Getting Shaka Santa and Tutu Mele ready for Honolulu City Lights
Shaka Santa is being prepared for the Honolulu City Lights display.
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Afterthoughts: For the Love
Scenes from the special session on marriage equality.
8 Things to Do in December
Enjoy the last month of 2013 with free museum admission, a new photo collection and a vintage shopping spree.
Reasons We Love Honolulu
Sure, we're lucky to live in Hawaii, but if you live on Oahu, there's so much more to the place than sunsets and beaches. From paiai delivered, to cool aloha wear, from Dave Shoji to gay marriage, here's why we're so fortunate to live in this city.
Insta Life Honolulu
We asked readers to Instagram the reasons they love living in Honolulu, with the hashtag #luckywelivehonolulu. Here are our favorites.
Startup Paradise
These fledging tech businesses are getting a kick start thanks to a venture accelerator started by Henk Rogers. Yes, the Henk Rogers of Tetris fame.
A classic HONOLULU cover, recreated
Design director Erik Ries was so captivated by this November 1970 Holiday Annual cover that he was moved to recreate it.
Unsolicited Advice: Save an old building
Do you know of a historic building or landmark in danger of being lost? Make a nomination.
Trains of Woe
Honolulu’s Italian train supplier has been breaking promises around the world.
Field Notes: A Koko Crater Experience
Field Notes explores Honolulu’s vibrant and varied scenes and subcultures. This month: the Koko Crater Trail.
Cafe Central in First Hawaiian Bank
Cafe Central, a microcafe to find.
Banking on Hawaiian
Today, Bank of Hawaii is redesigning its ATMs to allow customers to conduct their transactions in Olelo Hawaii, in addition to the existing English, Japanese and Chinese choices.
Kakaako's Block F: Too Good to Last?
What happens to Kakaako’s creative community when Kamehameha Schools kicks into high gear?
From Honolulu to L.A.: The other Hubba-Hubba sign
An antique neon clock from Club Hubba Hubba has popped up in L.A. But is it real?
Unsolicited Advice: Start Your Engines!
Baltimore, Md., hosts the Grand Prix of Baltimore every Labor Day, closing its waterfront streets for a road race in which cars zoom around at 180 mph.
Manifesting a Bar
Bar manager Justin Park’s star is rising along with Manifest’s: Last year, he won his first bartending competition with a Hotel Street Sour, and he’s been racking up wins ever since, including $10,000 in the World’s Best Mai Tai showdown.
Book Review: Mary Sia's Classic Chinese Cookbook
A legendary local cookbook gets an update.
Media Review: Robert Cazimero CD and Mai Lepera book
A review of Robert Cazimero's solo CD release Hula 2 and Kerri A. Inglis latest book Mai Lepera.
Hawaii Juice Bars
Health nut? Then beet your way to these juices.
Nightmare on the 21st Floor
Things HONOLULU Magazine's editor learned while trying, mainly failing, to fix up an older apartment.
Kakaako's newest pop-up venue: Taste
Taste, a pop-up venue, isn’t a restaurant itself, but a host to new concepts.
Mochi and marshmallows get makeovers
What could possibly make mochi and marshmallows even better? How about chocolate mochi wrapped around a Waialua dark, salted chocolate truffle or mochi sandwiches spread with peanut butter and azuki? Or marshmallows in flavors of salted caramel, lilikoi and raspberry lemon drop?
Get Out & Go in May
Whether you’re a dog lover, a bookworm, an avid quilter or the ultimate Beatles fan, there’s something just for you this month.
