Gerald and I had the great pleasure of attending the wedding and reception of Willow Chang and Jean-Christophe Alleon last Sunday. The wedding was held under a lovely tree in Foster Botanical Gardens. The reception was in a private room upstairs at The Willows . This just in: Someone (I’m thinking a botanist) sent me
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Speaking of fragrance…. I discovered this adorable little Pylones purse-size perfume atomizer and dropper at Red Pineapple in Ward Center. Pylones is an innovative French company that makes everyday items fun and playful. Their design aesthetic is fabulous and always original. If you’re going to be working or heading out and about all day and
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  Scent is a powerful, sometimes even hypnotic, sense. It can conjure sweet memories of a lovely romance – or offer a pungent reminder of a relationship gone sour. It can transport you to a place you loved and were happy – or to a place that made you miserable. The olfactory senses have a
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Marie Line Patry of Guerlain has been called “The Fragrance Whisperer” because she has the uncanny ability to determine a suitable fragrance for a woman or man simply by studying them. It worked for me. After spending half an hour in an interview with me, she declared that Nuit d”Amour was the best choice. She
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Dolce in Ward Center has changed hands and moved to a larger space, enabling the new owner, Jayne Lee, to expand her offerings considerably. We love her style sense and the price spread of her merchandise. Here are three of the items that are On Our Radar right now. The coolest thing about these barrettes
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Yesterday I took Barbara Lanning, co-owner of the Santa Fe Weaving Gallery to meet Andy South. To get an idea of what the wearable art gallery is all about, check out their fabulous website: www.santafeweavinggallery.com) . Barbara was hoping to find some Hawaii designers to feature in a future trunk show (probably summer of 2013)
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OK. So I wrote that the Akihiko Izukura’s installations (indoors and outdoors) at the Academy Art Center at Linekona are a must-see. I think these photos will communicate the absolute necessity to trek on over to U.H. Manoa to see the installations on the mall in front of the Art Building. It will only be
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Art & Flea creator Nicole Franco, along with Fresh Cafe, keeps growing and growing the popular vintage, DIY, art and music event. She loves a theme and taking it to the max. This month’s theme is Pirates and she’s asking participants and customers alike to dress and act like Pirates. Captain Jack Sparrow, I presume?
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I love words. Always have. Always will. So imagine how thrilled I was when my mother, a librarian and archivist, decided she no longer had room for her 13-volume Oxford English Dictionary!  Gerald built a special bookshelf to house the 13 volumes and now I get great pleasure from simply looking up a word and
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  I must confess that when Honolulu’s own stylist and FIDM student Kyle Kagamida e-mailed me that he was working with Hollywood stylist Nicole Chavez, I had to google her to learn about her. This morning I finally got around to reading the Style section of yesterday’s New York Times and in Ruth LaFerla‘s front page story,
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