MAY 2007    
    
  HULA RISING Sure, we had an inkling that hula was big in Japan. But according to a recent report by Forbes, “Tokyo has 20 of the world’s 800 traditional certified hula schools,” and Japan, with close to half a millio.... 
 
  5 Things 
 
  Driven By Design 
  The 80,000-square-foot Honolulu Design Center, a project 25 years in the making, has finally arrived, much to the delight of its creator, Thomas Sorensen. “I first started dreaming about the design center back in 1982, and it’s.... 
 
  Spin Zone 
Q: Is Turtle Bay’s Expansion Good for the North Shore? RALPH MAKAIAU project manager, Kuilima Resort Co. A: Balanced, responsible development that takes into accoun.... 
 
  The Dean of Giving
Nancy Pace took her 11- and 13-year-old children to Thailand to do some volunteer work in Thai prisons and its remote villages. It was the kids.... 
 
  Honolulu Harbor Is a Nonrenewable Resource
In all of the Hawaiian Islands, there are only two large natural harbors. Both are on the leeward side of Oahu and, we forget, they are the keys to how Hawaii developed. Before Western contact, .... 
 
  HB Life
THINGS WE LOVE  Your dexterity Simply the best phone on the market for text messaging, the aptly named enV makes life a whole lot easier for those whoR.... 
 
  Vegetable Heaven 
  GOVINDA’S VEGETARIAN CUISINE 1118 Fort Street Mall Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 271-4780 The first two words that popped into .... 
 
  Parting Shot 

PULLING LONG HOURS 4:30 P.M., CHINATOWN >> It’s easy to take for granted the hard work involved in stringing together a seemingly simple lei. Here, Pauahi Leis & Flowers .... 
 
  Home Sweet Home
THE HOMEFRONT: In the Islands only a month and a half, the Kovach family, Jonathan, Tammy and their three sons, have decided to put down some deep roots in Hawaii. photo: Scott Kubo .... 
 
  Casualties of War
Jimmy Forrest Clay Park joined the Army on a whim. Fresh out of Waialua High School, the 17-year-old was trying to support a friend, who didn.... 
 
  Gen Y 
Drinks are on the house at Accuity LLP, a major accounting firm in downtown Honolulu. The company’s 80 employees help themselves to free, unlimited soda, juice, water and coffee in the break ro.... 
 
  Working Girls 
  Mother and daughter Kathy and Kristi Inkinen are like mirror images. They’re assertive. They’re fiercely independent..... 
 
  The Story of Big Mike 
  Guys like Mike Harrah are only supposed to inhabit paperback novels. But here he is, all 6 feet, 6 inches, 300 burly pounds of him, standing on the 35th floor of the Pacific Center, peering across the street at the emerging form of his 36-.... 
 
  The (Human Resources) Network
Commercial landscaper Kosta Naum II likes seeing results, whether it’s a manicured lawn that was once “trashy and full of leaves” or new landscaping that makes a pathway come to life. For him, doing paperwork such as payr.... 
 
  Mother of all Holidays 
80.5 million Estimated number of mothers in the United States in 2001. 21,667 The number of florist establishments nationwide in 2004. The 109,915 employees in floral shops across our nation will be.... 
 
  $4 Million Baby
The first time Tom Kim went shopping for a baby gift in Hawaii, he recognized his next business opportunity. “I decided at that moment I would open a baby store,” he says. Five months later, in February 2004, Kim opened Ba.... 
 
  Smart Cookies
Ana and Tushar Dubey, owners of Hokulani Bake Shop, don’t sugarcoat anything. They’re refreshingly candid – like about the time they received a threat letter from a cookie competitor. But more on that later. The Dubey.... 
 
  Selling Point
The students in my marketing class at Hawaii Pacific University are writing marketing plans this month for Outrigger’s new Waikiki Beach Walk, a beautiful, $585 million development with five ho....  
 

JUNE 2007  
    
  HAVING A GREEN TIME! WISH YOU WERE HERE You’ve reduced, reused and recycled in your little corner of the planet, but now that you’re on vacation, you’re burning up carbon like there’s no tomorrow. For the .... 
 
 5 Things 
 
ReduceReuseRecycle 
Kobayashi entered their lifestyle data into an online carbon calculator, which estimated the amount.... 
 
  Spin Zone 
  Should Hawaii support ethanol production and use? REP. COLLEEN MEYER, R-47TH LAIE, HAUULA PUNALUU, KAHANA, KAAAWA, WAIKANE, KAHULUU, AHUIMANU, KANEOHE A: When the state rushed its.... 
 
  Talk Story
David Bylund, an associate at Architects Hawaii, has a passion for green. He heads the firm’s sustainability in architectur....  
 
Things We Love

YOU, INC. Much more than a ‘self-help’ or ‘motivational’ book, You, Inc. is actually a....  
  

