Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Hawai‘i for March 31–April 6, 2022
Donate cans for a cause, help clean up an O‘ahu neighborhood and party in a bookstore this weekend.
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Behind the scenes of Morocco week
A few weeks ago, I had an interesting opportunity to help with a series of caterings for Morocco week. I was contacted by my friends, Moumen and Holly, owners of Pacific Catering, which has done catering for “Jurassic Park,” “Pearl…
HIFF awards reception
After a successful opening weekend of the Hawaii International Film Festival, delegates, judges and filmmakers gathered Tuesday at Washington Place for the HIFF awards reception.Things started out with the first-ever HIFF Humanitarian award given to the film, “Amazon Gold,” which…
Chef Ed Kenney impresses at APEC dinner
One of the things APEC’s organizing committee has tried to do is emphasize local products like Hawaiian Host Chocolates, Honolulu Cookie Company, Hawaiian Springs water, Aloha Made drinks and locally grown produce. Thus, it wasn’t surprising that Chef Ed Kenney…
An amazing HIFF comes to an end
Another awesome HIFF has come to an end, and it was truly a marathon 11 days for me. The thing that really wore me out this year were the number of events. There was an event virtually every night of…
Pics: HIFF Awards Ceremony
Cinema fans gathered at Washington Place Tuesday night for the Hawaii International Film Festival awards ceremony. Voting for the audience choice awards for best narrative, documentary and short film will continue through the rest of the festival. Results will be…