Archive for Brian Berusch
Editor’s Letter
October - November 2011LISTENING TO THE STORIES OUR WRITERS CAME BACK TO HILUXURY HQ WITH-following their interviews with the stars and filmmakers behind The Descendants, this issue’s theme-I was amazed at the notso-obvious things others might overlook. Sure, it was wonderful that we secured the only on-set interview with Hollywood’s most perpetual leading man, George Clooney. (The fact…
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A Knight in Color – Sir Anthony Hopkins
August - September 2011A Knight in Color – Today, we’re here entirely to talk about Hopkins’ foray most of which has taken place in the last decade-into his painting.
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Blonde ambition
June - July 2011THERE ARE THOSE WHO FEEL THAT CALLING TORI PRAVER A “TRIPLE THREAT”
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Editor’s Letter
June - July 2011WHETHER SPENDING THE DAY WITH SUPERMODEL (and swimsuit designer) Tori Praver, or chatting with iconic actor (and celebrated artist) Anthony Hopkins, one thing is very clear. After four years of producing HILuxury, we’ve certainly got our finger on the pulse of what’s happening within the luxury lifestyle sector throughout Hawai’i. As I’ve stated here before,…
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The King of ’Cue
June - July 2011Open-Pit Master Frank Ostini Talks Flame Grilling TALKING ABOUT GOOD FOOD WITH FRANK OSTINI isn’t a very difficult thing to do. Squeezing a few minutes in on the phone for an interviewsince the culinary media, bloggers and food paparazzi caught onto his restaurant serving as the true main character in the film Sideways-well, that’s a…
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TIPPING THE GLASS
April - May 2011The Truth About Trends from a Master THERE HAS BEEN NO OTHER BEVERAGE to stir as much heated banter as wine. Fortunately for enthusiasts here in Hawai’i, we have Chuck Furuya. One of two master sommeliers in the state (the other being our columnist Roberto Viernes), Furuya’s let’s-get-back-to-basics approach to drinking wine has turned novices…
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Editor’s Letter
April - May 2011IF THE FINE FOLKS AT WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY CAME TO ME (it could happen) to help them update the definition of “luxury,” I’d have one heck of a time narrowing down the entry. Of course, the notion is purely subjective-by wealth and status, by preference and even by geography. This creates both great challenges as well…
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King Cognac
February - March 2011Carrying a surname that has been synonymous with superior cognac for seven generations could certainly give one an oversized sense of self.
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Editor’s Letter
February - March 2011WE’RE A FEW WEEKS INTO THE NEW YEAR, and undoubtedly many of you have already broken resolutions and slipped back in to habits of yore. Yet, while the idea of “a fresh start” is idyllic, I have always fashioned myself to think of this time more as a twofold opportunity to spur development on things…
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Ethereal Meets Elegance
December - January 2011Now and again, a story coalesces to equal far greater than the sum of its parts. Here, we separately dispatched a writer and a photographer to Japan to capture the storied, ancient temples that spot the countryside-as well as documenting the architectural marvels of a historic hotel suite. Upon return, parallels between both began surfacing….
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