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Crafts : Origami : Hawaiian Quilt Pattern : Home & Garden Television   CRAFTS Artists / Crafters Beads Books / Videos Clay Dolls Exhibits / Events Fabric Crafts Holidays / Special Occasions Home Accessories Kid Crafts Metal / Wire Mosaics Needle Crafts New Products Painting / Finishes Paper / Cardboard Crafts Books Boxes Cards / Stationery Cutting / Piecing Origami Paper Making Tips / Techniques Treatments Other Personal Accessories Quilting Resources / Organizations Scrapbooking Sewing Stamping Tools / Equipment Wood / Glass Hawaiian Quilt Pattern Carol Duvall Show : Episode CDS-534 -- More Projects » PDF Click the icon for figures 1, 2 and 3. PDF Click the icon for stapling directions. By folding and cutting origami paper, master paper cutter Olga Ponce Furginson produces beautiful Hawaiian Quilt patterns from which she spins off small paper cuttings suitable for framing. These paper works of art may become part of a wall display, make lovely hand-made gift to give, or they may be used for book covers. Materials scissors (small, pointed) craft knife (with pointed blade for the intricate areas) origami paper, 9-3/4" square (use different colors for cut and background) Steps Fold the paper as shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3. Staple pattern to the folded paper where you see this line"-". Cut out the pattern. Paste your paper cut on a contrast color. RESOURCES: History of Hawaiian Quilts, papercut patterns Olga Ponce Furginson Studio Long Beach, CA US Phone: 562-997-9053 Email: poncefurginson@earthlink.net GUESTS: Olga Furginson Master paper cutter and owner of Olga Ponce Furginson Studio Long Beach, CA Phone: 562-997-9053 Email: poncefurginson@earthlink.net ALSO IN THIS EPISODE: Carol Duvall Show : Episode CDS-534 • Hawaiian Quilt Pattern • Santa Fe Doll Art • Knitting For Kids Home | About Us | Newsletters | Questions | Advertising Site Map | Privacy | Legal DIY | Fine Living | Food Network | Shop At Home Great American Country | HGTVPro | Living | Video On Demand Comparison Shop for Home Gifts & Patio Furniture at Shopzilla © 2006 Scripps Networks, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Hawaii Wedding Planner - A Guide to Weddings, Honeymoons and Romantic Vacations in Hawaii  You are here: About > Travel > Hawaii / South Pacific for Visitors > A Hawaii Vacation Planner > Hawaii Wedding Planner - A Guide to Weddings, Honeymoons and Romantic Vacations in Hawaii Travel Go Hawaii Essentials Which Hawaiian Island Suits You Best? Clickable Map of the Hawaiian Islands Beach Guide Hawaii Pictures Clickable Map of Maui, Hawaii Topics A Hawaii Vacation Planner Big Island of Hawaii Kauai Maui / Molokai / Lanai Oahu / Honolulu / Waikiki South Pacific Culture, History & Language Hawaii Lodging Hula Luau Maps and Weather Pearl Harbor Photos, Video & Cams Recipes Shopping and Gifts Buyer's Guide Tastes of Paradise from Hilo Hattie HilHilo Hattie Dresses and Sarongs Multi-Day Guided Tours Top Hawaii Guidebooks Top Maui / Molokai / Lanai Guidebooks Forums Help FREE Newsletter Sign Up Now for the Hawaii / South Pacific for Visitors newsletter! 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Even more choose to honeymoon in paradise. In fact, Hawaii remains the top honeymoondestination in the world. Hawaii is also a top vacationdestination forcouples, hosting many of the world's top resorts and hotels. In the 2002Readers' Choice Awards by Condé Nast Traveler , many of the most highlyrated resorts in the world are found in Hawaii. In the same survey, when votingfor the best island in the world, four of the Hawaiian islands are listed in thetop ten with Maui, once again being selected as the top tropical island in the world. Whether you plan to marry in Hawaii, honeymoon in Hawaii, or just spenda truly romantic vacation, Hawaii has much to offer you. In this feature,we'll get you started with some key sources of information on weddings in Hawaii, honeymoonplanning, romantic places and we'll even suggest a couple of books to help you plan your visit.  HawaiiWeddings If you are planning to marry in Hawaii you will need tosecure a marriage license. This must be done in person when you arrive in Hawaii.Thegood news is that there is no waiting period and no blood test is required. Many couplesplan their own weddings, or have friends who live in the islands help them out ahead oftime. Many make use of the many wedding planning services available in the islands. Hereare some resources to help you get started. Obtaininga Hawaii Marriage License The folks at A PerfectHawaii Wedding provide detailed information on how to obtain a marriage license oneach of the islands of Hawaii. HVCB:Weddings and Honeymoons The Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau has an extensive listing ofthe sites of companies that will help you plan your wedding in Hawaii. GettingMarried in Hawaii One of the best newer sites for Hawaii travel information is RoyalElephant.com .This article has lots of valuable information and a great resource section ofisland companies specializing in wedding planning. Honeymoons inHawaii For those who marry elsewhere,Hawaii remains the destination of choice for a honeymoon and there is littlewonder why. With perfect climate, top resorts, beautiful beaches and an economythat is geared to make every tourist's visit memorable, Hawaii, no ka oi - Hawaii is the best. Here are some resources to help you plan yourhoneymoon. PleasantHawaiian Holidays Pleasant Holidays is constantly providing new offers for travel to Hawaii. Wepublish all information as it is received on this special page. Haddon HawaiianHoneymoons Haddon Travel has some great deals for honeymoons in Hawaii at most major resortsand using the major airlines serving Hawaii. <a target="_top" href="http://honeymoons.about.com/library/weekly/aa070800a.htm]Honeymoon in Hawaii [/link] Susan Breslow Sardone, About's Guide to Honeymoons and RomanticGetaways has written an excellent article about honeymooning in Hawaii,including a special section on the ten best Hawaiian hotels for honeymooners. 