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[pics] woah Shake & Pop, woah GINZA!, woah CONTEMPORARY CAFE

May 19th, 2010 · 27 Comments

so i’m in chinatown (duh) last saturday for the film competition and the first thing i see is this.
duuude, check this out – wtfhawaii entered a film in showdown in chinatown and they made a MOVIE POSTER for it.

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Tags: I don't get it · all over the place · art · chinatown · food · hip hop · kalima rules · kicks · next door · nightlife · photos done · reeling with pleasure · showdown in chinatown · something to do on a SUNDAY night · thirtyninehotel · travel

[pics] CSA, Zion I, Kokua, LOST bye-bye

May 11th, 2010 · 9 Comments

aw man this size thing might be starting to get to me. maybe. not enough for me to really sit down and dive in to it though. so i’ll continue sizing down the first image then leaving the rest. hey guys! look! it’s the UH Fashion show…

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Tags: all over the place · celebrities · chinatown · food · hip hop · kalima rules · my favorite band ever · next door · nightlife · nostalgia · photos done · thirtyninehotel · what everyone else is talking about · work

[pics] Nas, Showdown in Chinatown and POLO

March 25th, 2010 · 19 Comments

WHAT is this you ask? oh i’ll tell you. it’s my new canon s90. a.k.a. my husband. no, i have absolutely no idea what i’m doing with it yet, all these manual settings for f-stop, aperture, flash density, p and s orbitals and such has got me quite smitten. i’ll figure it out soon. bear with [...]

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Tags: celebrities · chinatown · cocktail woah · country · hip hop · nostalgia · photos done · showdown in chinatown · something to do on a SUNDAY night

[pics] I <3 Next Door: Myka9, Future Paradise, Ginza, and my first First Friday back…

March 18th, 2010 · 14 Comments

hello, honolulu. man, i missed you. you would think i was gone for a month. don’t think i was kidding when i was already homesick after like 40 minutes of being in hong kong. i mean, sure i loved the place (nothing beats that crew that i was rolling with out there. SUPREME status.) just… [...]

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Tags: I heart successful people · art · chinatown · culture · fashion · first friday art walk · hip hop · my favorite band ever · next door · nightlife · photos done

[pics] chinese new year of the GOLDEN tiger, with special guest Kool Herc

February 21st, 2010 · 15 Comments

haha, i got so many messages and things about my valentine’s day column in the weekly. i guess a lot of people get annoyed with that holiday too (or just like that i used the word “bone”).
the truth is i really never cared one way or the other about the holiday. wait, that’s not true. when i [...]

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Tags: first friday art walk · hip hop · my favorite band ever · next door · nightlife · photos done · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] oh hi. past couple of weeks. FLUX mag launch, sustainable cuisine at Halekulani. GLC at Shake & Pop. et al.

January 20th, 2010 · 16 Comments

well happy new year. i kinda was in a swirly-wow after my birthday party and wanted to leave that video up for a while, but here. this is what’s been happening in my world the past few weeks of two oh one oh:  i been up to my ears in cuisine and cocktails. eating stuff [...]

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Tags: I heart successful people · all over the place · chinatown · food · hip hop · my favorite band ever · next door · nightlife · oooo fancy · photos done · work

[pics] fresh cafe, my first acid wash, tsunami, shokudo and CONTRAST party

August 14th, 2009 · 18 Comments

no i don’t have photoshop, mister professional tons of time and money on your hands website guy. yes i watermark all my photos by hand before i blog them. yes that’s why it takes me longer to get these out for you. no i don’t have time or money to use/learn photoshop to do it [...]

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Tags: art · chinatown · culture · first friday art walk · food · hip hop · kicks · nothing but love for skate · photos done · press · reeling with pleasure · supercrew · thirtyninehotel · what everyone else is talking about · work

[pics] maria had a birthday, MGMT had a concert, shake&pop and apt3

August 1st, 2009 · 12 Comments

i  still don’t believe maria is only 23. no, really. have you ever talked to her? she’s like one of those people that totally gets it and pretty much always says the most logical thing without even heming and hawing. even after like 8 shots, as depicted here.

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Tags: Fabulous Openings · all over the place · hip hop · music · my favorite band ever · nightlife · photos done

[pics] deadbeats opened for mos def! becker had a bday! monkey bar re-entered the scene! soho opened!

June 15th, 2009 · 13 Comments

aaaaaaa, let me sit down and get some of these photos out. in case any of you ever tear yourselves away from facebook long enough to read blogs anymore =)
i gotta tell you. becker is so fun! he brought like seven hundred glow stick thingies WITH the fasteners so we could all be fun colorful [...]

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Tags: BAMP · Fabulous Openings · all over the place · art · chinatown · fashion · fun bobby · hip hop · kicks · my favorite band ever · nightlife · photos done · scooped · something different · they grow up so fast · work

[pics] saturday. we raged. stussy 1yr party, Contrast magazine at it again

May 29th, 2009 · 12 Comments

before i get in to what i’m about to do, let me take a moment to appreciate the effectiveness  of the pre party. i’ll admit it’s been a while since i’ve really even done this. in fact, i’m pretty sure it was with these dudes the last time, but ya, i was on a mission [...]

