*** This year, be a bad-ass Santa and stuff your stocking with these rockin’ local gifts… by Jen Russo, Jacob Shafer and Anu Yagi (CLICK HERE for more) Spa packages are a fabulous service—for men and women. It’s not your usual dude gift, but they may surprise you—even if they aren’t metro sexual. For hands and toes, head to Van Beauty Salon in Kahului; their deluxe … [Read more...] about MauiTime’s 2010 Local Gift Guide: “CrazySexyCool”
Paia Tattoo Parlor
Opening Reception: “Microcosm” by Valentin Miro, Nov 13
"Microcosm," opening reception November 13, 7-10pm; shows through December 8 I've fast become a fan of all the neat things going on at the Paia Tattoo Parlor; so I just can't help myself in sharing what else is new at the shop. Especially when this month's featured artist, Valentin Miro -- a Maui-born high school senior at Seabury Hall -- has interesting things to say about his … [Read more...] about Opening Reception: “Microcosm” by Valentin Miro, Nov 13
Kula Kid #22: “Pretty In Ink”
"I hate tattoos—especially on women,” he said, prompted by a TV commercial featuring a beautiful model who had been, to him, marred by her markings. “It’s like moldy cheese. You can cut it off, but you still know it was there.” We were mere days into dating, so he shot me a look and asked, “You don’t have any tattoos, do you?” I did. Just one. It was done by a friend … [Read more...] about Kula Kid #22: “Pretty In Ink”
This Week’s Picks: Spooky Gallery Reception and Hula Hoop Workshop
Saturday (October 9), 7-10pm, Paia Tattoo Parlor, Paia, Free If the pressure of the global economic crunch has you thinking that the need for fine art is akin to the need for a hole in the head, perhaps you need to start thinking of it more like the ancient civilizations that practiced trephination -- the burring of hole(s) into the skull as primitive brain surgery, a part … [Read more...] about This Week’s Picks: Spooky Gallery Reception and Hula Hoop Workshop
This Week’s Picks: Opening Reception for Ghalib El-Khalidi’s “A Cabinet of Curiosities” at Paia Tattoo Parlor, Sept 10
This Week's Picks Friday (September 10), 7-10pm, Paia Tattoo Parlor, Paia, Free *** "The museum is a 17th-century innovation in the Western world, born out of the cabinets and collections of merchants and explorers," write Jane Gregory and Steve Miller in their book Science in Public: Communication, Culture, and Credibility (2000). During the Age of Exploration in the late … [Read more...] about This Week’s Picks: Opening Reception for Ghalib El-Khalidi’s “A Cabinet of Curiosities” at Paia Tattoo Parlor, Sept 10