michael Keany
Calabash: A Sweet Return Archive »

After a one-year break, the Ka Himeni Ana song contest is back.

Ronna Bolante
Making a Difference: Bringing it Back Archive »

Lana’i youth gain confidence and experience in an industry that’s very close to home: Tourism.

Lori Anne Tomonari
From Our Files: From Our Files - August Archive »

HONOLULU Magazine and Paradise of the Pacific--chronicling the Islands since 1888.

Ronna Bolante
Afterthoughts: Compassion’s New Face Archive »

New solutions to helping the homeless can seem, at first glance, pretty radical. Is Hawai’i ready to embrace them?

Kathryn Drury Wagner, managing editor