Archive for Don Chapman
Jack is Back!
June - July 2011YOU TAKE YOUR HISTORICAL FIRSTS WHERE YOU CAN. It was 1988, and a couple of months before the Kiele course was due to open at the just-opened Kauai Lagoons Resort I scored an invite to preview the course. This was a big deal because Kiele was the first new golf course built in Hawai’i in…
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Favorite Fairways: The Many Moods of San Francisco’s Harding Park
February - March 2011IT IS NOT WITHOUT IRONY that I say the 18th tee at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco is a place so special you could linger for eternity there. In fact, the ashes of more than one departed golfer have been lovingly spread about the teeing ground, which resides on a hilltop above Lake…
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Favorite Fairways: Finding Zen at Hualalai’s 17th Hole
December - January 2011The 17th at Hualalai is that rarest of golf holes – one where you don’t mind having to wait while the group ahead of you plays through. Seated on the teak bench set just back of the tee, it’s easy to absorb the splendor here at one of the world’s greatest golf holes. You’ll hardly…
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Ms. Michelle
April - May 2010Tracing the journey of Michelle Wie The photograph of Michelle Wie hugging a three-foot-tall champions’ trophy really tells the story of her first LPGA Tour win. But that picture, as the best photos do, tells so much more. It’s her coming-of-age story in one snapshot. “Winning was incredible, amazing really,” Wie tells HILuxury when reminded…
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All in Good Taste
August - September 2009Photo courtesy Eisch Eisch DecanterMade from mouth-blown, lead-free crystal. Eisch decanters offer the no Drop Effect, which prevents red wine stains from running down the outside of the decanter. Available in hawaii through Better BrandsPrice available upon request What do rock band The Foo Fighters, actor Neil Patrick Harris and the writers of Lost have…
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Give It To The Man
June - July 2009To paraphrase the hit song I Enjoy Being a Girl from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway musical Flower Drum Song (also later covered by Peggy Lee), I enjoy being a guy. What’s not to like, especially in the month of June when we celebrate Father’s Day? No matter a guy’s age, it’s understood that he requires…
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It Don’t Mean A thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
April - May 2009One of our goals at HILuxury magazine is keep readers ahead of “the cool curve,” to fill each issue with cool new things you wouldn’t find anywhere else. So when i saw the recent news coverage of a new White House swing set and jungle gym for first daughters Malia and Sasha Obama, it looked…
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Of Music and Movies
February - March 2009Life without music,” the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said, “would be a mistake.” Boy, would it. I must get it from my father, who had a large collection of big band record albums and listened to a country-and-western radio station in the car, and my mother, who loved classical music and Broadway show tunes. And it…
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Editor’s letter
December - January 2009It is the season, and at HILuxury we’re in the holiday spirit. Not to mention spirits. But we’ll get to that in a moment. Like everything else in Hawaii, the holidays are different here, starting with our own holiday songs, from Mele Kalikimaka to The Hawaiian 12 Days of Christmas. And going to the beach…
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Editor’s Letter
October - November 2008To 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…
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