Editor's Letter

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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, [...]

October-November 2008 | Don Chapman | 0 comments | Continued
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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 [...]

August-September 2008 | Don Chapman | 0 comments | Continued
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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 [...]

April-May 2008 | Don Chapman | 0 comments | Continued
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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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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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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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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