December 2008

Admit it: you’re living in a material world and he is a material … guy. It’s going to be easy to justify your love this year with gifts for every man listed on your liner notes.

Ray of Light
Communing with the great outdoors will leave him feeling more enlightened than a trip to the kabbalah center.

Start close to home with a 16-foot inflatable boob tube for the backyard. Online at Read more »

Why shop online?
Let us count the reasons:
1. No looking for parking at the mall
2. No standing in line at the post office
3. You can shop barefoot in your pajamas

And there’s that one reason not to shop online: you want to support local businesses.

But you can do both. Click over to these local retailers where you can wrap up your shopping from your desktop.

Brand new to the web is Beauty and the Beach... Read more »

Your favorite holiday treats? Frosted sugar cookies, candy canes, peppermint brownies, and a few festive additions to your closet.

Find your way to the new Dolce boutique at Ward Center, which just opened Friday. Owner Christie Yang has stocked up on labels and lines from the East Coast that haven’t been available in Hawai‘i before. And as the name suggests (dolce means “sweet” in Italian), the shop is filled with feminine and pretty dresses, tees, jeans, purses and jewelry.

Like the Calypso silk dresses in vivid,... Read more »