Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: Sept. 18–24, 2025
Celebrate all things banana, picnic in style, watch a rubber duckie race, see a deliciously fun opera and more.
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The Shopping Power Hour
Executive editor and shopping expert Kathryn Drury Wagner shows you how to hit three stores in one lunch hour.
Grading the Public High Schools
This year, we rank Hawaii’s public high schools, using performance and satisfaction data from the state Department of Education.
Hawaii Designer Naomi Newirth on Acacia Bikinis
Maui native Naomi Newirth gives us the skinny on Acacia, the flirty swimwear line she launched with Lyndie Irons.
Sweet Onion Time: Maui Onion Festival, May 7, Kaanapali, Maui
It's all things onion at the 22nd annual Maui Onion Festival, Whalers Village, Kaanapali, Maui, May 7. Don't miss the onion rings.
New Italian Restaurant: Bernini Honolulu
On a side street near Ala Moana Center is a new Italian restaurant, from a focused Japanese chef. Wait till you taste the pizza.
New Downtown Bento: Umami Cafe
It bills itself as a Japanese coffee bar. Really, the new Umami Cafe is downtown Honolulu's fanciest bento parlor. Great prices, good bentos.
43 Things Every Local Must Do
What place other than Hawai‘i could come up with both the shaka sign and surfing?
Napa Comes to Hawaii: Mustards Grill Dinner, Kahala Food & Wine Classic
Napa's hometown hero, chef Cindy Pawlcyn, came to the Kahala Food & Wine Classic last weekend, and the results were uneven, but well worth eating.
Calling all Golfing Foodies: Hale Aina Golf Tournament, Apr. 25
Chefs love golf. Many of our town's award-winning chefs will be competing in the 13th Hale Aina Ohana Charity Golf Tournament is Monday, Apr. 25, at the Kapolei Golf Course. A few slots are left if you wish to join them.
Hawaii's Other Coffee: Ka'u Coffee Festival, May 14-15
Ka'u on the Big Island has begun to grow world-class coffee, and it celebrates with a two-day Coffee Festival next month. You can win a trip.
Opus One Dinner, Four Seasons Maui, May 6
This counts as a special occasion. Five vintages of Opus One, at a four course dinner under the stars on an oceanfront lawn. Four Seasons Maui, May 6
