A slender face appears at the door of Palama Settlement’s kitchen, bowl in one hand, telephone on shoulder. Kathy Masunaga, owner and creator of Sweet Revenge, smiles a welcome to the Palama Settlement kitchen. She and a single employee are…
Name: LOA WONG Job: GREENS COORDINATOR IN THE TV AND FILM INDUSTRY Years of experience: 20 WHAT’S INVOLVED: “Greens” is a specialty in set dressing involving landscape design and building artificial props, such as fake trees. A greens coordinator…
$20 The True Love Gift Box from Big Island Candies, shown at right, includes six dark- and six milk-chocolate-covered Hawaiian macadamia nuts, four heart-shape milk chocolates, two heart-shape, milk-chocolate-dipped shortbread cookies and three Mika mints. Call 800-935-5510, visit the shop…
Executives who have trouble finding the time to exercise might consider the Vasper system, which is designed to provide the benefits of a two-hour workout in 20 minutes. “It’s a way to mimic the physiology of an intensive workout and…
Clint Churchill loves the loops, rolls and spins of acrobatic flying, but he gets his greatest pleasure from his passengers’ thrills. “When the passengers’ reactions are that this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience and they have these huge grins and want…
Spend a day at Hawaii’s beaches and you can’t miss the many small blue and white pieces of plastic scattered in the sand, along with bigger pieces of trash. Method, an ecoconscious cleaning-products company based in San Francisco, is putting…
Question: I need a new logo for my small business. What should I do to ensure I get the most effective one? Answer: Your company logo is the heart of your brand image. It affects whether people accept what you…
Until a few months ago, I thought a “pop-up” was an old-fashioned three-dimensional card or book that surprised you with a magical foldout that popped up as you opened it. Now, I know modern pop-ups are fleeting events – whether…
Friday Morning Pacific Allied Products Ltd., Kapolei Photographer: David Croxford >> Hawaii’s only plastic bottling plant began manufacturing products made with polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, in 1992. The installation of a complete bottling line in 2010 allowed Pacific Allied Products…
What is C.E.P.A.S.? Navatek, the R&D subsidiary of shipyard operator Pacific Marine, specializes in developing advanced hull forms and flow-control technology. Its new Catalyst Enhanced Plasma Actuation System is designed to improve the efficiency of large, commercial wind turbines by…
You are reading this magazine because you think my staff and I have worthwhile things to report. Thank you for your support and trust. The main way we do our job is simple: We listen to lots of people, read…
Spencer is a serial entrepreneur who has served as president of HVCA since 1999. He talks about venture capital in Hawaii following the death of Act 221 and his plans for offshore fish farming using his patented 200-foot wide “Oceansphere.”…
Sonny Bhagowalia has a plan to fix the state’s archaic IT system in June 2011, Bhagowalia became the state of Hawaii’s first chief information officer and the point man in Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s ambitious plan to “reinvent government.” Bhagowalia and…
It’s simple, really: Everyone in Hawaii needs to give a hearty round of applause to tourism for lifting us out of the recession. Thank you for an estimated $13.9 billion in visitor spending during 2012 (that’s a record) from 7.8…
The Pentagon is investing billions in alternative energy and conservation, and that’s good news for local companies it’s good news for hawaii’s economy and local aspirations when the state’s goals align with the American military’s goals. That’s because the U.S.…
