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Posted on: Wednesday, February 4, 2004

THE LEFT LANE
Retro in wood

Advertiser Staff and News Services

Nostalgia for the innocence and elegance of the 1940s and '50s continues in both fashion and furnishings. An Island furniture designer who was formerly a fashion designer has created a line of carved wood furniture and home accessories in keeping with the style.

Sean Gilbert designs armoires, sofas, pune'e, side tables, chests and chairs incorporating '40s-style carvings of anthuriums, bird of paradise and bamboo. The furniture is made in Java of acacia, a relative of koa.

Gilbert, who is fluent in Indonesian, visits the villagers with whom he has set up manufacturing every six weeks to oversee production.

Hawaiian Furniture & Lamp Co. is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at 801 Dillingham Blvd., across the parking lot from Costco. Information: 531-5393.

Be mine, let's dine

Ahem, attached guys, a word to the wise: More than twice as many women as men (43 percent vs. 20 percent) expect to receive a gift for Valentine's Day. But don't buy chocolate or lingerie. So says an online January 2004 survey by Yahoo! Personals of more than 2,800 respondents. The preferred way to your significant other's heart? Both sexes say the best Valentine's Day celebration is a romantic dinner at home.

The divine comedy

Want to find religious humor? Check www.beliefnet.com, where the message boards are chock full of the latest "screw in a lightbulb" banter.

Example:

Q. How many Amish does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. What lightbulb?

Or:

Q. How many Buddhists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. One to change it, and one not to change it.

You can also find Pearly Gate jokes, God's voice mail, pagan jokes, and bumper stickers when you click on "humor" under the Culture category.

Remember, "de gustibus non est disputandum (there's no arguing about taste)," especially when it comes to religion and humor — so some of these might not tickle your fancy.

A little heart-to-heart

Glamour magazine is urging women to wear red this Friday for National Wear Red Day, an initiative to raise awareness of the No. 1 killer of American women: heart disease.

Glamour recently named women's heart health as its official cause, since more women die each day of cardiovascular conditions than any other disease — yet many women are unaware of the danger.

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