April 2006

Hawai’i is home to a thriving community of creative design pros.

A. Kam Napier, Editor

A Honolulu physician takes baking to new levels with his artisan-style loaves.

Joan Namkoong

Our intrepid writer sought out the best deals, cutest boutiques and most interesting shopkeepers.

Sheila Sarhangi, photography by Alex Viarnes

Whether you’re looking for a casual, ocean-front dinner, a quick pizza snack or a delicious meal of Mexican cuisine, Kailua eateries have something to offer everyone.

Lori Anne Tomonari

Forget the sun umbrellas and coolers--the best time of the day to enjoy the beach, this Kailua-based writer suggests, is before dawn.

James Dannenberg

The heart of Kailua may not be on land at all, but in the ocean, where generations of Kailuans have found adventure, recreation, even comfort.

Brian Berusch

Dancers, painmters, sculptors, glassblowers and more--Kailua is filled with art.

Sheila Sarhangi

Ginai, Jazz Island, Black Hawaiian Records

Michael Keany

Waikiki's new show

This month’s botanical forecast: violet explosions of Jacaranda mimosifolia.

Shirley Black Gerum

Whether made of diamonds and platinum or chocolate and sugar, these gifts are perfect for spring.

Lori Anne Tomonari, photography by Rae Huo

Ronna Bolante

Kathy “Tita” Collins

Lehia Apana

An innovative adoption process gathers local photographers and community members with one goal: to find homes for all of Hawai’i’s children.

Lori Anne Tomonari

Some nonprofits exist to boost other nonprofits. Their work receives less publicity, but is just as important.

Lori Anne Tomonari

Two new restaurants make Chinese food special again.

John Heckathorn

HONOLULU Magazine and Paradise of the Pacific, chronicling the Islands since 1888.

Ronna Bolante

Sometimes home is all over the map.

Bill Harby