Remember when workout clothes were really cute and fun and you wanted to just live in them? Jane Fonda was our super-fit style siren, dressed in fashionable leotards and flattering tights. The styles came in floral prints and color blocking and a variety of styles to suit every body type. The shorts were actually short
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In a lot of exercise classes participants look grim and determined, serious and somber. Not in Nia. In Nia classes, especially those taught by Shar Bliss, a very youthful 55,  there are grins all around, as well as whoops  and giggles. Shar and I go way back as exercise friends. In the early aughts we
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GLO/Brilliant How does Dr. Jonathan B. Levine, a NYC dentist with a state of the art practice that includes the likes of Dr. Oz, Tina Fey, Christie Brinkley and Mariska Hargitay – also manage to be a visionary inventor? Answer: He bikes. For miles. Around  NYC. Or the Kona Coast of the Big Island where
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Lara Leimana Fonoimoana was crowned Mrs. America on December 15. Lara, a 30-year-old Kahuku resident, assumed the crown when the former Mrs. America was crowned Mrs. World. Lara is the mother of two children, Athena, age two, and Titus, age one. She is married to Vance Fonoimoana. A dancer with the Polynesian Cultural Center, Lara
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Just in time to head off some of those added holiday pounds, Nordstrom Ala Moana is holding a Zella Active Event. Saturday, December 10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.    It’s a full day of health and wellness activities and information, as well as an opportunity to check out Nordstrom’s exclusive new active wear
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The North Shore Chamber of Commerce Historic Preservation Committee has begun a lecture series that promises to be both fun and fascinating. Jerry and I attended the first in the series, featuring an illustrated talk by Lowell Angell on the history of theatres in Hawaii. It was fabulous and we had a great time munching
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  Maui Divers has created a custom silver bracelet to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Title IX. It’s a 7mm sterling silver cuff featuring three recessed Roman numeral IXs. Proceeds from the sale of the bracelet will help support the Women’s Sports Foundation. It’s not just a tiny percentage. Maui Divers will donate $40 of
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  Lonnie Hicks of Waikiki, age 50, could easily have lived out his life as a couch potato. He had plenty of reasons to do so. Disabled due to decades of knee problems, followed by seven surgeries to try to correct them, he became disabled, reliant on a wheelchair. Then a mysterious, chronic disease, Trigeminal Neuropathy, often referred to as “the
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It seems as though stress fractures of the feet are on the rise, at least among my own friends, family and acquaintances. I can hardly leave the house without seeing someone limping or wearing an orthopaedic boot. I have had stress fractures twice, both times while traveling in Europe, which is a big bother. I think
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