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Island style living
Posted on February 14th, 2012 by paularath
When Duncan first moved to San Francisco he was only 19 and mostly alone. So, naturally, I visited…a lot. I stayed in a wonderful B & B called 1818 California, just a few blocks from Duncan’s apartment. It was ideal. I felt so at home there and probably stayed in every room in the house
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Posted on February 9th, 2012 by paularath
When you’re a total fabric junkie, as I am, you cannot go into a fabric store like Britex without a specific mission. It will simply drive you insane. Gerald and I went in yesterday with one idea: upholstering his favorite chair. It’s really gotten bad. Icky bad. It’s his TV chair, and, as an avid
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Posted on February 6th, 2012 by paularath
Riches Kahala is holding a trunk show for Beachcomber Design this Saturday, February 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Just in time for Valentine’s Day gifting, Beachcomber is offering a heart pendant (see above) as a gift with purchase over $75. CHAI Studio Honolulu owner Amerjit Ghag has just returned from another buying trip
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Posted on February 2nd, 2012 by paularath
When we think of women at work during World War II, the immediate images that come to mind are Rosie the Riveter in her overalls, or women toiling over letters in the censorship department. (That second image comes to my mind because my mother worked in Censorship during the war. One of her colleagues
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Posted on January 29th, 2012 by paularath
Imagine my surprise when my husband, Gerald, walked in and plopped this uber-clever tape dispenser down on my desk. How perfect is that? He found it at Office Max on Ala Moana Blvd. for $11.29. What a great Valentine’s Day gift or birthday gift or anytime gift for the girl with a passion for shoes.
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Posted on January 24th, 2012 by paularath
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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Posted on January 11th, 2012 by paularath
As you’ve read in this blog, Lynda Sakraida, designer of Hadji Baba Bags, is no stranger to color. She thrives on color. She surrounds herself with color. Even her pet bird, Hadji Baba, is a riot of color. Her last show at the Gallery at Ward Center was called “Drenched” and it was a cacophony
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Posted on January 9th, 2012 by paularath
When we were little we loved our rubber duckies, little boats – anything that floated in the tub and kept us amused. Now there’s a grown-up (well, kinda) toy to help us enjoy our baths and showers even more than we usually do. Her name is “Bloom,” and you press her pretty little head to
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Posted on January 7th, 2012 by paularath
At the top of many lists of New Year’s Resolutions is: CLEAN MY CLOSET. It’s the first weekend of 2012, and there’s no better time to attack our closets than right now. So what’s holding us up? Well, lots of things. That crammed closet can be psychological poison. It can really be a self-esteem issue
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