Diane Seo

Editorial Director HONOLULU

Diane Seo is HONOLULU’s editorial director. A veteran journalist and digital media entrepreneur, she’s worked as a staff writer for The Los Angeles Times, and as an editor for Salon and The Honolulu Advertiser before launching a digital site that would later become Frolic Hawai‘i (now part of HONOLULU). Outside work, Diane is a dedicated yogi who enjoys a moving meditation with a lot of heat.

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Coming to Our Kaka‘ako: Keauhou Lane

A multi-faceted residential project, Keauhou Lane, will be developed in Kaka‘ako, adding new rental apartments, lofts, townhomes, a high-rise tower, live-work spaces and retail shops, including a neighborhood grocery store. The project, part of Kamehameha Schools’ extensive Our Kaka‘ako master…

What’s coming: Salt at Our Kaka‘ako

Dramatic changes are coming to Kaka‘ako, as construction gets underway this month on Kamehameha School’s ambitious Salt at Our Kaka‘ako project. To get more details of what’s in the works, we visited INK Architects, a Honolulu firm that’s been tapped…

Who’s coming: Eat the Street Cheese

Oooh, a cheese fest at Eat the Street… we cannot resist. So see you Friday. Same place. Same time.Plus, Street Grindz will be hosting a cheese-carving competition, with entrants carving up cheese into their favorite characters, animals, shape, emoji, whatever.…

Part II: Where real Koreans eat Korean food

I was surprised by the reaction to Part 1 of Where real Koreans eat Korean food, which ran on Nonstop more than two years go. Many people have told me they still use this gallery as a guide to Oahu’s…

Night Market: Fun, fashion & shopping

This Saturday, Honolulu Night Market goes “Xtreme,” with the Red Bull X-Fighters Motocross team pulling off daring stunts right on Auahi Street. There’s also a fashion show styled by Barrio Vintage’s Bradley Rhea, and of course, lots of great shopping…

Our Kaka‘ako section launches on Nonstop

Nonstop Honolulu has launched a new Our Kaka‘ako section, as part of a partnership with Kamehameha Schools. Nonstop has long covered the developments in this rapidly evolving part of town, from Eat the Street to Honolulu Night Market to the…

Truly must-see TV: ‘Family Ingredients’

I expected to be modestly entertained when I went to a screening of the pilot episode of “Family Ingredients,” which airs Thursday, May 23, at 9 p.m. on PBS Hawaii. I assumed it would be yet another food-focused travel show,…

Night Market guide, part 2: Fashion & shopping

If you're into fashion, this is a can't-miss month of Honolulu Night Market, themed I If you’re into fashion, this is a can’t-miss month of Honolulu Night Market, themed I guide to the food and entertainment. Fashion show styled by…

Who’s coming: Eat the Street Bacon

Who’s up for some bacon? That’s right, Eat the Street Bacon is happening once again, with lots of fun dishes made with the food we know we’re not supposed to eat, but absolutely love. More menus will be added as…

Did this: Taste of Marukai

This year’s Taste of Marukai proved to be another delightfully quirky food and sake fest, with hundreds congregating Thursday evening at Marukai Wholesale Mart for the eighth-annual event. As in past years, tables were stationed throughout the store, allowing attendees…

The Collection comes to Kaka’ako

An innovative new residential community, including a high-rise tower, a mid-rise building, town homes and retail shops and restaurants, will be coming to Kaka’ako, as part of an overall master plan to revitalize and redevelop the area.The $200-million project, called…

Who’s coming: Eat the Street Japan

For the third time, Eat the Street will present a Japan-themed food truck fest, with vendors serving everything from cherry blossom-infused popsicles to unagi donburi to waffle cakes with matcha green tea ice cream. See you Friday for another great…

Chef Mavro Spring 2013 Wine Tasting

Every once in awhile as a journalist, you get an opportunity to see how things work behind the scene — an insider view of something in the making. That invite came for me Monday, when I found myself among the…

Thanks, readers for showing the way

It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged from behind the scenes of Nonstop Honolulu, not because of lack of activity, but because there’s been a tornado of changes, ups and downs, periods of great enthusiasm followed by moments of doubt about…

Did this: Punahou Carnival 2013

With a theme of The Great Carnival Round-Up, the Punahou Carnival got underway Friday with all the usual food and fun. After graduating from there just a few (too many) years back, I took a two-decade hiatus from the festivities…

Who’s coming: Eat the Street Pro Bowl

Friday’s Eat the Street is no ordinary night — it’s a special Pro Bowl edition of Honolulu’s favorite street food fest. That’s right, Eat The Street Pro Bowl is an official event for this year’s NFL Pro Bowl Week, so…

Nonstop eats: 678 Hawaii

Let's give it a taste ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 18 We were overdue to try 678, a newish Korean yakiniku restaurant on Kapiolani Boulevard (at the old Migawon space). With two Koreans among our Nonstop crew (Myong…

A Pinch of Salt for the Holidays

Still not done with your holiday shopping, but dread jostling your way through mall crowds? Head on over Sunday to the first-ever A Pinch of Salt for the Holidays, an upscale shopping event in Kaka’ako presented by Kamehameha Schools.From 11…

Eat the Street Lu’au

A big crowd came out for Friday’s Eat the Street, a luau-themed gathering with all kinds of Hawaiian food in the mix, as well as a few new vendors. Eat the Street Luau ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of…

