July 2010

A quick glance at the clock—gah! Your date is due to arrive in mere nanoseconds and you’re hobbling around in two different shoes with only half your hair curled.

Breathe. At least you’ve got your hot new dress on and a cute purse picked out. All that’s left really is…the jewelry? Oh crap, you totally forgot about the jewelry—a... Read more »

Pat Benatar said it best: love is a battlefield. And our eyes are our greatest weapons. Just sweep your lashes up and focus those twin guns on the object of your desire. His surrender: imminent.

But lately you’ve been running a little low on ammo—those short, skimpy... Read more »

For a while there you were really starting to question your relationship GPS – finding Mr. Right seemed like an endless series of Mr. Wrong Turns. Like that time you dead-ended with Mr. Serious-Mommy-Issues. Or those (many) times you u-turned back to your ex.

But this time your inner compass finally got it right. You’re on the road to relationship bliss and so happy you could hug the lady in your GPS (Lord knows she needs it -... Read more »

The setup: a first date with a self-proclaimed total foodie.

You’re pretty sure you screwed up when you admitted that escargot wasn’t your thing. But you’re not worried, 'cause you’ve got a trick up your sleeve—the following arsenal of secret off-the-menu items from local restaurants, reserved for high rollers, VIP’s and diners-in-the-know.

Just the thing to move you from nice-girl-with-possibility to full-on goddess worship.


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

Flea For All
What: Check out Art & Flea, which promises to be possibly the coolest flea market ever. At this urban-inspired shopping event, you can browse... Read more »

You knew things had gone too far when the “don’t” examples in the company-wide “Too-Casual Fridays” memo sounded suspiciously similar to your last three outfits.

Ok, so maybe it was a bit of a stretch to try and pass off your old gym shorts as a nod to Alexander Wang’s new slouchy sweat pants. And it's possible that your co-workers saw through the holes masquerading as "trendy... Read more »

Your three-hour tour turned into an unfortunate situation involving you, a crew, an island and a serious lack of a functional boat. Your options are:

a) Freak out.
b) Build a hut out of bamboo while freaking out.
c) Make cocktails, relax and watch everyone else freak out.

(Hint, choose C). And mix yourself a tasty summer cocktail with this recipe, courtesy of Kyle Reutner, one of Honolulu’s hippest bartenders and co-owner of Imbibe Hawaii, a new local cocktail consulting and bar catering company. Packed... Read more »

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

Get Stoked
What: Check out Doris Duke Theatre’s third annual Surf Film Festival, a collection of 10 highly-anticipated premieres, with an opening-night... Read more »

Scrunchies. Mesh tops. Hammer pants. Some blasts are clearly better left in the past.  

And then there are some that get better the second time around, like the eco-friendly pieces from Forward Thinking Furniture.  

The Honolulu-based company uses building materials recovered from deconstructed Oahu homes and transforms them into beautiful, one-of-a-kind furniture.  

Owner and master craftsman Thorben Wuttke sources the majority of his materials from his former employer,... Read more »

Last summer was, admittedly, a bit of a bust. Your big plans to learn to surf? Wound up as a couch-surfing The Hills marathon. And those French lessons that would have you fluent by September? Well, you did master all the fancy entrée names at Du Vin.  

This time around, make sure you have a little more to show come fall by signing up for one of these cool summer classes.

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