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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Wednesday, September 10, 2003

THE LEFT LANE
Benefit pas de deux

Advertiser Staff and News Services

NAMBA
When Ballet Hawaii holds its Black and White Ball on Sept. 20 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, mother and fashion designer Anne Namba will chair the event while her daughter and rising young ballerina Roxanne Cassiday fashions a silent auction item.

Cassiday is donating a silk-covered hat box filled with girly goodies: a little pink tutu, a tiara, Godiva chocolates and a certificate for a Bubbies ice cream cake.

The event, with a "New York, New York" theme, will feature a "Manhattan bar," Big-Apple-inspired dinner and entertainment imported from Broadway.

Seats cost $175. Reservations and information: Judy Muncaster: 521-8600.


Pooch pawlish

Here's a gift for the coddled canine: a paw-dicure.

Yes, you can treat your dog to a nail salon experience, with a choice of six colors, including Fire Hydrant Red, Doghouse Blues and Bow Wow (a fashionable shade of teal).

Pawlish, as the creators at nail company OPI call it, was formulated to be safe and easy to use. Want to match your manicure to your pet's? The polish is also OK for use by humans.

Pawlish sells for $7.50 at beauty salons where OPI products are sold. You can virtually "try on" the colors at http://pawlish.opi.com/index.html.


Click for idiocy

Have you ever been accused of telling boring stories? Want to wow your friends with tales of stupidity? Or, maybe you just want to entertain yourself for a few hours. Whatever the reason, check on darwinawards.com.

Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.

We're not kidding. Tales from this site include "I can fly," "bubble bath," "forklift tomfoolery" and hundreds more stories of stupidity.

This site is cool because it tries to verify the stories. Some are myths, some you just won't believe.


Novelistic conclusion

They're b-a-a-a-ck. Griffin & Sabine fans, circle Sept. 30 on your calendars.

Nick Bantock, who created a whole new book format and legions of besotted readers with the first Griffin & Sabine novel-cum-coffee table book in 1991, has a new, characteristically lavish, pocketed and postcarded release due out from Chronicle Books.

"The Morning Star" is said to be the final chapter of the Griffin & Sabine story, when we will learn the fate of postcard illustrator Matthew Sedon and stamp designer Isabella de Reims as they journey to Egypt.

If the book gives you a yen for travel, go to chroniclebooks.com, and find out how you can win a sweepstakes.