Editors Page: On Inouye’s Passing
Hawaii loses more than just its senior senator.
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Afterthoughts: Neighbors and Strangers
You don’t get to choose them, but you have to live with them.
Fashion designer needed to help a little girl
One of the Make-A-Wish Foundation's local recipients is 11-year-old Skylar Soares, and her wish is to create a line of sun-safe hats.
Unsolicited Advice: Local Food Mashup
All the restaurant coverage in this issue got us thinking about our favorite local foods.
The Sour Poi Awards 2012
Celebrating the best of the worst of 2012—the dumb, the deranged and the indefensible.
Meet Paulette Kaleikini: The woman who stopped the rail
To most, they’re just old bones in the ground. To Paulette Kaanohiokalani Kaleikini, the iwi kupuna are her ancestors, her history, her culture.
Editor's Page: Our 125th Anniversary
After 1,500 issues, we're still going strong.
Bad Company: The final days of Baron Dorcy, Maui Millionaire
The bizarre story behind the death of Maui's ultimate trustafarian.
How Long Does it Take to Become Local in Hawai‘i?
Mahalo Rewards: South Park’s episode entitled “Going Native” gets Hawai‘i residents asking this question.
Up and Coming Architecture Firm: Collaborative Studio
A young Honolulu architecture firm is winning awards and solving problems.
Best Lawyers in Hawaii 2012
As the number of legal specialties here—76!—attests, life is complicated. But there’s no need to face those complications without an advocate.
Unsolicited Advice: Gov. Abercrombie, tear down this fence!
From Salt Lake Boulevard by the stadium to Acacia Road in Pearl City: how about a nice hedge instead?
Editor's Page: Waves of... Garbage?
Keeping our beaches clean begins with what we do on land.
Afterthoughts: Rear View Mirror
Objects of the past may be closer than they appear.
Psychotherapy with Horses on Oahu's North Shore
Horse Sense: Got a long face? Maybe a horse can help.
Unsolicited Advice: Add a Pedestrian Bridge over the Ala Wai at University Ave.
We’re overdue to add at least one more bridge. Even a pedestrian overpass connecting the makai end of University Avenue to Kalaimoku Street in Waikiki would make a difference.
The Outdoor Circle Celebrates 100 Years Beautifying Honolulu
A Green Century: The Outdoor Circle has been beautifying Honolulu for 100 years now.
Editor's Page: Looking Back
As far as 1888, when this magazine was born.
Afterthoughts: Boooooo.
Halloween in Honolulu? Bah humbug.
Q&A with Honolulu Mayoral Candidate Kirk Caldwell
HONOLULU talks with mayoral candidate Kirk Caldwell about rail—is it over?—how we’re going to pay for sewer improvements, and being compared to Mufi Hannemann.
Editor's Page: You-niversity
Our guide to self-improvement in Honolulu.
Afterthoughts: Risky Business
When an arcade’s not really an arcade.
Leave Us Alone, Kiosk People!
Ala Moana Center, we love you. Why are you trying to make us feel bad? Tone down the kiosk people.
Hurricane Iniki: 20 Years Later
It’s been two decades since Sept. 11, 1992, that cataclysmic day when Hurricane Iniki devastated Kauai with widespread flooding, storm surge and 145 mph winds. With the anniversary upon us, we did a quick survey to see where Hawaii stands, hurricanewise, today.
