SOHO Reunion!!!! Thanks to everyone’s buddy Mark Becker we get to celebrate Daniel Gray and the club he built that carried its own era. If you talk to anyone that remembers they will most likely stare off into space for a second with a smile remembering some sort of debauchery that went down.
The event will be on Saturday November 10th 9p-2a and have so many good things happening. INCLUDING live art by Chanel Tanaka. Proceeds are benefiting the Aloha Cancer Project and yours truly. Do not miss this event!
It’s difficult to be as thorough with my “Best Of” post this year because I spent much of it hunkered down working to stay healthy. That’s actually a good thing because IT WORKED!
I’m still here!!
It’s also hard to write a Best of 2017 post after such a disastrous political year and everyone in such a bad mood. It made me never want to leave my house even when I was healthy enough to leave my house.
However, there is a beautiful thing I saw in 2017. These public scandals, natural disasters, mass murders, political nightmares are bringing people closer together. Tragedy is causing more and more humans to understand how fleeting life really is. More and more people are waking up to what is truly important in life: love and compassion. It’s been raising the frequency of our whole planet.
I saw something else: business owners are getting younger. Kids are coming up saying
“I refuse to be chained to a desk.” Or
“If I’m going to work my ass off it’s going to be for something that makes me passionate.”
They are taking huge risks and living their dream. Investing in their dream. I feel that! At least here in our little big city I do.
With that, I think there are enough things I did experience in 2017 to make this list. Before I begin may I just say a huge thank you to all of you out there working so hard. Sacrificing comfort to launch your dream, working hard to thrive, investing in new business, or just making that extra effort to really provide something good. Sorry if I missed you but these are the BESTs that I have seen for 2017.
I am still having trouble believing Joshua Bowlin is real. He is a passionate, talented artist that is motivated purely by creating stunning photography. You can see from his work how much heart he puts into it. You will see a lot of his work in my documentary and lately most of my videos on YouTube are from him.
This video is what he made me for my birthday, literally hours after the event. You can spot his tiny cameo at 1:34 of this video. What a magical night! So many people contributed raffle prizes, their time, their love and support for me. The vibe was intoxicating. I couldn’t have asked for a better evening spent with others.
You are keeping me going, all of you.
It’s my favorite time of year, and not just because my birthday is coming up! The fall HIFF is like my decadent dessert after a year of soda cracker dinners. This year was particularly special having wonder-woman Beckie Stocchetti step up as the new Executive Director of the festival. While young, she is richly experienced in film (and had a great run curating this films at Doris Duke back when I was going 2-3 times a week). Good on ya sis! I was particularly pleased with the representation of women in film this year, with such great programming and events. I can’t wait till the Spring festival!
WOW that was a serious hurdle you all helped me jump. Now I have some actual money to pay these people who have already been donating their time and equipment for my project. While they were happy to do it there’s nothing like cold hard cash to keep them motivated as we enter the critical time crunch that is the SXSW film entry deadline (October 20th).
My heart goes out to Gerard and Nick. Kyle too! They have been working tirelessly to organize and tag two years worth of footage. Every day I am praying for their strength. They have told me the story inspires them which is so important. Please say a prayer for them that we can hit this deadline.
Hugh mahalo Gerard for taking time to cut this teaser. Kyle helped a lot with organizing. It’s simply incredible.
[harbor court bistro opening, first fashion friday, hotness at loft, skyline, happy birthday kanoe]
[harbor court bistro opening, first fashion friday, hotness at loft, skyline, happy birthday kanoe]
[off island to seattle and tacoma. capitol hill block party, libbe married and jake the snake.]
[mix plate monday and vampire weekend at pipeline.]
[loving nobu, bye-bye randy, groundUP at cupola, level 4 opening blessing, graham funke at skyline, strange fruit, living room]
[so in to the deadbeats, two wednesdays at jazz minds, club monaco opening art show, art spree]
[life=slow. neil abercrombie's birthday bash, stranger than fiction at next door, blurry house party, 4th of july]
[soul pacific, black square, blue scholars, and epic kickball sunday]
[industry night bowling, Best of Hawaii, art people, BIG wednesday, up too late]
[hokus red carpet, 3rd thursday art and booze overload, skyline, stussy and chinatown.]
[HDC takes art shows to another level, more tim fagan & mike white, and a very beachy weekend]
[june first friday art walk, bebe waikiki grand opening, tahiti ray's birthday white party with tim fagan and mike white]
[nobu waikiki made 1 year, diesel made new clothes, art after dark, next last movement and sandbar with VJs]
[memorial day weekend with no sandbar. sad. but good! lots of waikiki. sheraton. nobu. rum fire. etc.]
