Taste Choc Star What: Sample 14 different chocolates from Hawaii and around the world at Madre Chocolate's award-winning chocolate tasting, including a brand new batch made entirely from Maui-grown cacao. The bean-to-bar factory worked closely with Hana Gold Farm to…
Whether it’s for a routine checkup or more specialized work, here's a list of 237 top dentists in the Islands.
It’s been a severe flu season on the Mainland, leaving Hawaii residents questioning how bad it will get here. The thing is, the flu is already here.
Celebrating the arrival of 2013 with family and friends was incredible as always, but unfortunately quite a few friends of ours spent it caring for their children who were under the weather. As noted in a previous post, December tends…
I don't know about you, but my mouth is watering just thinking about the Thanksgiving feast (or should I say feasts) I'll be enjoying with family and friends in just four days. Buttery roast turkey hot out of the…
The Down and Dirty Facts About Four Easily Spread, Icky Childhood Diseases. Put your child with a group of kids and he or she will inevitably catch something that makes you squirm. The symptoms are usually worse than the ailment…
Oahu Real Estate: Where to Buy Now
How we named the nine best buildings in Honolulu.
Over the course of 27 years, John Heckathorn wrote hundreds of articles for HONOLULU Magazine before he passed away suddenly in December 2011. Here are excerpts from some of our favorite pieces.
What do you get when you combine a Major League Baseball player, an Olympic skating champion and 100 Hawaiian warriors dressed only in malo? No, it’s not the start of a bad joke… but the start of a pretty bad…
It can be difficult to help kids cope with the loss of a loved one, particularly as you work through your own grief. A child's understanding of death depends largely on his or her age, life experiences and personality. Explaining…
The health risks with which you should—and shouldn’t—be concerned.
What's Killing Us? You’ve got to go somehow. Here are the things you should really worry about.
They may look like static warehouses on the outside but inside, Honolulu's self-storage units are bustling with hidden lives.
Photo by PaurianSomeone once told me there’s a difference between having a job and a career. A job is something you do to make money. You don’t necessarily need to enjoy it, but you tolerate it because it’s a means…
A concierge connection, and Honolulu effort, pays off in boxes of food for Sendai. Plus, a confection is found among 400 aftershocks.
Sometimes life calls for a drink. Whether it’s to celebrate a promotion, drown your sorrows after a job loss, go out with the girls, watch the Hawaii Bowl or whatever, we found the 24 best bars for 24 different occasions. Cheers!
Me and my friends at the Honolulu Marathon start line. —Taken with my iPhoneYesterday was (I think) my 17th marathon. I want to say that I knew going in to the 38th annual Honolulu Marathon that this would be my slowest…
For many soldiers getting back from Iraq or Afghanistan, the battle has just begun.
Some view it—and use it—as medicine, while others contend it is a dangerous drug, widely abused. How does the program work, and who is involved?
How Colin Nishida, owner of Side Street Inn, became the hottest restaurateur in Honolulu.
There’s no question that you’re a gal in the know. You always rock the just-discovered designers, are the first to hit up the coolest new clubs, and of course, you score your daily dish of style savvy from Lei Chic.…
Real doctors do all the work, TV doctors get all the fame.
Thousands of people are caring for their children and elderly parents simultaneously. Here are the stories of kamaaina who are coping with this challenge.
