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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Paul Mitchell the School
Take a look inside the Paul Mitchell School.
Perfume Based on Personality
Perfume choices based on your personality.
New Boutique: Fishloaves
Kathryn visits Fishloaves.
Sam Choy Returns to Big Island with a new restaurant, Sam Choy's Kai Lanai
Chef Sam Choy returns to the Big Island with a new Keauhou restaurant, Sam Choy's Kai Lanai.
Relaxed and seriously tasty: James Beard Dinner, Mauna Lani Bay Hotel
Celebrity chefs Michael Symon and Jonathan Waxman cook up six great courses at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel James Beard Celebrity Chef dinner. All relaxed and family style.
In the kitchen with Michael Symon and Jonathan Waxman, James Beard Celebrity Chef Dinner, Mauna Lani
With only four hours to go until the James Beard Celebrity Chef dinner, Michael Symon and Jonathan Waxman are laboring in the kitchen, where the mood and the food are both great. At the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel, Kohala Coast, Big Island.
In the Cocktail Kitchen: Backstage at the James Beard Event at the Mauna Lani Hotel, Big Island
We found national award-winning mixologist Manny Hinojosa prepping for tonight's cocktail gala for the James Beard Celebrity Chef tour. He immediately put us to work. At the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel, Big Island.
Alan Wong Farmers Dinner with Richard Ha, Jan. 26
Hot tomato! Richard Ha of Hamakua Springs Farms flies over from the Big Island to join Alan Wong for a Farmers Series dinner, Jan. 26.
New Jade Dynasty Seafood Restaurant Opens at Ala Moana Center
Or how I went to a Chinese restaurant opening and ended up eating pizza.
You Can Now Get Wolfgang’s Steakhouse Burger for $10 Through the End of the Year
Not just any burger: Wolfgang’s Steakhouse in the Royal Hawaiian Center, Waikiki, has extended its $10 lunchtime burger bargain through the end of 2011.
New: Sushi ii, a hidden gem of a Honolulu sushi bar
You may never find Sushi ii. It's a new, highly personal sushi bar in the Samsung Plaza, off Keeaumoku Street. And it's more than a sushi bar, with a lively, varied menu and a congenial group of customers.
