Archive for Don Chapman
Business minded
August - September 2008In 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…
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It Ain’t EASY
June - July 2008From 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…
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Surf and Sentiment
April - May 2008With 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…
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Of Love & Luxury
February - March 2008It’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…
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Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder
December - January 2008An 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 –…
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Happy Hiluxury Holidays
December - January 2008No 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…
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Go for a Drive
October - November 2007Get 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…
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Fine Ideas Brought To Life
October - November 2007Aloha! 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…
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Water Rush
October - November 2007Go 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…
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The really Good Life
August - September 2007ALOHA: 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…
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