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Hawaii

Musings

Cat Chat: Hawaii-born designer Bliss Lau

By On May 29, 2011

One day designer Bliss Lau was procrastinating from working on her suspension handbags, which features draping diagonal chains. She started pinning the chains from her bags to the model form in your… Read More

Musings

GlamMa is the new grandma?

By On May 26, 2011

I thought being called “aunty” was tough. Then I read an article in the New York Times earlier this month about baby boomers who don’t want to be called grandparents. “This generation… Read More

Musings

No rapture, but we’re ready for next time

By On May 23, 2011

So where were you at 6 p.m. on Saturday, the day the world was supposed to end? I was eating Portuguese bean soup with my family and watching “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” debating… Read More

Food

FUUD: Big Kahuna Pizza near the airport

By On May 20, 2011

Hawaii has better pizza than most people realize. There’s the handcrafted pies from JJ Dolan’s in Chinatown, the kiawe wood-fired pizzas from V Lounge near Ala Moana Center and the wood-fire specialities… Read More

Food

Crack Seed Center closes — sort of

By On May 19, 2011

The red octagonal doorway has become a landmark at Ala Moana Center. And on May 28, the iconic door of the Crack Seed Center will close for good after 52 years. One… Read More