  Off the Hook 
I knew there was something special about Goldfish when we sampled the funky Kakaako sushi bar’s Oyster Gangster Roll ($8). The maki sushi, which features smoked oysters, cream cheese and smoked salmon, was actually pretty bland and b.... 
 
  Parting Shot
IT’S A DIRTY JOB... 1 P.M., Peterson Upland Egg Farm, Wahiawa photography by Sergio Goes >> The Waikiki Worm Co.’s Mindy Jaffe harvests Perionyx excavatus earth.... 
 
  On Track
Like other tourist attractions in Hawaii, the Pineapple Express train ride in Wahiawa is well orchestrated. DOLE TRAIN: The Lady Liberty, which holds 42 passengers, was purchased four years ago to .... 
 
  Tanabe’s Service Keeps on Pumping
Fifty years and counting, Tanabe’s Service in Manoa is still pumping gasoline and fixing cars. The same can be said of the founder’s son, Dwight, who was born just weeks before the service station opened in May 1956. “I d.... 
 
  The Heart of Waikiki 
Social and cultural fabric: Mana Hawaii’s Maile Lee examines floral print fabric sold at her store. photo: Karin Kovalsky Even though Maile Lee is running Mana Hawaii’.... 
 
  How to Hurricane-Proof Your Business 
If a 120-mph hurricane destroys your business next week, will you and your employees be caught off guard? Or will you survive? “A business continuity plan is important,” says John M. Cummings III, public information officer for.... 
 
  Selling Point 
There are more than 3,000 restaurants in Hawaii. If you’re in the business, how can you set yourself apart? How can you compel customers to come to your place instead of going to a competitor&#.... 
 
  Bank on It 
As a successful business owner, you have probably already prepared a business succession plan, a management succession plan, and buy-sell agreements. In all likelihood, you have also coordinated you.... 
 
  21 Ways to Save the Earth and Make More Money 
It’s hard to say exactly when it happened. The success of Al Gore’s documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” was certainly momentous in the shift of public opinion on climate change. Then there were events like Hur.... 
 
  Big Box Battle
In the rural town of Kapaa on the east side of Kauai, lurks a treasure on the verge of extinction. Kojima’s kalbi — mouthwatering short ribs marinated in a top-secret teriyaki-style barbecue sauce — has been a local .... 

 OF MICE AND MEN Perhaps you remember seeing some of these glow-in-the dark mice in the late 1990s when University of Hawaii researcher Ryuzo Yanagimachi received international acclaim after leading a team that developed a new gene ins.... 
 
  5 Things 
  
  It's a Jungle Out There     
  For the past few years, a Maui company has fused technology with nature to create nutraceutical products. The company, Bioponic Phytoceuticals (OTC:BPYT), is located in an 18,000-square-foot office comprised of agriculture space, laborator.... 
 
  Spin Zone 
Is rail Oahu’s best transit solution? David H. Rolf executive director, Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association A: Right now, politically we’re beyond.... 
 
  Brian Uy    
It may be called networking, but for master of mingle Brian Uy, making connections is anything but work. Whether he’s on the job tending to his family.... 
 
  HB Life
Things We Love photos courtesy: Wallpaper WALLPAPER CITY GUIDES These extremely stylish guides are the next best thing to traveling itself. Each book, divided into rather u.... 
 
  Fashion Statement 
   I’m not sure how the Stage restaurant got its name. It must have been something metaphysical. When I first walked into the dark, stylish, monochromatic space, I thought about electricity, not about the performing arts. The resta.... 
 
  Parting Shot 
 DRESS REHEARSAL 11:50 A.M., DO’S FORMAL, DOWNTOWN >> Kira Iwashita plays dress up at Do's Formal. Kira’s mom, Debbie Iwashita, and aunt, Jackie Segawa (pictured), have .... 
 
  A Blossoming Business    
  The Hawaiian Lei Co., which went live in April 2005, was supposed to be a quiet little e-commerce business that stay-at-home mom Summer Campos could operate in her “spare” time. In other .... 
 
  Sunny Side Up
Once a week, Carol Kuniyoshi of Kaimuki visits her neighborhood store to buy a dozen eggs. The store, Ka Lei Marketplace, opened just last year on Waialae Avenue. But by providing customers with farm-fresh eggs, the small shop recalls a si.... 
 
  Double Identity
It’s a pain to carry around two cell phones, according to Regan Onikama, who doesn’t leave the house without both his.... 
 
 Too Close For Comfort
Teo Clemens, owner of Mauka to Makai Outdoor Gear Hawaii, once terminated an employee who happened to be a good friend. His advice.... 
 
  Selling Point
How would you like to receive $500,000 in revenue from 1 percent of your store’s customers? Sedona, at Ward Center, has managed to do just that through a number of programs, including one that .... 
 
