Honolulu Weekly

A new leaf Japanese gardeners invented the earliest leaf blowers–which took the form of hand-pumping implements that cleared leaves and twigs from garden plots–in the 19th century, but it wasn’t until the 1970s that Japanese… [»Read]

I like leaf blowers. I’m sure I’m in a tiny, tiny minority there, but there’s something about them that speaks to me. That’s not why I am suspicious of the pending ban on gas-powered blowers discussed in our cover… [»Read]

Resources / In the midst of an election year, the candidate chorus of providing jobs and rebuilding the economy has relegated discussions of environmental protection to the back burner. But a recent four-island tour of public hearings… [»Read]

“It would be like if Mötley Crüe played with Def Leppard,” I explained to the cab driver, after she was still confused about why we were in a total bliss state of concert after-glow about two rappers from New York…. [»Read]

ON THE TELLY / So you think you’re a Lost fan? If you truly are an employee of the Dharma Initiative, then the piddly-crap standard edition of the complete DVD collection just won’t do. You need the special edition of Lost:… [»Read]

Vamos! / If wearing spandex in hot weather doesn’t make you think of crotch uncomfortabilities, then you’re on the right path to the Vamos! clothing line. If you’re… [»Read]

She’s walking back to a friend’s house and sees a car being parked directly in front of a fire hydrant. Minutes later, she comes back to the sidewalk and the… [»Read]

Sixty new 3-D movies have been announced for the next two years, but truth to tell, the honeymoon is over: Audience attendance fell off dramatically in the last month, fueled by increased ticket-pricing, uneven product and… [»Read]

Opens Fri/Sep 3

Going the Distance / 2010 was a horrible year for the romantic comedy. Sex and the City 2, we’re looking straight at you. Even Julia Roberts, that supercollider of sunshine… [»Read]

Through Fri/Sep 3

Fred Ho / “I’m most comfortable nude. I’m talking with you on the phone nude,” says Fred Ho. If any other person I’d never met before had said this, I might have been alarmed. But not so much coming from a pioneering activist… [»Read]

“We did not want to make a foodie event or put on a party, that was never our intent,” says Milton Yamasaki, manager of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) Mealani Research Station in Waimea…. [»Read]

Paula Fuga / Paula Fuga has come a long way since her days of auditioning on American Idol…. [»Read]

Three 6 Mafia / In 2006, Three 6 Mafia won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The single… [»Read]

Art of Fantastic Fake Foods / A truly eye-opening scene for any kid is the food-fight feast in the 1991 movie Hook…. [»Read]

‘Onipaa and Mai Poina / For those who don’t commemorate Statehood Day (it is, after all, often dubbed “Hawaii’s… [»Read]

You Are My Blindspot (Part 1) / Thirtyninehotel’s mixologist Christian Self recently earned the title of “Maker of… [»Read]

Thanks for the agriculture issue. The cover story [“Everyone supports local ag,” July... [»Read]

As an avid reader, I always look forward to reading the “Best of Honolulu” issue [Aug.... [»Read]

For the benefit of voters, I’ve compared Mufi Hannemann’s one-page economic “action”… [»Read]

After reading, “Best of Honolulu”, it would seem the impending future of Hawaii,… [»Read]