Keiki-Friendly Gift Ideas and Events for Valentine's Day 2023
Paradise Monarchs Chrysalis Box, Choco le‘a chocolate covered gummy bears and more—just some sweet treats and meaningful presents for your littlest loves.
Valentine’s Day
Amazing Valentine's Day Gift Ideas From Local Businesses and Designers
Your Valentine's Day ideas list—featuring fun, stylish and sweet gift ideas for everyone—plus some fun activities for couples, singles and gal pals.
Valentine’s 2023 Menus at O‘ahu Restaurants and Bakeries
Fifty choices for dinner, special desserts and way-too-cute Valentine’s foodie gifts.
50 First Dates: The 10 Best and Worst Gifts We’ve Ever Received from Romantic Partners
Happy Valentine’s Day! Whether you’ve just started dating someone or are in a long-term relationship, there’s a lot of pressure surrounding this time of year and finding the perfect gift.
Dine-in and Takeout Menus for Valentine’s Day 2022 on O‘ahu
50-plus choices for where to find lobster, prime rib and chocolate-dipped strawberries and more from local restaurants and food businesses.
Dine-In and Takeout Menus in Honolulu for Valentine’s Day 2021
Shrimp cocktails, filet mignon, sweets for your sweetheart: We’ve gathered nearly 50 O‘ahu options right here.
50 First Dates: Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures, But You Really Should’ve Tried This at Home
Date No. 21 is our first submission about attempting to date during quarantine—something we don’t recommend (seriously. Stay home).
50 First Dates: Hopping Fences and Falling In Love on the Greatest First Date
Date No. 20 took our former college party gal on a whirlwind date that lasted well past sunrise.
50 First Dates: She Was With Someone Else, Until He Showed Up
Just because the girl was on a date with another guy doesn’t mean Dater No. 16 wasn’t gonna shoot his shot.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-Feb. 13, 2020
Photo: Courtesy of Honolulu Museum of ArtLearn to breakdance this weekend at Bank of Hawaiʻi Family Sunday. Family Sunday Keiki get to celebrate what makes each of them unique at this month’s free event at the Honolulu Museum of Art.…
Diner-Style to Luxe: Where to Book Valentine’s Day Dinner
(Sponsored) A.k.a. where you can still get reservations for Feb. 14.
5 Valentine’s Day Treats to Buy Right Now in Hawai‘i
Photo: Getty Images (Editor's PSA: We love indulging our keiki with Valentine's Day sweets. But we want to add a friendly reminder that sugary treats taste better when served around nutritious meals—followed by tooth brushing and flossing. OK, we'll step off our soapbox now ...) Valentine's Day is this Friday. And, if you're like…
A Special Valentine’s Day Taste Test: We Tried 8 Sugarfina Cocktail Gummies
Sorry Ryan Reynolds, you may be hot, but your gin candy is not. Find out which one made it to last call.
50 First Dates: Sharks and Jellyfish and (a Very Intense) Hike, Oh My!
Date No. 14 had quite a few red flags, but this dater was determined to give it a shot for love.
50 First Dates: Does Standing Someone Up Twice Really Warrant a Stage 5 Clinger?
Dater No. 13 set herself a dating challenge and met her perfect match. But not before matching with a real challenge.
50 First Dates: The First 12 Hawai‘i Dating Stories That We Blogged About in 2019
We look back at the crazy, funny, awkward and weird submissions sent in by our readers last year. Stay tuned for the next 38!
50 First Dates: The Most Boring-Sounding Date Turned Out to Be One of the Best Ever
Date No. 12 goes to show that just because the activities are dull doesn’t mean the person is.
Not your typical Valentine’s dinners
From Dorito-crusted fried chicken wings with friends to an over-the-top evening on the windward side with your sweetheart, here’s a list of not-so-typical Valentine’s Day options as diverse as the types of love worth celebrating. “Pal”-entine’s Dinner 5:30 p.m. Piggy…
Who’s still got openings for Valentine’s Day?
Valentine’s Day is just a week away! If you haven’t made reservations yet, you may be out of luck for special occasion favorites like Alan Wong’s, Wolfgang’s Steakhouse and Vintage Cave. But you know what? We’re here for you. We called…
Chocolate truffles 101
My mom, a sweet and shy person in public, is actually a rabid foodie who follows my daily eating adventures on Instagram. So when I post a pic of something especially good — like MW Restaurant’s chocolate cake — she’s…
A Valentine to remember
It’s Valentine’s Eve, and you don’t have anything planned. Maybe you’re last minute, or just waiting to find something different. Whatever the case, we have a couple of ideas for you to help keep you out of trouble but still…
Music of love: Babyface
Thousands of people showed up at the Blaisdell Arena Monday night for R&B legend Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds. If you weren’t there, then you missed out on an incredible performance that brought people memories of old-school music.Babyface connected with audience members…
Roses? I’ll take Ben & Jerry’s instead
I’ve never been the romantic type.You won’t catch me swooning over moonlit serenades or cooing over rose petals strewn all over the living room floor. (I mean, who’s going to clean that up?)A room filled with lit candles makes me…
Heart-ful gifts for Valentine’s Day
I’ve never been a flower kind of girl.I much prefer gifts that are practical and useful. Give me a crock pot or a flat iron before a stuffed animal and bouquet of overpriced roses.See, I don’t think the commercialized image…
