June 2012

Features
	Favorite restaurants on Maui, Hawaii Island and Kauai Won’t you be my neighbor?: Four must-try restaurants on the Neighbor Islands in Hawaii. Martha Cheng
	Honolulu's Best Architecture Buildings define the personality of a city, even in Honolulu, where the natural environment outshines our built one. Which buildings define Honolulu? A. Kam Napier \| Photography by Olivier Koning
	Coqui Frogs Are Coming to Oahu The Coquis Are Coming!: Shrieking, invasive, miniature frogs have overrun the Big Island. Now they want Oahu. David Thompson \| Photography by Joshua Fletcher

Features

Favorite restaurants on Maui, Hawaii Island and Kauai

Won’t you be my neighbor?: Four must-try restaurants on the Neighbor Islands in Hawaii.

Martha Cheng

Honolulu's Best Architecture

Buildings define the personality of a city, even in Honolulu, where the natural environment outshines our built one. Which buildings define Honolulu?

A. Kam Napier | Photography by Olivier Koning

Coqui Frogs Are Coming to Oahu

The Coquis Are Coming!: Shrieking, invasive, miniature frogs have overrun the Big Island. Now they want Oahu.

David Thompson | Photography by Joshua Fletcher

Departments
Letters: Feedback	Archive »
...on Hawaii being a worthy place to live, KPOI and donating eggs in Honolulu.
Shopping: Retro Swimwear and Accessories Arrive in Honolulu	Archive »
Haute Stuff: Proving that the past is never fashionably late, summer’s retro-inspired swimwear and accessories dip into classic ’50s prints and silhouettes. Stacey Makiya
Around Town: Native Hawaiian Mural at Kapolei Hale	Archive »
Going Big: Artist Carter Black painted a huge, native Hawaiian mural entitled "Na Moolelo o Kapolei" which is currently installed at Kapolei Hale.
Around Town: Things to Do in June in Hawaii	Archive »
June in Honolulu is for music lovers, including a piano festival, reggae concerts, a Hawaii Symphony Pops performance, taiko drumming and a 1980 roller-disco musical. Tiffany Hill
Food: A Lotta Gelato in Honolulu	Archive »
Local gelato makers in Honolulu are way beyond plain ol' vanilla. Martha Cheng
News: Who Are You Calling "Brah?"	Archive »
Gizmodo wrote about a product to hold your beach beers steady in Honolulu and beyond. A. Kam Napier
News: Afterthoughts: Auto Anxiety	Archive »
To ride or to drive in Honolulu—that is the question. Michael Keany
News: Unsolicited Advice for the Neil S. Blaisdell Concert Hall	Archive »
Show a little more enterprise, DES, and make the Neil S. Blaisdell concert hall live up to its potential.
News: Bishop Museum Botanist Finds Undiscovered Plants in Papua New Guinea	Archive »
The Plant Hunter: This Bishop Museum botanist travels the world to find undiscovered species. Sheila Sarhangi
News: The movie to watch tonight in Honolulu	Archive »
Don't miss This is Not a Film on Friday, June 8, in the Friends of Film Friday series at the Doris Duke Theatre. A. Kam Napier
News: Best Doctors in Hawaii 2012	Archive »
Our annual “Best Doctors” list is researched by Best Doctors in America®, which surveys physicians nationwide. We share the Hawaii doctors with our readers. Photography by Rae Huo
News: Editor's Page: Constructive Criticism	Archive »
How we named the nine best buildings in Honolulu. A. Kam Napier
Web Exclusive: And the winner is…	Archive »
Hundreds of you voted in AIA Honolulu's People's Choice Award. A. Kam Napier
Web Exclusive: Whose Private Island?	Archive »
In HONOLULU Magazine's June 1995 issue, we detail the outrageous lengths to which Microsoft and Lanai Co. (along with a perfectly willing Maui Police Department) went to keep media and the public... A. Kam Napier
Web Exclusive: Vote for the Year’s Best Architecture	Archive »
From now until June 15, the public can vote in the Sixth Annual People’s Award for AIA Honolulu’s Design Awards. A. Kam Napier
Arts: Honolulu Books: History and Hiking Trails	Archive »
Town and Country: These two books highlight the history of our city and our hiking trails. Tiffany Hill
Shopping: Ocean Inspired Accessories in Honolulu	Archive »
Into the Sea: Oh, buoy! Summer’s latest wave of breezy, nautical-by-nature accessories will have your abode ship-shape in no time. Brie Thalmann
Shopping: Surf Garage's Latest Surf Boards	Archive »
All on Board: Whether you’re an easy- or roughrider in the water, there’s a surfboard to match your style among local shop Surf Garage’s latest line-up. Stacey Makiya \| Photography by David Croxford
Shopping: Dog House Designs in Honolulu	Archive »
Dog Days of Summer: Unleash Studio’s wag-worthy doghouse is something to bark about. Brie Thalmann
Shopping: Hawaii Fashion Designers Show Off Stellar Collections	Archive »
Sew Young and Talented: Meet the next generation of Hawaii fashion designers—two up-and-coming standouts from the latest crop of graduating college seniors. Plus, a glimpse at their stellar... Stacey Makiya and Brie Thalmann \| Photography by David Croxford
Field Notes: Rock Climbing on Oahu	Archive »
Rocking Out on Oahu: From 85-foot walls to epic arches, local rock climbers have plenty of routes to choose from. David Thompson
From Our Files	Archive »
The June 2012 archives from our files of Paradise of the Pacific and HONOLULU Magazine. Tiffany Hill

June 2012

Features

Favorite restaurants on Maui, Hawaii Island and Kauai

Honolulu's Best Architecture

Coqui Frogs Are Coming to Oahu

Departments