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Tags: activities · chinatown · fashion · hip hop · hot · my favorite band ever · nightlife · nothing but love for skate · photos done · press · scooped · they grow up so fast · weekend · what everyone else is talking about

cudi nailed it

March 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment

kid cudi_17, originally uploaded by Lancifervisual.
and whoever is saying different wasn’t there that night.
simply amazing.
since none of us got pics this night, see lancifer vision here

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Tags: hip hop · hot · music · nightlife · props · scooped · what everyone else is talking about

[pics] kaleidoscope, kings of spade, nadirah shakoor at loft, candy bar

March 25th, 2009 · 11 Comments

so.  i just heard a friend mention they were going to work in new york for the summer. i was like… oh ya, there’s a summer. i can’t believe how being a grown up with no kids in hawaii cuts you off from the seasons completely. it’s either christmas, or not christmas.
anyway- just thinking about [...]

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Tags: art · chinatown · feeling better · fun bobby · hip hop · kalima rules · nightlife · photos done · supercrew · thirtyninehotel · work

so excited

December 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

for this

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Tags: addictions · get hyped · hip hop

hey, visitors. sorry about the rain.

November 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

bj penn, the other guy, atmosphere, etc. ya’ll know it’s not because of you right?
anyway, today is rock shop. i am saving money for a new couch, but might have to drop some on a $30 vestal watch. poor jami needs his vintage timex back already.
today is eco style hawaii, where you can catch a [...]

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Tags: BAMP · bad timing · celebrities · hip hop · pics soon

[pics] openings of stuff: bonsai sushi, hush. more work too. and stuff

October 28th, 2008 · 19 Comments

so woah what are you just totally chilling til halloween or what? no, that’s cool. i mean. i hear you. i been chilling too. chilling with the completely inappropriate yet undeniably clever bar-entertainment they provide at chiko’s tavern on their monthly girls night….

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Tags: Fabulous Openings · Hiff · SMART magazine · all over the place · celebrities · fashion · film · fun bobby · hip hop · hook it up · nightlife · photos done · scooped · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] japanese wrestlers, ESCADA party, vitamins 4 u, epic friday-saturday

September 20th, 2008 · 7 Comments

happy weekend. here’s something to ponder through when you get a chance– last week full of action packed awesomeness….

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Tags: Saturday · all over the place · art · celebrities · chinatown · food · hip hop · hot · nightlife · oooo fancy · they grow up so fast · work

keep it down…

September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

…they’re taking over

and they’re taking ME with them!!

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Tags: Saturday · art · culture · fashion · get hyped · hip hop · hot · music

[pics] the good ol pacific northwest. libbe’s married. girl talk and chromeo.

August 5th, 2008 · 8 Comments

ok. who said they wanted to go with me to seattle. let’s go.
it’s been a long time since i’ve been here. i’m totally revealing my age now but ya, the last time i was here was for my 10 year reunion, circa ‘04. gah! this is the first time of the 21958390843 times i flew [...]

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Tags: hip hop · music · my favorite band ever · nostalgia · off island · photos done · they grow up so fast

[pics] ooo fancy at nobu, bye randy, ground up at cupola, little level 4, graham funke at skyline

July 22nd, 2008 · 24 Comments

so last week i had the funniest comment from someone that wouldn’t tell me who they are. they said anyone that knows anything would be at level 4 and because i anticipated that it would be a cluttery hell of ick that i don’t know anything. hm. i wonder what they would say now. cause, [...]

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Tags: all over the place · art · chinatown · culture · food · hip hop · lurk · my favorite band ever · next door · nightlife · oooo fancy · photos done · press · scooped · supercrew · they grow up so fast · what everyone else is talking about · work

[pics] so in to the deatbeats, other stuff too. art spree. club monaco.

July 18th, 2008 · 15 Comments

So. want to know the MOST POSSIBLE amount of fun you can possibly have with arts and crafts for grownups? check THIS out! charlie boy turned me on to what i am pretty much calling the coolest thing on the internet right now. cube e craft. you HAVE to try it!

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Tags: Blog-Stalking · Fabulous Openings · I heart successful people · activities · art · celebrities · fashion · hip hop · hook it up · my favorite band ever · nightlife · oooo fancy · press · scooped · weekend · work

interesting weekend ahead

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments

tonight at the coupula a.k.a. my newfavoriteplacetoseeart noah boss and his crew are hanging up some of their best photos for your enjoyment. i heard brooke is in this show too. wait! WHAT! brooklyn in the flesh? with all her friends? oh man. trust me. it’s not missable. FLASH! at the Design Center. 8pm
SATURDAY
cutie pie [...]

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Tags: art · celebrities · fashion · hip hop · my favorite band ever · nightlife · weekend

saturday something. better than free.

July 12th, 2008 · No Comments

wait. there’s nothing better than free. love? eh. only if it comes with free stuff.
TODAY! get up the hill you guys. Art Spree! It goes today until 4pm. Free lemonade and coffee from Starbucks, $1 hot dogs, people on stilts, synchronized swimmers, aerialists, the av club with a wicked stage-music thing involving heavy shoes. oh, [...]

