Archive for Don Chapman
Editor-in-Chief
Editor’s Letter
To quote the old gospel standard, Daniel Dae Kim was Lost, but now he’s found - right here on the cover of the autumn issue of HILuxury.
When I first contacted Daniel about appearing on our cover and dressing him up for a fashion shoot, he was enthusiastic. “I’m always so grubby on Lost,” he said, [...]
Business minded
In this issue of HILuxury, we’re all business.
We’re all business starting with the cover story on John Paul Dejoria. Said to be “richer than Trump,” the Paul Mitchell hair products co-founder started out as a homeless single father, living out of his car. His story is another version of the Great American Dream, proving it’s [...]
It Ain’t EASY
From venturing into winemaking to speaking out on autism, Ernie Els extends his game beyond the golf course
They call him the Big Easy, an admiring nod to the 6-foot-4 champion golfer’s swing that flows like warm cream over smooth rocks, and it may be the most accurate nickname in sports.
But an even more apt alter [...]
Surf and Sentiment
With this issue of HILuxury, we celebrate two things dear to our hearts: mothers and the beach.
And there’s a connection. Really.
Peggy Buchwach, wife of former Advertiser editor Buck Buchwach (the guy who brought me to Hawaii to write a daily column back in 1979, bless him), recalls her teenage son Buzzy asking her when Mother’s [...]
Of Love & Luxury
It’s that time of year when a man’s thoughts turn to … chocolates and jewelry and roses.
Or at least they do if there is a woman in his life and he has even half a mollusk’s brain.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
But the great thing about America’s holiday dedicated to romance is that modern ladies also gift their [...]
Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder
An adrenaline rush of a ride
The only time I’ve had as much fun in a car as I did during a test drive of a convertible Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder it was in a formula race car. That was also the last time I was in a car that made that kind of sound - a [...]
Happy Hiluxury Holidays
No Grinches allowed.
Not around here.
Not this holiday season.
And no matter what holidays you celebrate - be it Bodhi Day Dec. 8, Hanukkah Dec. 5-12, Hajj Dec. 18-25, Winter Solstice Dec. 21 or Zarathosht Diso Dec. 26, a Zoroastrian holiday recalling the death of the prophet Zarathustra - we’re in quite the celebratory mood at HILuxury.
It [...]
Go for a Drive
Get the scoop on how to handle the latest drivers
When the United States Golf Association increased the maximum allowable size for driver heads to 460cc in 2004, the mad scientists who inhabit golf company R&D labs went to work - “Moment of inertia, Igor, moment of inertia!” we imagine them cackling. Now the 2007 class [...]