[the scene is better than ever. geisha at nobu, indulge at bar 35, ad2 spring palette]
[hello summer! hifi at candy bar, babes who brunch, groundUP, pool party]
[steve aoki and cobrasnake back, dj kero one, jason mraz, and cinco di mayo]
[mall parties, fancy parties: bally, lululemon, art after dark, north shore, and I was on LOST!]
[RVCA back in hawaii. matt costa back, cobrasnake back. everyone back. also earth day.]
[to kauai to kauai. HiFi presenting Green Style on the Garden Isle]
[kaleidoscope, landon, art walk with all the artists, burlesque, skyline with adam saaks]
[art, friends, and food makes sad me happy. the contemporary museum, art after dark, 50 cent and more art]
[natural koncepts, incubus, pancho's art, julie's house, good life at living room]
[guest blog: zane at the private silversun pickups show]
[secret society, miss hawaiian tropic, organik clothing, st patrick's day]
[north shore rules. acid wash anniversary, first friday art walk, nice hike, nice fire]
[art after dark: bhutan, soul clap, planet hollywood, skyline with graham funke and stonerokk, carey hart is still yum]
[richard cheese back in town, gyu kaku and planet hollywood pig outs, and the oscars]
[supper club at doraku, bhutan at the academy, minus the bear, the next movement]
[listening party, chikos, big wednesdays, hotel st social club]
[thank you for participating in my art project]
[kid cudi, tempo valley, nocturnal sound krew, fendi furniture, the police, doraku sushi]
[mardi gras with augie t, rum fire with everyone else]
[chinese new year vs. first friday art walk. i was the first one there.]
[rum tasting at rum fire, angry woebots at split obsession, store attacking QUEENS candy shop]
[first lady chef to teppanyaki at benihana, cherry blossom cabaret at skyline]
[blog-colleagues, little bit indashio, lotsa lotsa starlight ball, tiny bit mic3]
[first art walk of '08, 50-50 art show, nocturnal sound krew cd release]
[KTUH sesh with davey shindig, the sheraton's new amazing RumFire, Lunch 2.0 and bits of NYE]
[Best of 2007, according to me.]
[VRE holiday party, Social Wahines at Accents, and MY SWEET SIXTEEN(x2)]
[citizen cope intimate show, ooklah, okto, ima robot, cobrasnake back in hawaii, skyline]
[lurking UH, club301 podcast, HAB holiday party, pool rules, showdown in chinatown]
[geeks in manoa, ctrl alt del, niketown party, ArtAfterDark, rain]
[listening party goodie edition, thanksgiving at asterisk, next movement, talib kweli, image at longhi's]
[lurk status turbo: lurking lost, lurking the indies, lurking social wahines, lurking local artists]
[nov art walk, enterprise party at LOFT, lots of bboy stuff. planet bboy at iiff]
[Last of Hiff, Superferry, Halloween parties Galore, ArtAfterDark-Voodoo]
[more HIFF, shiny toy guns, my favorite band ever: ctrl alt del, and cosmos at Washington Place]
[thirtyninehotel 3 years, LOFT is all brand new with ctrl alt del, HIFF begins]
[Honolulu Fashion Week. yup. we have one!]
[theBoat, the contemporary level two, HIFF opening, First Fashion Friday finale, wall to wall]
[valerie joseph, modern luxury, shoe diva, art after dark, soul clap, flavors of technology]
[kpoi party, zoo party, and lurking LOST]
[north shore, what art tastes like, and back in the trees at the summer palace ruins]
[acid wash fun, a watanabe birthday, social wahines and geeks in manoa at ward]
[labor day always has a lot of art pussycat doll, smart mag party, art after dark, wu tang clan, contemporary museum's new stuff, skyline, groundUP movement]
[epic wednesday
and it all started when i snuck into better brands holiday show... senior frog's grand opening too. and acid wash.]
[diesel party, KUMU live breakfast, lunar eclipse. chill.]
[kid koala, running for the hills, and a fun skyline with pirate undertones]
[gym class heroes]
[american heart association had a fundraiser black tie and blue jeans they call it. we went. also some from hot summer nights at chai's and kapoilani park]
[hefty one
first friday art walk hop, drive drive drive, grown up house party, skyline, bye bye esprit]
[more birthdays, more acid wash more fun also day one of next door's 2-year anniversary. woo!]
