Yesterday I had hiccups I just couldn’t get rid of.John Garcia, our Nonstop tech expert, thought if he stared at me, it would go away. It didn’t. But my bout with hiccups at our Nonstop meeting did spawn a discussion about tried-and-true remedies sure to make this strange condition go away, from breathing into a paper bag to dangling me…
The rollercoaster ride of “Hawaii Five-0” guest stars hits a high point tonight, with the arrival of Sean Combs. He plays Reggie Cole (which is his birth name), a NYPD detective who finds his family targeted by a vengeful crime lord. Said family includes Victoria’s Secret model Selita Ebanks as Lisa Cole and young Kwesi Boakye as Kevin Cole.Keith David,…
Bay Area hip-hop emcee Hopie Spitshard gave a special performance Saturday night at Blue Ocean Thai. The female rapper performed three songs off her new album “Dulce Vita,” which was released 10 days before the scheduled date.Despite her petite size, Hopie got the crowd’s attention by making everyone feel her music and showing that women can lyrically spit hard as well. You…
After we’d missed each other for days, I finally got to speak with Nobunny, aka Justin Champlin, on the phone at 12:30 a.m. Lucky that both of us are night owls (setting aside for a moment the relationship that owls usually have with bunnies), because the thoroughly interesting front-man of this catchy, scratchy garage pop/punk band is one interview that…
Chefs, farmers, culinary students and food professionals from across the state converged at Leeward Community College Friday for Chefs & Farmers Facing Future, a forum to discuss how Hawaii can foster a sustainable agriculture industry. Similar to the way local chefs united in the early ’90s to kick off the Hawaiian regional cuisine movement, chefs and farmers came together to…
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A group of Hawaii Twitter users met up at the KCC Farmers’ Market last week to catch up with Web pioneer, mobile strategist and social media innovator Aliza Sherman, visiting the islands from her hometown of Tok, Alaska.Aliza is well known in the web sphere as a blogger and contributor for Web Worker Daily and Mashable. Aliza is the founder…
"Ma Ke Kahakai" — While hiking in a remote area of the jungle to see the famed petroglyphs, McGarrett (Alex OÕLoughlin, left) and Danny (Scott Caan, right) instead find a homicide victim. Meanwhile, their AuntÕs failing health leads Kono and Chin Ho to visit home, where Kono finally learns the truth about the scandal that ended her cousinÕs career with…
Great Hawaiian Lunch Wagon Festival ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 31 By Mari TaketaNonstopKakaako yesterday, broiling under a hot sun, and yet an estimated 4,000-plus turn out for the Great Hawaiian Lunch Wagon Festival. The lineup: 21 lunch wagons and street food vendors, most not yet seen at the monthly Eat the Street food truck rallies.So what’s the…
Two weeks to put together an event with 24 restaurants, three entertainment stages, and several bars. The “…With Aloha” movement put on an epic event that brought 2,000 people from around the island to the Pagoda Hotel last night and raised $150,000 for Tohoku University Hospital in Japan. Did this: … With Aloha ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of…
It’s time to move those photo booths into the warehouse and make room for MyStudio, the HD video booth that enables you to create high quality video recordings. MyStudio launched in Honolulu on Friday, April 8 at Pearlridge Shopping Center, in conjunction with Simon Cowell’s “X Factor” auditions.“X Factor” is a singing competition that debuts this fall on FOX and…
Local musicians gathered at NextDoor Friday night to help raise money for Japan and generate awareness for Hawaii’s talented and diverse independent music scene. The acts who performed last night include RootHub, Zack Shimizu and Eli Oguma, Wait For It, Sing the Body, Steph 1 and Mailani Makainai.The night was highlighted by musicians from the different groups sharing the stage…
First Thursday celebrated its eighth anniversary in grand style at Fresh Cafe Thursday night. Kealoha kicked off the evening with an original poem inspired after a day at the beach. After warming up the crowd, he started the competition that would decide this year’s Hawaii Slam Poetry team.After 11 First Thursday poetry slams and three rounds at the Grand Slam…
Taste of Marukai ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 47 By Mari Taketa and Melissa ChangNonstopYes, it’s a warehouse. Yes, it’s on Dillingham just past the prison. And yes, you can really taste it.Last night an estimated thousand people — a third more than last year — paid an average $90 a pop and flooded into the discount warehouse…
You put a glass of wine and a plate of braised lamb shank in front of me, well, neither will last very long.So when Hoku’s, the award-winning restaurant at The Kahala Hotel and Resort, invited me to sample its wine dinner menu — sans the wine, though — I was there. And I would have probably brought my own fork.The hotel is…
What would Hawaii be like without rice? How will rising energy costs impact the ability to put food on our tables? What would a creatively sustainable lunch in Hawaii look like?These are just some of the questions that Hawaii farmers and chefs will discuss at Leeward Community College on April 15 in a food forum from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. We…
In the world of GTD or productivity applications, there are a plethora of solutions to choose. If you’re a “just give me basics” person, you may want to give TaskPaper for OS X a closer look. Normally a $29.99 application, this wonderful minimalist task manager is currently on sale in the Mac App Store for $4.99 until Friday, April 8….
When the iPad was introduced to the world on Jan. 27, 2010 critics called it nothing but an oversized iPod Touch. Many wondered why anybody would need such a device, but here we are now a year later with the iPad, still as popular as ever and considered to be the device that defined the tablet market. Exactly one year…
Ever since the demise of Go Shi Go last year, the loss of Honolulu’s best udon shop has been a gaping hole in my heart. So it leaps when I get word of the impending arrival of a new udon shop from @PHOTOluluTV, a Waikiki resident who emails a series of photo updates.First, a new sign in a window on…
Nonstop Honolulu today launches Nonstop Tech, a new section and blog covering all things technology, from trends, devices to the latest news both here in Hawaii and elsewhere. Our core team of contributors include John Garcia, Burt Lum, Ryan Ozawa and Doc Rock, who are all well versed in the subject. The following is their first collaborative post. But be…
A record-breaking scene, last night’s Eat the Street Japan, with a record number of people lining up for grinds from a record 32 food trucks and street food vendors. Theme of the night: Helping Japan heal, and more than $7,200 was raised for the American Red Cross. Here’s a look at the food, the people, the scene. Eat the Street…
For our March 2011 Best of Honolulu issue, we visited we visited Volcanic Rock Gym and watched owner Justin Ridgely teach writer, Victoria Wiseman, how to rock climb for the first time.
Honolulu’s biggest ever food truck rally rolls tonight, and it’s all about Japan.Thirty-two trucks and booths will converge on the massive open lot at South Street and Halekauwila for the third Eat the Street rally. More than half are pushing out new dishes created for Japan. Hank’s Haute Dogs is donating 100 percent of sales to relief and recovery work…
Korean miso stew, French pastries in Tokyo, and honey: Three foodie films made the roster for the Hawaii International Film Festival’s weeklong Spring Showcase, which runs April 1-7 at Dole Cannery, and Nonstop scored preview DVDs. We’re stoked. Not only can we review the films (or two of them, at least; HIFF didn’t have the third sample DVD), we can…
