--Published in The Honolulu Weekly on March 30, 2011-- In the midst of the sprawling metropolis that is Honolulu, it is hard to imagine a time when the entire island was divided into clearly marked ahupuaa. Now we can rely on districts, neighborhood divisions and city...
--Published in The Honolulu Weekly on March 23, 2011-- It’s impossible to have grown up or lived any portion of your life in Hawaii and not know the creative talents of artist and art historian Herb Kawainui Kane. Born in Minnesota in 1928, Kane was actually raised in...
--Published in The Honolulu Weekly on March 9, 2011-- “Sustainable” might be the buzzword of the times, but when it comes to allotting money to fund these efforts, state agencies are hardest hit. Each year, the state Department of Budget and Finance releases an annual...
Honolulu Weekly (Cover Story) The half-gram bottle of bath salts promises an “invigorating” and “energizing” experience. But the new designer drug, called MDPV (or “legal cocaine”) is sending an alarming number of curious teenagers and seasoned drug users to...
--Published in The Honolulu Weekly on February 16, 2011-- OK, let’s be honest: The image of a robber lurking in the dark with an uprooted tree under his arm is quite hilarious. But, as Gertrude Stein would say, “…a theft is a theft is a theft.” In other words, it...
--Published in The Honolulu Weekly on February 16, 2011-- The Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee wants YOU to embrace the Hawaiian hoary bat as your official state land mammal. Granted, it’s not as cute and cuddly as the monk seal, our current state animal, but here in...
Networking is the name of the game --Published in The Honolulu Weekly on February 9, 2011-- It’s 7:30am on a Saturday morning and Juanita Kawamoto is frying dough at the YMCA in Kailua. Using locally bought ingredients, she molds dozens of malasadas for the World...
--Published in Green Magazine, Vol. 3, Issue 3, May-June 2011-- Like many transplants from the mainland, Shanah Trevenna moved to Hawai'i sight-unseen. After a four-year stint as a mechanical engineer at IBM, she had a change of heart and decided that she wanted to...
OAKLAND NORTH The table was a tableau of a meal interrupted: a platter of half-eaten roast chicken, a bowl of Jap chae noodles, a can of Diet Coke tipped over on its side, and dishes slick with the residue of dipping sauces, kimchi, and pickled vegetables. They...