[fashionby3, acid wash, the next movement]
[met a vice writer slash editor of big brother! also wine club, opera and little bit Honolulu at Bar 35.]
[EPIC monday. RATATAT,... also the shins and benihana's!]
[chill]
[xyloh, the listening party and art spree 2007]
[first fashion friday, element party with bam and muskabeatz, russell tanoue's quiet birthday and perfect sunday]
[grand opening of heaven on earth kaleidascope tuesday, 4th of july wednesday, and the iphone]
[different week finale. 2007 Beer Olympics]
[different week part ii. ice palace, omni and fatlip, kauai for release]
[different week part i. flash and kalima's birthday. and wine clubbing]
[riveted clothing launches on oahu russell tanoue's 'beautiful' party at chais]
[the next movement is for the love, arts at marks, du vin, next door]
[anton at frequency and everyone at skyline]
[mega live show week pennylane, underoath, at sea, ctrl alt del]
[lots of art, anton and bbqs, groundUP movement, anton at indigo, prototype at lotus, thirtynine at kaimana beach]
[in case you forgot, i live in hawaii, karaoke with the indies, kalideascope, 80s with nocturnal sound crew, contemporary museum downtown]
[it's a nice time for a white weekend: still at sheraton, can't get away. skyline anniversary, nu mark at next door, skin pool party]
[i miss ryan laskey already. cherry blossom burlesque, anton at o lounge, laskey's going away party,art walk, lotus]
[skin party, planet of the drums at lotus and SANDBAR!]
[moonlight monday bowling like no other, and acid wash with fun bobby]
[explore and 30seconds to mars, listening party, native guns, aarons grand opening AND dan weaver in the trash]
[kobe, harris party, acid wash, 30seconds to mars, showdown in chinatown, honolulu at longhi's, lotus afterparty]
[supercw.com guest blog by richard cheese]
[i heart san francisco. i semi-heart justin.tv]
[cassis opening, indie bands at next door, hats at mercury, sheraton pool party]
[betsey johnson at pearl, trump vodka at the ice bar, 80s at next door and living legends at next door.]
[my daniel dae kim weekend. matt costa at next door, uh senior fashion show, tea at halekulani]
[urban pacific spring 2007, smart mag anniversary at the w, some other stuff]
[thailand trip. reprieve. i got the ae-1 shots back.]
[part 2 of malekos bachelor party lotus, art museum, dig lifestyles and showdown in chinatown]
[most definitely enjoyed mos def and makana's private party. and part 1 of maleko's bachelor party]
[very expensive street course with DC and a skyline]
[my best friend pulls me out of a funk. and we get funky. next door, EnO, Airspace jam sesh and Brew Moon]
[natural vibrations at [h]O lounge and art after dark: let them eat cake...]
[russell's Beautiful party at indigo and the craziest night you'll ever see at aiea bowl]
[modern luxury party, diesel party, bally party, paul ogata and michelle lau]]
[so thailand. i almost didn't come back.]
[finally saw those whales. sailing is fun.]
[did someone say academy awards? oh! k. rad. also pacific edge magazine anniversary and more sailing]
[yardhouse opening, libbe's stint on oahu and hopping through hollywood]
[new stuff at the contemporary downtown sol de cuba, anti-gravity, and lauren hill at marley fest]
[hello, winter. i disagree. love, christa tiny bit art walk, lot of sailing, tiny bit punahou carnival]
[sushi night... next door you know, things]
[debut of "honolulu" at the W, inked hawaii fabulous opening party]
[ketel one is NOT from the devil also skyline and anton glamb]
[so i guess i'm not the only one that loves MATT COSTA]
[lbc friends in town, jazz minds, anton glamb at detox]
[malia sent me new year's pics since i was down for the count. happy new year!]
[happy birthday to meeee. mishen x-mas party, north shore and christmas in waikikiiiiii]
[holiday parties are so very.]
[supercrew did a little U2]
[makana's CD release party, pennylane at detox, and grand opening of MAC 24/7]
[Holiday inCircle party at Nieman Marcus, ]
[Miss Sixty grand opening with kelly hu, joshua radin and steve aoki. Party of the year.]
[david choe, mickey avalon, schwayze, revok, bj penn, and the fuckin cobrasnake. all at blue hawaii. RVCA!]
[WESC party at the W. those guys are so fun.]
[cinema paradise and the frank gehry collection party at tiffanys]
[halloween and iolani palace]
[what you think i didn't go to the PRADA party? also art after dark]
[the fabulousness that is HIFF. with all the side things and such.]
[derin's birthday month and gearing up for film festivalness.]
