December 2010

Features
Best Bars 2010: Bars For Any Occasion

Best Bars 2010: Bars For Any Occasion

Sometimes life calls for a drink. Whether it’s to celebrate a promotion, drown your sorrows after a job loss, go out with the girls, watch the Hawaii Bowl or whatever, we found the 24 best bars...

Matthew Dekneef, Tiffany Hill, Christine Hitt, Michael Keany and A. Kam Napier
Hawaii Soldiers Coming Home

Hawaii Soldiers Coming Home

For many soldiers getting back from Iraq or Afghanistan, the battle has just begun.

Michael Keany
The 2010 Photo Contest

The 2010 Photo Contest

Presenting the winners of the 2010 Honolulu Magazine/Hotels & Resorts of Halekulani Photo Contest.

Judged by: Peter Shaindlin, A. Kam Napier, Kristin Lipman and Mark Arbeit

Departments
Editor's Page: Editor's Page: Our Veterans Archive »

Some soldiers face new challenges at home.

A. Kam Napier
Letters: Feedback Archive »

...on a 1948 party gone wild, the Honolulu zoo and Crossfit.
Calabash: Editor's Picks for 2010 Archive »

Our 12 issues of 2010 contained hundreds of articles. Here are some of my favorites, in chronological order. Enjoy!

A. Kam Napier
Calabash: In Our January Issue Archive »

In January, we ring in the New Year with our annual Hale Aina Awards, in which our discerning readers name the best restaurants in Hawaii.
Calabash: Honolulu Bar Survey Sez Archive »

We asked 100 people about Hawaii's nightlife and dating scene. We found out where they go and why, and they let us know the best bar for pau hana, being single and if meeting someone at a bar leads...

Christine Hitt and Tiffany Hill
Calabash: New Year's Party Planning Archive »

Stressed about throwing a New Year’s party? Make this year’s fete the best yet with tips from professional party planner Frank Robinson of Island Events.

Victoria Wiseman
Calabash: Day of Infamy Archive »

Pacific Warbirds offers a Pearl Harbor Aviation Experience.
Our Town: Donate to Charities in Honolulu Archive »

Donate your used items to these local charities and get that warm fuzzy from Christmas giving without spending a dime.

Victoria Wiseman
Around Town: Things to do in December in Hawaii Archive »

Visit Santa Claus, build edible architecture and view a lunar eclipse in December.

Tiffany Hill
Food: A Feast for the Eyes Archive »

Here’s how two unique and pleasant Honolulu restaurants provide a context for their menus.

Martha Cheng; Photography by David Croxford
Shopping: DIY Gifts in Honolulu Archive »

At these do-it-yourself boutiques, you can whip up gifts for others—or keep the goods for yourself.

Tiffany Hill
Sports: Trail Running in Hawaii Archive »

After discovering trail running, settling for a treadmill may become impossible.

John Wright
Sports: Carbo Load Before the Honolulu Marathon Archive »

Where to eat.

Matt Tuohy
Environment: The Opihi Ohana Archive »

A partnership has been created to study opihi and better manage the population.

Sheila Sarhangi
Dining: Heckathorn Cooks at BLT Steak Archive »

It’s cool and casual in the dining room of BLT Steak. In front of the kitchen’s 1,500-degree broiler? That’s another story.

John Heckathorn
From Our Files Archive »

December archives

Tiffany Hill
Afterthoughts: Afterthoughts: Fantasy Redeveloping Archive »

A moratorium on development would force us to remake our structures, rather than devour more land.

Kathryn Drury Wagner