His House/Her House
We know men and women’s tastes can differ on home furnishings and décor. So this month, we sent a pair of writers into Honolulu’s showrooms to find out what would catch their eye.
HONOLULU Magazine - April 2004
Who Makes What
We take a peek at the paychecks of your friends and neighbors.
Team Effort
We double-teamed a lot of the features in this issue.
Seven Deadly Local Sins
The 21st Annual Honolulu Magazine Starbucks Coffee Hawai‘i Fiction Contest Grand Prize Winner
Big News from The Big Island
There’s been an explosion of restaurants on the Volcano Isle.
Goin’ Bananas
A fruit full of surprises
From Our Files
HONOLULU Magazine and Paradise of the Pacific—chronicling the Islands since 1888.
Letters
April
Hong Kong
I'm sitting in a room no bigger than any typical residential bedroom space, filled, floor to ceiling, with the most striking replicas of modern fashion. My mother and her friend since childhood, Auntie Wong, are haggling with the caretaker of…
Egg Him On
You wouldn't think an egg could ward off evil or keep your house from burning down, unless, of course, you are familiar with pysanky, the Ukrainian folk art of elaborately dyed eggs. A Ukrainian friend of mine explained how the…
Hawai‘i’s Killer: Leptospirosis
After a century, we still underestimate leptospirosis. And what we don’t know can kill us.
Mamaka Kaiao
New Hawaiian Language Dictionary
OurTown: J Salon
J Salon, a new downtown hair salon, caught our eye the moment it opened on Nu'uanu Avenue. The salon is done up in bold, simple rectangles of bright orange and blue, which seem to hover in the large, open space…
Q+A Stephen Little
Q: You've called your current position your "dream job." Why? A: You can do things with works of art that really illuminate the world. People are only here in the museum for half hour to an hour. Yet in that…
The Reel Story
Honolulu's Art House Theatres may have closed, but there's a new, more accessible venue for independent film lovers and aspiring filmmakers in the Islands. On April 19, OC 16 will begin a series of 12 half-hour magazine-format programs on Hawai'i's…
Constitution Abuse
The right to marry doesn’t come from your neighbors, or society, or President Bush.
