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LocalKineBiz: Primo Gelato

Once you’ve had gelato, you may never go back to plain ol’ ice cream. Gelato is Italian-style ice cream, made with less butterfat and less air, which make it denser and more flavorful, usually with less fat and fewer calories…

The Growing Crisis of Student Debt

Ryan Delaney had been teaching at Waianae High School for two years when he received an offer he couldn’t refuse: Return to UH-Manoa’s Speech Department to get his M.A. at a discounted price. While earning that degree, he served as…

Focus on the Moment

Online marketing and meditation are not an obvious combination, but Kit Wynkoop incorporates both into his life. As CEO of Hoi ka Ha LLC (“breathing life back into”), he helps clients, such as Honolulu Community College, the Hawaii Restaurant Association…

Chocoholic’s Paradise

Ricard Muszynski loves to create chocolate treats by hand and wants to show you how to do it, too. At his Waikiki shop, Kokoa Bar by Ricard Chocolat, you have many choices: You can ogle and taste artisanal confections such…

Brazil in the Aina

Name: Sandy Tsukiyama Job: Radio show host Experience: Six years Profile:     Tsukiyama has lived an interesting life: She trained on the koto, a traditional Japanese stringed instrument; worked as a tour guide for Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking visitors to Oahu;…

Start-Up Paradise

Reif Tauati got the idea for his startup after visiting Hawaii Volcanoes National Park for the first time since the second grade. “I remember walking through the lava tube and hearing about how ancient Hawaiians stored poi and water there.…

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