September 2015: Table of Contents
Features
The Zippy’s Seniors Club
On the cover: Photo by Odeelo Dayondon, lettering by Elizabeth Baddeley, hand cast by Dr. Thomas Kane of Kane Orthopedic Institute, hand model: Matthew Ing. |
Growing old over the decades: alone, with loved ones, with the friends who outlast the loved ones.
By Martha Cheng
Eclipse Chaser
University of Hawai‘i astronomer Shadia Habbal treks through deserts, crosses oceans and braves polar bears in pursuit of a fleeting glimpse of a total solar eclipse.
By Ilima Loomis
Doctors Who Make a Difference
Five local physicians are each making a big impact in their communities, whether it’s through giving a blind person sight, trailblazing a new cancer drug from noni or finding a neighborhood-level approach to fighting diabetes. Here are their stories.
By Don wallace, Katrina Valcourt and Ikaika Ramones
Top Doctors
This year, we turned to Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. to provide us with a list of the top doctors in Hawai‘i. Here are 532 physicians in 61 specialties.
Calabash
Aloha Festival Pā‘ū Riders
This year’s Floral Parade, the 69th annual, will take place at 9 a.m. on Sept. 26, from Ala Moana Park through Kalākaua Avenue to Kapi‘olani Park.
By Honolulu Magazine Staff
September Picks
Since we know you’ve already got your tickets for the Hale ‘Aina Awards on Sept. 27, here are eight more ways to get out this month.
By Katrina Valcourt
Eat the Street Moves
Popular food truck event Eat the Street expands into a more permanent format.
By James Charisma
Da Meter
Gauging what’s hot and what’s not in Honolulu.
BY HONOLULU MAGAZINE STAFF
‘Ōhi‘a in Trouble
As if Hawai‘i’s native forests weren’t in enough danger, the ‘ōhi‘a faces a new, deadly fungal foe on a massive scale.
By Ikaika Ramones
Quote Unquote: Kimi Werner
Already a sensation for winning the 2008 U.S. National Spear Fishing Championships as a rookie, Maui’s Kimi Werner wasn’t thinking of international fame in 2013 when she swam with a great white shark.
By Don Wallace
Field Notes: Volcanic Climbing and Fitness
Field Notes explores Honolulu’s vast and varied scenes and subcultures. This month: Volcanic Climbing and Fitness.
By Natalie Schack
Style
We check in with Manuheali‘i, Bikini Bird, Cheehilo Soaps and more.
BY STACEY MAKIYA, BRIE THALMANN AND NATALIE SCHACK
‘Ono: Food and Dining
A review of new teppanyaki restaurant Sumikawa, a first look at Kaimukī’s Mud Hen Water and a farewell from food and dining editor Martha Cheng.
By Catherine Toth Fox and Martha Cheng
Opinion
Editor’s Page: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Saying aloha to those leaving, and those arriving.
BY ROBBIE DINGEMAN
Afterthoughts: Summertime Blues
The heat, my god, the heat.
BY MICHAEL KEANY
From Our Files
HONOLULU Magazine and Paradise of the Pacific—chronicling the Islands since 1888.
BY Amy nakamura
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