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Tonkatsu Ginza Bairin in Waikiki

Kurobuta Pork Loin Katsu While ramen shops from Japan continue to spring up all over Honolulu, Tonkatsu specialty restaurants have yet to catch on here. McCully Shopping Center used to have one (I can’t recall the name), but that was short lived, and unfortunately I never made it there in time to try it before they closed up. Currently there are only two specialty restaurants that I’m aware of. That would be Cafe Imperial Tonkatsu House, located on Kapiolani boulevard, and what we have here read

The Building Blocks of a Super Healthy Diet (with a sample meal plan)

Most people know how to eat healthy, and know that they should — it’s just that when it comes down to implementing this knowledge, there’s a bridge that needs to be crossed from knowledge to action. How do you actually eat healthy, instead of just knowing that you should eat healthy? Create a meal plan, constructed with super healthy foods that you enjoy eating. Now, there are three parts of that solution, if you look closely, and all three parts are equally important: Create a meal plan. W read

Vegetarian Envy

Friends, I am not a vegetarian but I hold them in the highest regard. I wish I possessed the willpower and unerring commitment to better health, saving the planet and/or animal rights exhibited by most vegetarians. With only a few exceptions (and I shall not name names), my vegetarian pals are svelte, disciplined not only the table but in life as well, and concerned with the well-being of the planet and her inhabitants. These are good people and sometimes I wonder if their goodness is a consequ read

Astor Place to Get Slightly Less Life-Threatening

Photo: Getty Images Chelsea: Thugs are overturning Vespas here! In Kensington, Brooklyn, they're slashing tires! Up in Inwood, they're muggin', gang bangin' and wielding bats! Scared, barely audible voice: What...the hell...is happening...in our city?!? [Curbed] Clinton Hill: People queued up at Brown Memorial Church this weekend to turn in their guns for $200 a pop (oops!), part of a city program to get guns off the streets. Five Brooklyn churches collected 687 guns. That's pretty cool. Send read

Woman Gives Birth To Third Child While Visiting Sesame Place

A mother who took her two children to Sesame Place Saturday gave birth to her third child in a bathroom stall. read