Vintage patchwork pieces with loud ’60s style aloha print fabric were much more than blankets. They were used for picnics, protecting couches from pets, covering car interiors and more. Read more
We don’t have tourists peeing in window flowerboxes — well, at least no reports of that happening — but some of the other descriptions are familiar. Read more
‘Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language,” wrote Dale Carnegie, famed author of yesteryear’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” Read more
It used to be almost gauche to complain about too many tourists. Read more
The Japanese tourists walked down the new $2 million paved footpath to the beach just east of the Diamond Head lighthouse. Read more
An argument that keeps being used in the support of TMT, or sometimes to minimize the significance of the gathering at the base of the mountain, is that most Hawaii residents support building the telescope. Read more
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Greg Chun’s job is to improve UH’s stewardship of the mountain, to update the master plan, environmental impact statement, administrative rules, and to look at the longer term management structure. Read more
The city’s pilot bulky-item reservation system is working, according to the city. Nobody who doesn’t get paid by the city says it’s working, but the city says it is. Read more
The line to get into the party ran out the door and up the hill, and everyone was smartly dressed and perfectly accessorized. Read more
Larry Cravalho stood outside a house that represents the past and dreamed of what he wants to build in the future. Read more
Remember when the big garbage bins on wheels were first delivered by the city? They seemed like such an unnecessary burden — heavy, unwieldy, wheels but no brakes. Read more
Deflect. Deny. Discount. There’s a list of D-words they teach in corporate seminars to describe tactics for dealing with opposition without actually having to deal with anybody. Read more
It used to be we’d start talking about hurricanes when the threat seemed possible and the concern was warranted. Now, we’re worried over a cluster of lines on a satellite map way down by Baja that might or might not turn into a hurricane. Read more
As Dave Chappelle said, everything looks cooler in slow motion. Read more
In 1959, when Hawaii became a state and the topic of discussion on Oahu was the bright future of these islands, who would have thought that 60 years later so many signs of decay would be part of everyday life? Read more
To think it all started with a query letter shotgunned to a list of big universities. The message was, basically, “Hey, you should come check out our mountain. We think it would be great for a telescope.” Read more
The city’s counterintuitive pilot project to make bulky item pick up more efficient and effective by making it even less available has been roundly criticized by residents who are watching with dismay as piles pile up in their neighborhoods. Read more
Something happened. Something is happening. There may not be extrapolated numbers from a current telephone survey to quantify it, but the huge number of people standing against the construction of the TMT on Mauna Kea serves as evidence. Read more
When the news broke last week that Spalding House was going to close by the end of the year and its home in the gracious estate in Makiki Heights put up for sale, people rushed up the hill to visit the art museum like they were going to see a friend who is leaving town or a favorite restaurant that is serving its last chicken katsu. Read more
Gov. David Ige has sunk to a new low, declaring a group of unarmed, nonviolent, organized Native Hawaiians an “emergency.” Read more
There was a time in the mid-’80s when somebody was setting fires on Maui. Last week’s massive brush fires that threatened Central Maui and consumed what used to be green fields may have reminded some longtime residents of those bad years when everyone was chasing down a fire bug. Read more
