Seems like everything these days is focused on sanitation. That’s a good thing, as far as I’m concerned, and it’s nice to see that technology has kept up with the demand for public sanitation. Fifteen years ago, when I first started writing this column, Ala Moana Center had just installed hands-free toilet and sink fixtures. [...]
Daniel Lane has an eye for the unique, the beautiful, the cute and even the quirky side of life on the Garden Isle. This is just a small sampling of his photographic work.
You don’t have to be a psychologist to know that what happened the night of April 30 was a tragedy. A young woman screams on dark and not-quite-deserted Sandy Beach. A man hears and comes to her aid, only to be told she’s fine, go away. Shortly after that, a woman brings a newborn to [...]
I’m not one to follow celebrities, but many of my friends and co-workers do. WhoSay launched in 2010, but recently was revamped. It just happened to grab my attention, since people I work with often discuss the happenings of the stars, and I’m always clueless. WhoSay is a service/website for celebrities to take control of [...]
It’s been one year since Lisa Fuller and husband Sun left One Song Farm in Moloa’a. At Kumu Aina in Kalihiwai, they have made quick work of setting up their bio-intensive farm and a market garden, which grows vegetables sold under the name One Song Produce. Bio-intensive farming is an organic agricultural system that focuses [...]
Ranaella Steinberg Doctor of Veterinary Medicine What kind of medicine do you practice? I practice integrative veterinary medicine. That would be a combination of conventional medicine and what you would call complementary or alternative medicine. What is alternative/complementary medicine? It is herbal medicine, acupuncture and also nutrition as being a larger part of health and [...]
Irene Yoshida was not expecting to win anything last Monday, but it must have been her lucky day. When she stopped at Foodland to grab something to eat during a break from work at Wahooo Seafood Grill and Bar next door, MidWeek Kaua’i was there with one simple question, and when she answered correctly, Irene [...]
Abel Sogaw Kapahi, Landscaping “Scooby snacks.” Cheray Kahalewai Lihu’e, Assistant Manager “Chocolate chip cookies.” Tai Ito-Fernandez Wailua, Student of life “Gummy bears.” Keala Bristol Puhi, Administrative Services Assistant “Hummus. It’s good for you.” GloriaJean Macabeo [...]
I’ve been told that I’m a pretty fashionable dresser. It might be because my mom was a seamstress/tailor and my dad used to dress like the guys on Mad Men. Or that I used to work at McInerney, the predecessor to all the high-fashion stores at Ala Moana. I don’t try to do that, it’s [...]
