Shop this weekend for the kind of treats even better than the Easter Bunny brings: sweet deals.

Fighting Eel Fridays
Like a once-a-week sample sale, the Fighting Eel showroom in Chinatown opens every Friday with big discounts on the line’s signature comfy-yet-sexy dresses. Everything here is from past seasons, and some dresses are as low as $10 or $20. Starting next week, the showroom will be open on Thursdays too. Friday from 10 -5, Fighting Eel showroom, 47 N. Hotel Street , 808.524.1472. More info at Read more »

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

Rise and Stretch
You give: An hour or so when you’d normally be sleeping in.
Where: Lanikai Beach, Mokumanu Street access, Saturday at 6:30 a.m.
You get: A sunrise vinyasa flow yoga session with Leah Distad, owner of Kailua’s Koa Yoga, plus a homemade breakfast – Distad offers coffee, tea and fruit plus something she’s baked herself, such as bagels or zucchini or banana breads, as well as fresh fruit, granola and yogurt.
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Lei Chic’s guide to the weekend’s best events.

A Sweet Meal
What: Pacific Place Tea Garden at Ala Moana Center hosts a free class on pairing tea and chocolate. Taste green tea match latte chocolate with green teas, dark chocolates with oolong teas, plus enjoy a complimentary jasmine pot de crème. Dessert for brunch! 
When: Saturday, 10 a.m.
Where: Pacific Place Tea Garden, third level, Ala Moana Center
Details: Free. Call 808.375.0268 for more info

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

About Face
What: Local cosmetics line Body and Soul is now available only at Valerie Joseph boutique, and is offering free mini-makeovers at the store to celebrate. Get a new look from Body and Soul beauty director E’Jay and a team of makeup artists from the LOST styling crew, plus free champagne, music by DJ Paul Brandon and great goody bags with a clothing or makeup purchase. 
When: Saturday, 5 to 9 p.m.
Where: Valerie Joseph boutique at Ward... Read more »

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

Green House Effect
What: The Earth Day celebration at Pacific Home is a crash course in greening up your house. Take in the photo exhibit of the Good Home on Maui , Hawaii ’s first LEED Gold certified residence. Pacific Home did the interiors and the house’s builder, Shane Jackson of Towne Island Homes will be discussing the eco-elements that make the home especially environmentally friendly. Plus, see the work of three artists working with sustainable materials. North Shore photographer Clark... Read more »

Your dad warned you—men are animals. But women are too. So, what if you stopped thinking of the man in your life as from another world, and instead considered him a related subspecies: the stubborn, loveable American Husband/Boyfriend?

Then you could stop taking his annoying habits personally, and help him become a more live-with-able cage mate with some targeted animal training.

Journalist Amy Sutherland did just that. Researching an article on exotic animal trainers led her to try some of their practices on her husband—a life-altering experience detailed in her new book What Shamu Taught Me About... Read more »