December 2008

As we get set to ring in 2009, Lei Chic is taking a look back into our archives and bringing you some of the best stories we published during 2008. Enjoy and see you next year!
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Originally published October 7, 2008

Gym (accusingly): What happened? You haven’t been around much. You promised we’d see each other at least three times a week.

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As we get set to ring in 2009, Lei Chic is taking a look back into our archives and bringing you some of the best stories we published during 2008. Enjoy and see you next year!
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Originally published July 1, 2008

You’ve felt the guilt pangs before – like when you drop a hondo on a new bag and wonder if maybe there are more worthwhile causes than your arm candy addiction.

The new line of SooZou bags by local designer Pia Kuhlemann will take the wind out of your buyer’s remorse –... Read more »

As we get set to ring in 2009, Lei Chic is taking a look back into our archives and bringing you some of the best stories we published during 2008. Enjoy and see you next year!
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Originally published August 1, 2008

You’re batting nearly a thousand in the beauty department lately. Your new brow shaping appointments are a real hit. And the in-home massage you’ve scheduled... Read more »

As we get set to ring in 2009, Lei Chic is taking a look back into our archives and bringing you some of the best stories we published during 2008. Enjoy and see you next year!
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Originally published August 8, 2008

Your personal fairy tale:  forget the pumpkin – and the ball. You’re on a worldwide shopping spree buying up the latest runway looks from every top designer. And then you do it again every season.

It’s no fairy tale for sisters Azzura and Yana Alliata, Italian princesses who live... Read more »

As we get set to ring in 2009, Lei Chic is taking a look back into our archives and bringing you some of the best stories we published during 2008. Enjoy and see you next year!
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Originally published April 15, 2008

You’re not the kind to go on about “low tannins” or “earthy nose” when it comes to wine. But you have, once or twice, bought a wine based solely on the Wine Spectator rating.

Next time, choose something you’ve tasted for yourself – and actually... Read more »

As we get set to ring in 2009, Lei Chic is taking a look back into our archives and bringing you some of the best stories we published during 2008. Enjoy and see you next year!
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Originally published June 4, 2008

The scene after your last eyebrow wax appointment: chafed red skin followed by a breakout the next day.

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Lei Chic’s guide to the weekend’s best events.

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What: Pick your favorite champagne or sparkling wine for the holidays or to ring in the new year at HASR Wine Co.’s Battle of the Bubblies champagne tasting.
When: Friday, 5 to 7... Read more »

Lei Chic’s guide to the weekend’s best events.

Bubble Yum
What: Pick your favorite champagne or sparkling wine for the holidays or to ring in the new year at HASR Wine Co.’s Battle of the Bubblies champagne tasting.
When: Friday, 5 to 7... Read more »

Your houseguests are crowding all your spare bedrooms, couches and futons, and it’s making you want to avoid home for the holidays.

So send them walking. No, seriously.

Book them off on a walking tour all over downtown Honolulu, and get them out of your hair for a couple hours while they learn Hawaiian history.

Just a month old, Ohana Walking Tours is the brainchild of Casey Hewes, a Lana‘i native who now works as a nurse at Castle Hospital. Inspired by the enthusiasm of his guide on an Onion Walking Tour while on vacation in New York City,... Read more »

You’ve always been faithful to the employee handbook. Pocket post-it notes or spare pens? Never. Take an hour and a half for lunch? Not you. Look at NSFW websites? Well… maybe just a little.

Seems like you’re the only one punching in to the office this week, since you’re hoarding vacation days for the next Vegas getaway. And with only an hour’s worth of busywork to occupy you for five days, browsing on the side never sounded so good.
 

Don’t worry, no one will be around to hear you LOL... Read more »