January 2017: Table of Contents
Features
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On the cover: Could this be the perfect piece of nigiri? You can find it at Hale-‘Aina-Award-winning restaurant Sushi Izakaya Gaku.Photo: Steve Czerniak |
The Sour Poi Awards
Celebrating the best of the worst of 2016—the strange, the stupid and the scandalous.
by michael keany and robbie dingeman
The 2017 Hale ‘Aina Awards
For more than three decades, our readers have been naming the best restaurants in Hawai‘i. This year, we take a look at some of the newest restaurants making waves around town, as well as dig into a few longtime-favorite spots to find out the secrets to their success.
by catherine toth fox, don wallace, mari taketa and james charisma
Calabash
Happy New Year!
BY HONOLULU MAGAZINE STAFF
January Picks
Make a resolution to spend more time with your family—at a fun run, a New Year’s festival, a special Harry Potter event and more.
BY KATRINA VALCOURT
Kapi‘o News is back
Feisty freshmen run a revitalized student newspaper at Kapi‘olani Community College.
By Catherine Toth Fox
Da Meter
Gauging what’s hot and what’s not in Honolulu.
BY HONOLULU MAGAZINE STAFF
Quote Unquote: Erin Gerwig, dogwalker
Meet the woman who boards dogs, walks cats and, sometimes, feeds octopuses.
By lennie omalza
A new Natatorium proposal
A new proposal for the aging Natatorium just might save it from destruction.
By katrina valcourt
Field Notes: Swing Time
Field Notes explores Honolulu’s vast and varied scenes and subcultures. This month: Big Band Monday.
BY James Charisma
Style
HONOLULU Fashion Week
A look back at the third annual HONOLULU Fashion Week, plus locally designed goodies featured at the Marketplace you can still buy!
BY STACEY MAKIYA AND BRIE THALMANN
Opinion
EDITOR’S PAGE: Speak Up
Survivors share their stories.
BY ROBBIE DINGEMAN
AFTERTHOUGHTS: Waipa Who?
Siri has obviously never been to Hawai‘i.
BY MICHAEL KEANY
From Our Files
HONOLULU Magazine and Paradise of the Pacific—chronicling the Islands since 1888.
BY KATRINA VALCOURT