Who’s coming: Eat the Street Lu’au

Hawaiian food will be the focus at this Friday’s Eat the Street, with squid luau, laulau, kalua pig and more on the menu, along with live Hawaiian music. To celebrate Kamehameha Schools’ 125th birthday, signature brownies will be served.Plus, three…

Instagramming #nonstopbday

At Friday’s Nonstop Honolulu’s 2nd birthday party at Royal Hawaiian Center, we asked our guests to go crazy on Instagram, snapping pics of three events taking place throughout the evening—the R Style Social shopping event, our Nonstop tasting at Doraku…

Who’s coming: Eat the Street Day of the Dead

Several new vendors will join the mix at this Friday’s Eat the Street, which will be a Latin-themed food fest in honor of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The newcomers include Bentos, Mochi and Delectables, with its…

Eat the Street: Kiawe Pizza and Wamos Cookies

As usual, there were lots of fun things to indulge in at Friday’s Eat the Street, themed as a cheese and sausage affair. This time, we focused on two newbies in attendance, Kiawe Pizza and Wamos Cookies, headed up by…

Hawaii Food & Wine Festival: Girls Got Game!

Girls Got Game, a Sunday brunch featuring both nationally acclaimed and local female chefs, lived up to its exciting premise. The event — part of the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival — drew a crowd of foodies to the Hyatt…

Who’s coming: Eat the Street Tomato

This month’s themed ingredient is the oft-used, yet sometimes overlooked tomato. Some 43 vendors will be creating fun tomato dishes ranging from Aloha Ice Cream Tricycle’s Bloody Mary popsicle to Leonard’s tomato cupcake to Guava Smoked’s lomi salmon burger.So come…

Who’s coming: Eat the Street Tony Group Autoplex

Eat the Street once again travels West, this time for a Saturday food fest at the Tony Group Autoplex in Waipio. The event features creative eats from dozens of popular food trucks and street food vendors.Eaters will also enjoy live…

Who’s coming: Eat the Street Bacon

For diehard bacon lovers, Friday’s Eat the Street is where you’ll need to be to feast on a variety of bacon goodness from more than 40 food trucks and street food vendors. This month, vendors will incorporate the meat into…

Who’s coming: Eat the Street Kapolei

Eat the Street treks to the Westside this weekend for another suburban eating fest in Kapolei. Several of the island’s most popular food trucks and street food vendors will be on hand, including three new vendors, Kona Ice, Mark’s Specialties…

Who’s coming: Eat the Street Japan

Eat the Street returns to its original Kaka’ako location for a second annual Japan-themed food fest.Last March, when vendors were asked to create at least one Japanese/Asian-inspired dish at an event that raised money for Japan’s tsunami victims, one of…

Party pics: Passport to Luxury

More than 1,000 people turned out for Friday’s Passport to Luxury, an annual invite-only shopping event that had attendees mingling, indulging in small bites and cocktails and browsing through Ala Moana Center’s luxury stores. The event presented by Modern Luxury…

Who’s coming: Eat the Street Mililani

Last time Eat the Street ventured to Mililani, the turnout was massive, with thousands of eaters descending upon Rec. Center 7 to sample the city’s roving food trucks and vendors.This Saturday, if the weather holds up, the masses are again…

Honolulu Festival Friendship Gala

Last night’s Friendship Gala — an annual dinner to celebrate the Honolulu Festival — featured small dishes and desserts from 10 Hawaii restaurants, including 3660 on the Rise, Nobu Waikiki, Chef Mavro, Le Bistro, Wolfgang Steakhouse, Nanzan Giro Giro, Mariposa,…

Who’s coming: Eat the Street Chocolate

Attention: ChocoholicsFriday’s Eat the Street features 41 food trucks and street food vendors, offering creative, chocolate treats to celebrate this month’s luscious theme. It’s definitely going to be an evening of sweet decadence, with such offerings as Koi’s chocolate-infused chili,…

Who’s coming: Eat the Street It’s a Luau

Eat the Street is celebrating its first birthday this month with a baby luau-themed event. So if you like Hawaiian food, you won’t want to miss Friday’s food fest.Forty one food trucks and street food vendors are participating in this…

Nonstop on board for ‘Inspired in Hawaii’

Since last fall, Nonstop Honolulu has been helping the Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation with its second-annual “Inspired in Hawaii” contest, which yesterday awarded more than $10,000 in cash prizes to some 75 Hawaii students at a ceremony at Ala Moana…

New eats: Kiss My Grits

A taste of the South at Puck's Alley ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 18 Traditional Southern cuisine is hardly standard fare in Honolulu. So when Kiss My Grits opened three months ago in Puck's Alley, lots of curious…

Thanksgiving greetings

Just a quick note to say thank you for reading Nonstop Honolulu and supporting our team of writers, bloggers, photographers and videographers. We’re grateful that you’ve come with us on this digital journey, and we truly appreciate you being part…

MeTV Launch Party

Hawaii’s newest TV station — MeTV Hawaii — celebrated its launch with a gathering Thursday evening at Tiki’s Grill & Bar. The KITV station officially launched on Monday on Oceanic Digital Cable 126 and over the air on 4.2.MeTV Hawaii is…

APEC: Scenes around town

Civil Beat photographer John Hook captured these images around Honolulu on Thursday, the third day of APEC. APEC: Scenes around town ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 9 In Hawaii, it's still all business all the time.— Photo by…