Katrina Valcourt

Executive Editor at HONOLULU Magazine

Katrina Valcourt graduated from UH Mānoa with a degree in communication, completing the Video and Digital Cinema track while interning with the alternative newspaper Honolulu Weekly, where she continued to work until the publication folded in 2013. Shortly after, she joined the editorial team of HONOLULU Magazine, filling every role from temporary assistant to interim editorial director. She is now the executive editor of HONOLULU and spends her free time volunteering with the Hawai‘i International Film Festival and throwing pots at Hawai‘i Potters’ Guild.

Articles

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HONOLULU Staff’s Favorite Hawai‘i Products: The Green Witch Apothecary Shrubs

For this installment of local products you can buy online, in grocery stores or straight from the producer, we spotlight drinking vinegars from a small Kailua-based brand.

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Afterthoughts: The Most Interesting Things I Found on Facebook Marketplace

Let’s make a deal.

Your Ultimate Guide To The Aloha Comedy Festival This Weekend

Your Ultimate Guide to The Aloha Comedy Festival This Weekend

From February 27–29, catch performances by more than 60 comedians at six venues in Downtown Honolulu.

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11 Valentine’s Day Date Ideas for Art and Music Lovers in Hawai‘i

There are plenty of events happening this Valentine’s weekend, including a yacht party, planetarium show, opera and Pow! Wow! Hawai‘i block party.

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A Special Valentine’s Day Taste Test: We Tried 8 Sugarfina Cocktail Gummies

Sorry Ryan Reynolds, you may be hot, but your gin candy is not. Find out which one made it to last call.

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First Look: Betty’s Burgers, A New Diner Near University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Betty’s scores big with fresh-baked buns, killer shakes and crisp steak fries. But its smash burgers need refining.

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Afterthoughts: Google Maps Can’t Keep Up with the Rapidly Changing Face of Honolulu

Takin’ it to the streets.

Open for Fitness: We Tried Body Balance’s Ass and Abs Class

’Cause it’s all about that base. Andddd six pack. And slimming thighs. And tight waist. You get the point.

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HONOLULU Staff Favorites: The 11 Best Healthy-ish Vegetarian Dishes on O‘ahu

Whether you’re a vegan, a vegetarian or trying to lessen your meat consumption, your restaurant experience should not have to suffer.

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50 First Dates: The First 12 Hawai‘i Dating Stories That We Blogged About in 2019

We look back at the crazy, funny, awkward and weird submissions sent in by our readers last year. Stay tuned for the next 38!

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5 Low-Alcohol Cocktails to Get You Through a Post-Holiday Season Detox

Because getting blackout drunk is nobody’s New Year’s resolution.

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50 Ways to Volunteer in Hawai‘i in 2020

From drop-in workdays that take just a few hours to opportunities to train in a new skill, here are dozens of ways to make a difference in 2020.

Open For Fitness: We Tried to Bend It Like Bikram at The Yoga Room Hawai‘i’s Vinyasa Class

With all the Christmas drama-la-la-la-la-la-la over, we decided to give our bodies a good, om-azing stretch at a chill yoga studio.

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Afterthoughts: How Does Honolulu Become More Walkable? By Removing Crosswalks

Don’t cross me.

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7 Things We Expect President Obama Will Do on O‘ahu

After many Hawai‘i vacations, President Barack Obama is spending Christmas on O‘ahu with his family this month once again. Here’s what to expect.

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Honolulu Holiday Gift Guide For Food Lovers

Bring these unique food-related items by Hawai‘i’s local makers to friends and your next holiday party.

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Afterthoughts: I Grew Up in Hawai‘i. So Why Do I Feel Guilty Hitting Up Local Tourist Attractions?

I’m local, I swear!

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Open For Fitness: Bouldering at The Arch Project Climbing Center

We took a beginner climbing clinic at O‘ahu’s only indoor bouldering gym.

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Get into the Holiday Cheer at These 3 Pop-Up Christmas Bars in Honolulu

Where to go to find us sitting rosy by the fire.

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Google Street View Is Finally Updating Its Hawai‘i Maps

Google is working on remapping O‘ahu, Big Island, Maui and Kaua‘i by the end of this year.

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Afterthoughts: Learning to Share Spaces (and Snacks) in an Open Office

We all need a little space. But sharing it isn’t so bad.

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Open for Fitness: So You Think You Can Dance? Check Out Street Jamz Werkout

We took to the streets for a hip-hop class that werked our a$$.

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Best of Honolulu

Best of Honolulu 2019

Discover all the 2019 Best of Honolulu winners—both editorial and reader picks.

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O‘ahu in 1981: Extracts From an Interview With Tom Selleck, The O.G. Thomas Magnum

When the original “Magnum, P.I.,” went off the air in 1988, it was one of TV’s highest-rated shows. Twenty years later the reboot debuted. Its new season premiered Friday, Sept. 27.

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Afterthoughts: Minority Report

When talking about Hawai‘i, it’s crucial for locals to drive the conversation.

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Best of Honolulu

Best of Honolulu 2019: The Best Services on O‘ahu

The 47 editorial and reader picks for the places in Honolulu that make our lives just a bit easier.

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Halloween 2019: The 29 Scariest Movies Screening in Honolulu This October

We’ve got your roundup of spooky movies, from current hits to old-school frights—plus a few fun ones.

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Open for Fitness: Want That Lean Ballerina Body? Then Try This Barre Class at Sweat + Soul in Kaka‘ako

Two girls walk into a barre (class) and try some moves they’ve never done before.

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Bars and Cocktails

Flights of Fancy: The Best Way To Find Out What Kind of Alcohol You Prefer Is To Try Everything

At these Hale ‘Aina winning restaurants and bars, you can choose your own drinking adventure or go with the pros.

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Learn How to Curl for a Cause with Olympic Athletes at Ice Palace Hawai‘i

American Savings Bank’s annual curling events return this October, with a match the public can participate in for the first time. Here’s what to expect.

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We Tried the Entire Menu at The Daley in One Sitting

The new smash-burger joint downtown does one thing and does it well.

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5 Ways I’m Trying to Reduce My Carbon Footprint

In August’s Afterthoughts, I made a promise that I was going to try five new things to help me do better with the four R’s—reduce, reuse, recycle, recover. Here’s what I managed to accomplish.

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Afterthoughts: Waste Not, Want Not

The world’s ending. Time to give up snack packs.

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Best of Honolulu 2019: The Best of Fitness and Outdoor on O‘ahu

The 9 editorial and reader picks for the best ways to get out and active.

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Best of Honolulu 2019: The Best Food and Drink on O‘ahu

45 editorial and reader picks for the tastiest food and beverage in town.

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Your O‘ahu Neighborhood Guide: Waipahu Depot Street

Mauka of Farrington Highway, this street holds some of the plantation town’s sweetest memories. But they’re disappearing fast.

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Open For Fitness: We Tried a Stand-Up Paddleboard Class from Paddle Core Fitness

Working our cores without doing planks or situps, and being in the ocean? We’re here for it.

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Afterthoughts: Gold Standard

The streets of Honolulu are paved with gold (flowers).

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Afterthoughts: Getting Lost

Just because we live on an island doesn’t mean we’ll ever run out of new things to discover.

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Open for Fitness: How Do You Do Yoga on a Horse? We Found Out at Turtle Bay Resort’s HorSea Yoga

Katrina was thrilled about this mane event. Stacey thought it was going to be a nightmare. Read on to see how everything turned out.