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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 [...]

February-March 2008 | Don Chapman | 0 comments | Continued
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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 [...]

December-January 2008 | Don Chapman | 0 comments | Continued
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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 [...]

December-January 2008 | Don Chapman | 0 comments | Continued
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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 [...]

October-November 2007 | Don Chapman | 0 comments | Continued
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Fine Ideas Brought To Life

Aloha!
In putting together this issue of HILuxury Magazine, I was reminded of a nugget from a college philosophy course long ago: That no object can exist physically if it does not first exist in a non-physical realm – that is, until somebody first conceives of the idea.
And you have to be impressed with the minds [...]

October-November 2007 | Don Chapman | 0 comments | Continued
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Water Rush

Go speed sailing on the Hugo Boss II
Flat-screen TVs, Bose sound systems, king-size beds and wet bars are lovely accoutrements for a yacht. But they don’t do a darn thing to make the boat go any faster.
OK, I’ll admit I was spoiled by learning how to sail aboard Merlin, the Bill Lee 69 that in [...]

October-November 2007 | Don Chapman | 0 comments | Continued
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The really Good Life

ALOHA:
One of the leitmotifs for us at HILuxury magazine is that even very good things can get better – including the good life, however you may define it.
And that’s certainly the case with this second issue of HILuxury. We’ve heard some very complimentary comments about the premiere issue – thank you very much – [...]

August-September 2007 | Don Chapman | 0 comments | Continued
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Luxury living at its finest

Aloha,
HILuxury. The name pretty much says it all.
As a tourist destination, Oahu is first rate. But many of the things that make the island such a great tourist destination are what make living on the island first rate as well. Great dining. Great shopping. Great people.
This new magazine is all about living the life, [...]

June-July 2007 | Don Chapman | 0 comments | Continued
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