June 2009

 
There’s a new place to sip in the city. SoHo Mixed Media Bar has concocted a recipe to mix up your weekend routine:

Ingredients:

• Two main rooms with a lounge-y vibe that double as art galleries, plus one upstairs VIP area
• Equal measures of a clothing swap and... Read more »

 
There’s a new place to sip in the city. SoHo Mixed Media Bar has concocted a recipe to mix up your weekend routine:

Ingredients:

• Two main rooms with a lounge-y vibe that double as art galleries, plus one upstairs VIP area
• Equal measures of a clothing swap and shopping session with a fashion show twist from Rock Shop
• A shot of live mural painting by the GroundUp Pirates
• Splash of an ultra-sweet, tonight-only $10 hosted bar with all-you-can-drink cocktails from Grey Goose,... Read more »

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

Grin and Beer It
What: It's a big brew-ha-ha at Wine By... Read more »

Your thank you notes are barely worth the paper they’re printed on. That’s because you usually scribble a text-message-like note on a generic Mahalo card and call it done.

But just like with gifts, it’s the thought that counts.

Let Shauna Kahiapo show you how to let your gratitude – and love, affection and friendship – shine through in everything you write. The owner of the new Fresh Inc stationery store at Windward Mall, Kahiapo has handpicked the shop’s dozens of beautiful notecards, notebooks, and papers.
... Read more »

Now that you're a mom, you've got a whole arsenal of super powers. Your kisses heal. You have eyes in the back of your head. And your super-sonic hearing can sense sobbing four rooms away.

But you still can't read minds – or translate your toddler's impatient goo-goo's, and it's driving you ga-ga.

So open the lines of communication by enrolling in Signing Smart classes. Designed to teach infants and toddlers American Sign Language basics in a fun, play-based format, the classes can also speed spoken lanuguage development.

Learning... Read more »

Some things you’d never ask for a supermodel’s advice on…

Finding a date.
Fitting into your skinny jeans.
Quantum physics.

And some things you would.
Like buying a bikini.

Especially when the model is Hawai‘i-born, three-time Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition veteran Tori Praver, who grew up on the beaches of Maui and has spent more of her life in bikinis than in regular clothes.

All those hours logged at... Read more »

The soundtrack to your life is several gigs of random songs from three crates of CDs and two Christmases worth of iTunes gift cards.

Meaning you hear the same old songs when you're working out, driving home from the office, or hosting a soiree chez vous.

Time to face the music. Song shuffle just isn't cutting it anymore.

So call DJ James Coles, a longtime local spin doctor and radio producer, who teaches private DJ lessons. Known best for his eight-week sessions for teens at the Boys and Girls Club and the YMCA, he also teaches grown-ups who are just finding a passion for... Read more »