[Contemporary Museum's 10th anniversary party at FHB and URBAN PACIFIC]
[supercrew needed a break. to maui to maui.]
[we stole the guestlist at the Pearl opening. also VIP skyline, richard cheese and diesel party.]
[du vin and my hanai family the AKAKAS]
[kc's art, recruiting fun, free the dog, and pacific edge magazine launch party]
[shoe diva, bar 35 and goldie at indigo]
[lulus and the wave waikiki reincarnated for its anniversary]
[osake pau hana, makana, boosh at o lounge, germ's birthday and skyline with mayhem and cathy tanaka]
[the contemporary museum, hugo boss grand opening, all american rejects]
[mada in hawaii=madawaii. paul mitchell estate=cocktailin]
[camera-phone-er-iffic]
[skaters at shokudo, colonel senior at the contemporary museum, band camp]
[not, like, totally off the face of the planet. just in the clouds]
[iolani palace garden tea party. like woah.]
[smart ladies at crazy beautiful]
[makana at the zoo, art spree at the contemporary museum, and friends of the library!]
[one more fourth]
[art after dark, thirtyninehotel, and two nights of z-trip]
[plantation party in paradise disco sluts from outer space, and olena rubin on hawaii stars]
[friday at EnO trading company, brew moon, pacific edge magazine party at skyline]
[opening of bad sushi, wahoo wednesday, ko'olina resorting and the 50th state fair]
[little bit poetry slam, lot more skyline anniversary a.k.a. the white party]
[memorial day mokuleia beachiness]
[the Skaters of Honolulu 2007 calendar preview also hanks, hys, sam choys, lilly and mikey's bdays]
[he said i can use all the shots this time... AW! house party, manoa falls, emo kitty]
[april showers bring may dice... at fitted!]
[strange ventures, cholo's bowl, art after dark, ong king]
[kris markovitch is back for a hurley art show and the best easter ever]
[kc in the metroHawaii show, foster's botanical gardens, art quest in the storm drains, and kanye west]
[will it ever stop raining. johnny layton visits, as well as mikendo and some other skaters, sorry about the weather.]
[still raining. pepper and 311.]
[shoe diva and st patrick's day]
[two at palomino's and keolu's most wanted. my first and last skate contest with phelony.]
[how did we use to do this so much. smart magazine anniversary party and a skyline revival.]
[david choe is back! dgk demo, fitted party with apb and in4mation. woo.]
[house parties are fun. so was that contest at hickam.]
[phelony girls calendar shoot on maui... with playboy models. WHAT! dream? NO!]
[art walk, chinese new year, ravi druma back and at fashion45]
[christa's the name, professional ASR lurker is the game]
[you probably didn't notice my weekends slowing down...well, they're back up there again! blackaliscous, dieselboy, drunk flash]
[i took my skate team to the big island. o what fun we had.]
[happy new year. phelony clothing launch party.]
[my big birthday bash at the wave, hamburger eyes art show, and christmas with mako and tim jackson]
[three concerts, a motley crue meet and greet, one ballet and a circus]
[supercrew chills out on the north shore. pipeline masters. triple crown. ahh.]
[art walk, blue hawaii skate contest, kalei's birthday skyline and ZANA'S BEACH BIRTHDAY BASH]
[natural vibrations rule for life. this time they rule mai tai bar.]
[more from contemporary, friday bar hop, and i cooked. TWICE! what.]
[the wave turned TWENTY FIVE... shepard fairey and futura are also both on island... lucky HAWAII]
[WHO flies to LA for ONE day JUST to see natural vibrations play? .....ahem]
[just halloween. just look.]
[shokudo, ozomatli at kaponos, art after dark, and the COLONEL as my prom date. woot!]
[doc martin at next door, graffiti contest at living room, Hawaii International Film Festival party, and skate sesh]
[DJ CHAVEZ IS BACK ON OAHU! along with shad lambret dot com]
[more skatin, abstract rude, Lakers in honolulu]
[went to jail AND got molested by a porn star this week... rad.]
[ah california. wait, wasn't i just here? HOORAY for hollywood.]
[pat rakestraw came out to hawaii with his split team... and got naked in front of everyone! also mae... TnC sunburn classic, skyline.]
[i had absolutely no business at ASR. did i still go? HELL yes. this is a good one]
[dj kool herc only INVENTED hip hop. ...this week he was cruising with ME]
[labor day weekend.... part two, er, part SANDBAR]
[the boneyard with anton glamb, jeremy's birthday, art at apb, first friday, the myspace party. etc.]
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