November 2012

This year, you've decided to take a holiday from the holidays.

You're tired of slaving over the stove all day. Trying to make awkward small talk with relatives you barely know. And apparently, there's some sort of football game going on.

Get away from it all by spending Thanksgiving Day at Royal Hawaiian Center. Stores and restaurants will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. to satisfy your holiday needs without all the hassle.

Like Black Friday,... Read more »

Holiday shopping is turning out to be a real Nightmare Before Christmas.

You need gifts for the family (i.e. countless nieces and nephews), plus your style-savvy besties. Then, there's your significant other, who claims he doesn't care what you get him, but really isn't fooling anyone.

And yet, every time you try to go gift shopping, you end up picking presents... for yourself.

Talk about a Bad Santa.

Get back on track... Read more »

Emporio Armani's Hawaii-exclusive handbags shown with F/W 2012-13 Mongolian fur coat.

Halloween is so last month. And yet, you've still got candy on the brain.

Twix. Almond Joy. M&Ms. Emporio Armani...

Yeah, we should probably explain that last one.

Introducing Emporio Armani's new Hawaii-exclusive... Read more »

Top shelf sake at Lucky Belly

In three days, millions of people across America will be eating, drinking and merrymaking to their heart's content. Then there's you, who will be eating, drinking and merrymaking to your heart's content - tonight.

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Fine and Sandy
What: Help Organik owners Ed Fernandez and Brian Jones help devastated East Coast communities recover from Hurricane Sandy (Fernandez is from New Jersey and Jones still lives there). The duo just released two styles of men's and women's shirts - a revamped version of the classic "Save Our Shore" design (shown left, note the New Jersey... Read more »

The jewelry display at Oliver Men's Shop

This just in. We're getting word of absolute chaos breaking out in the Kailua area. Initial reports indicate that pigs may be flying and... hold on, I'm getting an update right now... yes, we have confirmation that hell is indeed freezing over.

Experts have traced the origin to Read more »

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Good Night
What: Honolulu Night Market returns with a brand-new lineup of vendors, including Bamboo Sky, Roberta Oaks, Padma & Pickles, Little Dew Drops/Read more »

When it comes to your daughter, you've got to make some tough decisions.

Choosing a name she won't hate in 15 years. Whether to send her to soccer, ballet or piano. What age you'll allow her to start dating (FYI, "never" is not an age).

Luckily, choosing the right school doesn't have to be one of them.

At St. Andrew's Priory School, your daughter will receive a balanced blend of academics and... Read more »

Fellas, we get it.

You may not be an orphan born into a life of poverty and misfortune, but when it comes to shopping with your girlfriend/wife, you most definitely feel alone.

As in, when she heads into the dressing room laden with armfuls of clothes, you either wait in the car or look for the store's designated "boyfriend chair" and hope no one's gotten to it first.

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Store photo: courtesy Maya Bella Boutique

You try to give back whenever you can. You'll always donate your last dollar to a wrap bracelet in need. Offer counsel to those less fashion fortunate. Prevent old ladies from getting trampled during sample sales.

It's about time you get something in return - which is why from now through the end of... Read more »