  Bank On It
Insurable losses to a business can be either direct or indirect. As you know, your business can buy insurance to protect your property from direct damage; fire, flood, hurricane, etc. However, not e.... 
 
  The Perfect Question
On a hot afternoon in early June, workers are putting the finishing touches on the Shidler College of Business’s new paint job. The colors – shades of light gray and brown – aren’t particularly eye-catching, but the fresh coat .... 
 
  The Line in the Sand
Eighth graders from Sacred Heart School in Lahaina nervously approach the podium in a suddenly cavernous Maui County Council chambers. A capacity crowd has gathered for the hearing on Maui Land & Pineapple Co. Inc.’s plan t.... 
 
  I’m Still Here
The day started like any other: morning tea, a walk on the beach, a car ride to my son’s tennis match and then ... I woke up f.... 
 
  Healthy Bites 

   

 
  NOW 
Graffiti Marketing Here’s a decision that might leave a few business owners shaking their heads. Eight years ago, Jason Ulep, owner of Hypersquad Dance Company in Waipahu, invited graffiti artists to cover his interior studio wa.... 
 
  5 Things 
  
  Stand and Deliver
First popularized by Waikiki beachboys in the 1920s and ‘30s, stand-up paddle surfing has been experiencing a resurgence in the past several years. However, the price for a stand-up surfboard can be steep. Last month, local company C.... 
 
  Spin Zone
Is the Akaka Bill good for Hawaii? A: The Hawaiian Federal Recognition Bill is good for Hawaii and good for business. It makes good business sense to support a measure that formally affirms Hawaiians’ special political status as.... 
 
  Jonathan Ornstein
CEO of Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ:MESA) Jonathan Ornstein gave a dry smile. He had just been asked how low go! Mesa’s low-cost inter-island carrier, would go with its air fares. Two days later, go! offered $1 fares, on its .... 
 
  HB Life 
+ Things We Love TRASH CHIC BAGS Why wait for Christmas to throw a little love on your friendly neighborhood garbage men? These decorative bags, available in five stylish designs, are sure to keep ‘em giggling year round. .... 
 
  Urban Renewal
There are some restaurants that just feel right as soon as I walk through the door. I’m not sure if it’s a matter of proper feng shui, good karma or industrial-strength cleaning products, but some places just glow. It’s a.... 
 
  Parting Shot 
YOU CAN CALL ME RAY 11:01 A.M., THE OCEANARIUM, PACIFIC BEACH HOTEL >> Rhonda Suka, head curator, is the center of attention during feeding time at The Oceanarium. The th.... 
 
  Startup 101 
REAL WORLD EDUCATION: Hawaii Pacific University's Chuck Steilen wants to further integrate his business school with the business community. HPU is the first Island university to offer a bachelor's.... 
 
  Life is Sweet
GUILTLESS PLEASURES: Sweet Nothings’ Darin Yokoyama and some of his pastries. He points out that while his baked goods may be sugar free, they aren’t health foods. photo: Karin Kovalsk.... 
 
  Along the Silk Road
BALI HIGHS: Diamond Head Road’s Stacey Porteus shows off some of her silk products. photo: Keala Francis Five years ago, Stacy Porteus got a gift from her mother-in-law – a.... 
 
  Steps to Hiring Good People 
Finding good employees can be a frustrating process for small-business owners already taxed with day-to-day operations. But according to Caroline Kim, director of the Hawaii Small Business Development Center Network’s Honolulu branch.... 
 
  Selling Point 
 
Wahoo’s Fish Tacos at Ward Center recently asked students in my marketing class at Hawaii Pacific University to come up with promotional activities to help grow the business. So as they say, he.... 
 
  Bank On It
When you choose a beneficiary for your IRA or 401(k), it’s important to bear in mind the tax implications. Understanding a few key income and estate tax provisions can help you make educated de.... 
 
  The Big Idea
The boom is over. Economists are forecasting no visitor growth in 2008. They also report that the once red-hot construction sector cooled off considerably in 2006. Employment growth has ended, too. But there’s no reason to panic. Haw.... 
 
  Local Values Meet Mainland Money
As a kid growing up in Honolulu in the 1940s, former Gov. Ben Cayetano thought all bosses were Caucasian. “The majority of the population was Asian back then, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino,” he says. “Everyone who was of co.... 
 
  Family Style
The story of Roberts Hawaii began in the little town of Hanapepe on Kauai’s west side.With one car, the industrious son of Kauai, Robert Iwamoto Sr. started transporting people, mostly soldiers, around the Garden Isle. Robert Iwamoto.... 
 
  2007 Economic Report: Slowdown, Not a Meltdown
Hawaii tourism has had a poor start to the year. And with U.S. economic conditions relatively weak, gains for the rest of the year will be limited. As a result, the visitor industry is expected to post its second consecutive year of zero g....