Lei Chic - December 2008

Best of Lei Chic 2008: Hawaiian Punch

As we get set to ring in 2009, Lei Chic is taking a look back into our archives and bringing you some of the best stories we published during 2008. Enjoy and see you next year! ____________ Originally published October…

Best of Lei Chic 2008: Lash Out

As we get set to ring in 2009, Lei Chic is taking a look back into our archives and bringing you some of the best stories we published during 2008. Enjoy and see you next year! ____________ Originally published August…

Best of Lei Chic 2008: It's Reigning Deals

As we get set to ring in 2009, Lei Chic is taking a look back into our archives and bringing you some of the best stories we published during 2008. Enjoy and see you next year! ____________ Originally published August 8,…

Best of Lei Chic 2008: Sitting Pretty

 As we get set to ring in 2009, Lei Chic is taking a look back into our archives and bringing you some of the best stories we published during 2008. Enjoy and see you next year! ____________ Originally published February…

Best of Lei Chic 2008: Thrill of the Taste

As we get set to ring in 2009, Lei Chic is taking a look back into our archives and bringing you some of the best stories we published during 2008. Enjoy and see you next year! ____________ Originally published April…

Best of Lei Chic 2008: Thread Bare

As we get set to ring in 2009, Lei Chic is taking a look back into our archives and bringing you some of the best stories we published during 2008. Enjoy and see you next year! ____________ Originally published June…

Weekend Picks - December 18, 2008

Lei Chic’s guide to the weekend’s best events.Bubble YumWhat: Pick your favorite champagne or sparkling wine for the holidays or to ring in the new year at HASR Wine Co.’s Battle of the Bubblies champagne tasting. When: Friday, 5 to…

Weekend Picks - December 18, 2008

Lei Chic’s guide to the weekend’s best events.Bubble YumWhat: Pick your favorite champagne or sparkling wine for the holidays or to ring in the new year at HASR Wine Co.’s Battle of the Bubblies champagne tasting. When: Friday, 5 to…

Walk This Way

Your houseguests are crowding all your spare bedrooms, couches and futons, and it’s making you want to avoid home for the holidays. So send them walking. No, seriously. Book them off on a walking tour all over downtown Honolulu, and…

Site Seeing

You’ve always been faithful to the employee handbook. Pocket post-it notes or spare pens? Never. Take an hour and a half for lunch? Not you. Look at NSFW websites? Well… maybe just a little. Seems like you’re the only one…

Burn After Reading

After spending hours in the returns line at Best Buy last year, your boyfriend is dropping oh-so-subtle hints about this year’s Christmas gifts. Like: What were you smoking when you decided against the Wii? Maybe there is something that will…

Hits and Run

Maybe you’re not lacing up your kicks for Sunday’s Honolulu Marathon, but you’ve got more than 26.2 anti-Christmas-cookie miles to run in the weeks ahead. And your iPod's old loop of tracks is as boring as, well,  jogging loops at the…

Weekend Picks - December 11, 2008

Lei Chic’s guide to the weekend’s best events.Breathe EasyWhat: Beat work stress with tips from the yogis at Lululemon. Free mini-workshops on no-one-will-notice desk yoga stretches, and healthy eating in the face of vending machines and office treats. When: Tonight,…

Shop Culture

A personal shopper would be great at this time of year – someone who knows all the best stores and what they carry, who stocks the hard-to-find labels, and where you can pick up really one-of-a-kind items. Not in the…

Get Carded

Your perfect cousin Marcia’s perfect holiday card arrives in your mailbox just perfectly on December 1. Her perfect family is in perfect outfits, posed perfectly for the photo. But Marcia’s not completely perfect – you've already received a duplicate of…

Sweet Child of Mine

It was an instant love affair between you and that online kids’ clothing store. The price was right, the clothes were cute and the shop made you feel secure (it even said so on the “checkout” button). Then you clicked…

Nog Heaven

You’re lining up all your nights out before Christmas, and everyone’s stirring – and shaking, and sipping. Especially at Chinatown’s Brasserie Du Vin, where a new menu of holiday cocktails was introduced this week, just in time for First Friday…

Sponsored Edition: Make A Wish

Ready or not, Christmas is less than 30 days away and by now, you’ve come to know a few things – like exactly what you want to give and (ahem) receive. And Santa’s no mind reader. Whether you’ve been naughty…

Weekend Picks - December 4, 2008

Lei Chic’s guide to the weekend’s best events.Jingle DogsWhat: Try a gourmet Reindeer hot dog made with extra-lean caribou meat mixed with beef, seared and served with whatever toppings you choose. The authentic Alaskan sausage is flown in fresh from…

Weekend Picks - December 4, 2008

Lei Chic’s guide to the weekend’s best events.Jingle DogsWhat: Try a gourmet Reindeer hot dog made with extra-lean caribou meat mixed with beef, seared and served with whatever toppings you choose. The authentic Alaskan sausage is flown in fresh from…

Boy Toys

Admit it: you’re living in a material world and he is a material … guy. It’s going to be easy to justify your love this year with gifts for every man listed on your liner notes. Ray of Light Communing…

Wanna Net?

Why shop online? Let us count the reasons: 1. No looking for parking at the mall 2. No standing in line at the post office 3. You can shop barefoot in your pajamas And there’s that one reason not to…

Sweet Shop

Your favorite holiday treats? Frosted sugar cookies, candy canes, peppermint brownies, and a few festive additions to your closet. Find your way to the new Dolce boutique at Ward Center, which just opened Friday. Owner Christie Yang has stocked up…