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Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Hawaiʻi on Top of the World: Ka Wēlau ʻĀkau

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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...
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Saturday, 1 January 2011

From the Hawaiian Sybarite: Aloha Nui Loa iā ʻoukou, and all the best in 2011!

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Saturday, 27 November 2010

Quality of Life Improvement 34: Hawaiian Fig-Macadamia Tart

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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...
Monday, 22 November 2010

Quality of Life Improvement 33: Thai Kabocha-Sweet Potato Curry

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Trust us: Pure visual appeal alone is reason enough to prepare the next installment in our series of local holiday recipes. Since our educat...
Friday, 19 November 2010

Quality of Life Improvement 32: Tahitian Kabocha-Date Bread

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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...
Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Quality of Life Improvement 31: Hawaiian Banana-Kabocha-Macadamia Bread

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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...
Friday, 22 October 2010

Quality of Life Improvement 30: A tour of the Lāʻie Hawaiʻi Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)

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Hawaiʻi's Taj Mahal, the Mormon (LDS Church) temple in Lāʻie, will be open to the general public for three weeks starting Friday, 22 ...
Friday, 15 October 2010

Quality of Life Improvement 29: Anatomy of a Tulip (2010)

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The closest that we've ever come to affection for corporate America came in the early-1990s, courtesy of (yes, shockingly, we know) Un...
Thursday, 14 October 2010

Mahalo Norden!

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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...
Friday, 25 June 2010

Quality of Life Improvement 28: Honolulu Civil Beat

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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...
Friday, 18 June 2010

Quality of Life Improvement 27: The Goodnight Kiwi

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Hawaiʻi desperately needs an instantly recognizable animal mascot. Humu­humu­nuku­nuku­āpuaʻa perhaps? Nēnē, or will Canada accuse us of...
Wednesday, 16 June 2010

Quality of Life Improvement 26: Hopes and Prospects, by Noam Chomsky

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Yes, we know that the gray, murky world of human affairs is anything but sybaritic. We're featuring this particular Quality of Life Im...
Tuesday, 15 June 2010

Quality of Life Improvement 25: Teenage Engineering

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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...
Monday, 14 June 2010

Update: The new Hawaiian Airlines long-range fleet

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As we reported last month, Hawaiian Airlines has recently taken delivery of its first two Airbus A330 aircraft, with 10 more A330s on o...
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Sunday, 13 June 2010

Quality of Life Improvement 24: "I'm Not in Love"

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"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...
Saturday, 12 June 2010

Quality of Life Improvement 23: Arne Vodder

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The work of one of our favorite Danish Modernists, Arne Vodder, is now back in production. Great Dane Furniture has obtained the licen...
Friday, 11 June 2010

Hauʻoli lā Mōʻī Kamehameha

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Today is Kamehameha Day, and this is one holiday that we like. Established by proclamation of Kamehameha I's great-grandson Kamehameha...
Tuesday, 8 June 2010

Quality of Life Improvement 22: The Joy of Sake

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Hawaiʻi's King David Laʻamea Kamanakapuʻu Mahinulani Nalaiaehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua-a-Kapaʻakea, the endearingly dissolute Merri...
Monday, 7 June 2010

Quality of Life Improvement 21: Marvis Toothpaste

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A dentifrice for gourmands, Marvis is Italy's answer to Tom's of Maine. Tom's products are always useful and inoffensive, a...
Tuesday, 1 June 2010

Quality of Life Improvement 20: Tenzin Phakmo

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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...
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