We at the Hawaiian Sybarite have only just returned from a trek to the North Pole. No, really. The North Pole. Ka Wēlau ʻĀkau. Our inner V...

Last in our series of holiday favorites is this rather simple but elegant tart of figs and macadamias. We find it a refreshing option to th...

Trust us: Pure visual appeal alone is reason enough to prepare the next installment in our series of local holiday recipes. Since our educat...

Second in our four-part series of local holiday recipes, the following comes to you from our relatives in Tahiti. It's something like Ta...

Kabocha (カボチャ) is one of the great culinary pleasures of autumn. For those unfortunate few who remain unacquainted, Kabocha is a smallish...

Hawaiʻi's Taj Mahal, the Mormon (LDS Church) temple in Lāʻie, will be open to the general public for three weeks starting Friday, 22 ...

The closest that we've ever come to affection for corporate America came in the early-1990s, courtesy of (yes, shockingly, we know) Un...

Tak, Danmark, for at være vores tredje mest besøgte land! At du blot besøge vores blog er alle de tilfredshed, at vi kræver, men til vores S...

The buzz is officially out, and Civil Beat's moment has arrived. Honolulu became a one-horse town this month, or rather a one-news...

Hawaiʻi desperately needs an instantly recognizable animal mascot. Humu­humu­nuku­nuku­āpuaʻa perhaps? Nēnē, or will Canada accuse us of...

Yes, we know that the gray, murky world of human affairs is anything but sybaritic. We're featuring this particular Quality of Life Im...

The Teens from Stockholm have just released a few demo videos featuring their upcoming OP-1. For those of you who don't know much abou...

As we reported last month, Hawaiian Airlines has recently taken delivery of its first two Airbus A330 aircraft, with 10 more A330s on o...

"I'm Not in Love" by the English group 10cc is one of our most favorite songs, but one that sadly never seems to come up on ou...

The work of one of our favorite Danish Modernists, Arne Vodder, is now back in production. Great Dane Furniture has obtained the licen...

Today is Kamehameha Day, and this is one holiday that we like. Established by proclamation of Kamehameha I's great-grandson Kamehameha...

Hawaiʻi's King David Laʻamea Kamanakapuʻu Mahinulani Nalaiaehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua-a-Kapaʻakea, the endearingly dissolute Merri...

A dentifrice for gourmands, Marvis is Italy's answer to Tom's of Maine. Tom's products are always useful and inoffensive, a...

Tenzin Phakmo, a Tibetan visual artist born in Nepal, will be exhibiting his work for the first time in Hawai'i with a show opening on...