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Tags: Saturday · art · culture · get hyped · hip hop · my favorite band ever · nightlife

[pics] catching up. art after dark sort of, soul pacific, blue scholars, black square, and epic kickball

July 3rd, 2008 · 5 Comments

this weekend will be pretty wow. jesus, first friday AND the 4th of july on the same night?!? what the! well, whatever you do i hope it’s fun. if you’re broke or just bored go ahead and check the open bar listing and see if there’s anything worth hitting up. i think i’m gonna hit [...]

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Tags: Art After Dark · Blog-Stalking · Fucked Up · Saturday · activities · all over the place · art · bad timing · celebrities · chinatown · food · hip hop · hook it up · hot · kalima rules · music · my favorite band ever · next door · nightlife · nostalgia · nothing but love for skate · photos done · scooped · thirtyninehotel · weekend · work

[pics] nobu 1 year, diesel, art after dark, last next movement, sandbar

June 3rd, 2008 · 12 Comments

so before i begin i have to plug one of my favorite sponsors for the epic[ly healthy] lunch at town last week. shoots!

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Tags: Art After Dark · Honolulu Academy of Arts · all over the place · bikinis · celebrities · culture · food · for the greater good · hawaii sites that are essential · hip hop · hook it up · kalima rules · music · my favorite band ever · next door · nightlife · oooo fancy · philanthropicdedness · photos done · press · scooped · thank you · weekend

[pics] HiFi at Candy Bar, my first Babes Who Brunch, GroundUP, Showdown, and hellooooo Pool Party!

May 12th, 2008 · 13 Comments

Hi! sorry it said “weekend picks” all day Monday. I meant to have this update here for you. Like a surprise. like, woah! christa updated fast! i just heard about that miami-style pool party that everyone was at on sunday and bam! here are the photos!
ya, tell me when i ever let you down….
starting with [...]

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Tags: I heart successful people · art · bikinis · celebrities · complaining · fashion · film · hip hop · next door · nightlife · supercrew · weekend

[pics] slept so now you got lots. Hotel St Social Club and Steve Aoki mainly. With other stuffs.

May 7th, 2008 · 23 Comments

just let it load. it’s gonna be a while. if you are one of my iphone friends you might want to set it down for a bit. sorry.
you know me. such a wordy mcworderson i am. let’s see. OH! and hey, these are totally out of order this week. my bad! but i see [...]

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Tags: all over the place · celebrities · fun bobby · hip hop · lurk · music · next door · nightlife · photos done · what everyone else is talking about

[pics] contemporary art, feelings, food and soul clap, loft, north shore

March 31st, 2008 · 15 Comments

hi. so how do you react to tragedy? just wondering. i’m sure we all have our own methods. i’ll be honest with you for one sec then it’s back to my bubble, promise. i. am. sad. very sad. friday was komo’s service and there should have been a bit of closure there but seeing all [...]

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Tags: Art After Dark · Fucked Up · Honolulu Academy of Arts · I don't get it · addictions · all over the place · art · bad timing · chinatown · complaining · food · hip hop · kalima rules · lovehate · nightlife · one last cigarette · ouch · photos done · something different · thirtyninehotel · weekend · work

[pics] secret society, Social Club, Party Shuffle, Incubus, Pancho’s Art, Hawaiian Paris Hilton, Living Room

March 24th, 2008 · 17 Comments

how many times have you been sold on a gimmick? me? oh. you seriously don’t want to know. let’s just say i have a timeshare somewhere out there in credit land that’s never even been used.
so i totally fell for the vj’s creative wording about their wednesday party. i was already in to the [...]

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Tags: BAMP · Blog-Stalking · all over the place · art · celebrities · feeling better · fun bobby · hip hop · hump day · kicks · lurk · my favorite band ever · nightlife · nostalgia · nothing but love for skate · photos done · reeling with pleasure · scooped · supercrew · technology · they grow up so fast · weekend · what everyone else is talking about · work

[pics] 1st art after dark of ‘08, planet hollywood, soul clap, queens, skyline

March 4th, 2008 · 13 Comments

well look at that. there’s still a line to get in the academy. no, it’s not the saturday opening. it’s art after dark!

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Tags: Art After Dark · Honolulu Academy of Arts · all over the place · art · celebrities · chinatown · food · hip hop · hook it up · lovehate · lurk · oooo fancy · photos done · props · they grow up so fast · what everyone else is talking about · work

[pics] doraku sushi, kid cudi, fendi furniture, airspace workshop, THE POLICE

February 22nd, 2008 · 12 Comments

ok! here i am! before i get started, just a fyi i’m not jazzed on having these watermarks on my images. it’s just something that needs to happen now, ok? but i wanted to thank everyone who gives me mad love and links and photo credit and if you every see anything in here [...]

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Tags: Fabulous Openings · I heart successful people · all over the place · feeling better · food · hip hop · hook it up · kalima rules · my favorite band ever · next door · nightlife · one last cigarette · oooo fancy · photos done · reeling with pleasure · weekend · work