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Epinions.com - King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant Join Epinions | Help | Sign In Home > Restaurants & Gourmet > Restaurants > Los Angeles Ethnic Restaurants Read Advice Write an essay on this topic. King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant May 14 '01 The Bottom Line If you thought Hawaiian food was all about gloppy purple poi, think again. Yum! Hawaii. It's a tropical paradise best known for swaying grass skirts, coconut bras, drinks with umbrellas, and an excess of vowels. I never gave much thought to Hawaiian food, though. Any cuisine that's best known for poi isn't exactly a high watermark in the culinary pantheon of regional cooking. Or is it? I discovered King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant a couple of years ago when my best friend and her husband were planning a huge backyard Luau party for their tenth wedding anniversary. I considered buying them a crystal vase that they'd probably hate, or some sort of single-use appliance that they'd never use, but when I learned they were planning to serve hot dogs and potato salad at their Luau, I decided that the best possible gift would be to have their party catered. I ordered pounds and pounds of Teriyaki Beef and Huli Huli Chicken, rice, and Hawaiian bread, and the guests ate it faster than we could serve it to them. It was good. We finished the party off with both a fresh fruit torte and a massive "Paradise Cake"-- layers of guava, lime, and passion fruit cakes, with icing in the same flavors, and plenty of fresh whipped cream. I liked the cake so much that as my next birthday approached, I started dropping very subtle hints about what sort of cake I wanted. I want a King's Hawaiian Guava Cake for my birthday. Don't buy me any other cake. Write it down. KING'S HAWAIIAN GUAVA CAKE. (My husband doesn't usually pay much attention to my ramblings, so that was fairly subtle.) King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant doesn't look like a slice of Hawaii. It looks more like a bland, mainland coffee shop. Imagine Coco's, but get rid of the hideous pink and pastel green color scheme. There are a handful of exotic touches to let you know you're not in Kansas. Just off to the side of the hostess's station, a giant pineapple awash in white christmas lights provides the first clue. And then there's the fish tank. We're not talking about a 10 gallon bowl of guppies. King's has a large counter wrapped around a huge, cylindrical tank full of exotic saltwater sea creatures. If you eat your meal in front of the tank, you'll see Yellow Tangs, Clownfish, lots of cute little blue fellas, and a few ridiculous-looking Triggerfish (what can you say about a critter with a "face" that extends halfway across its body?) If you watch closely, you may even see a fairly large, evil looking eel slither out of the rocks momentarily. The Most Important Meal of the Day, Hawaiian Style Our first real meal at King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant was breakfast. My husband and I took our kids to King's early on a Saturday morning. The crowd was unbelievable. At barely 9:00 AM, we had to wait 30 minutes for a table. We might have gotten a table a little sooner, but our daughter was pretty insistent about sitting near the fish tank. The breakfast menu is fairly large, and includes both traditional American breakfast fare and more exotic Island specialties. I chose the Orange Macadamia Pancakes ($5) which were topped with sliced bananas. They were fairly ordinary, and not something I'd go back for. My older daughter ordered King's Hawaiian French Toast ($5). I took one bite, and kicked myself for not ordering the same thing. The Hawaiian French Toast is made with thick slices of sweet Hawaiian egg bread, and dipped in a tasty, delicately spiced batter. At its worst, french toast tastes like soggy bread coated in scrambled egg. At its best, french toast is soft on the inside, crisp on the outside, and does not taste overly eggy. King's makes the best french toast I've ever tasted, and serves it with either warm maple or warm coconut syrup. For my younger daughter, the kids' menu listed several choices, and they're only $2.50 each. The little creature of habit balked at dad's suggestion to try eggs with Huli Huli chicken, and asked for pancakes and fruit. He finished off two-thirds of my Orange Macadamia Pancakes, but my husband still managed to pack away his King's Scramble ($6)- three eggs scrambled with diced Portuguese sausage, green onions, mushrooms, and chilies. The egg dishes are served with toast or a muffin, and your choice of hash browns, Hawaiian potatoes, steamed rice, or fried rice. The Hawaiian potatoes are absolutely delicious, but if you're a vegetarian, stay away from them. They get their spicy, smoky flavor from a combination of paprika and some sort of chopped ham. If you prefer your meat on the side and not scrambled into your eggs, there are several options. For the less adventurous, King's offers plain old bacon, ham, or link sausage. If you want to try something more exotic. King's has marinated Huli Huli chicken, Portuguese sausage, or Spam. Yes, Spam. Spam has been around for nearly 70 years, and although the mention of this meat-floating-in gelatinous-muck is enough to cause most of us in the other 49 states to dry heave, Hawaiians love the stuff. We completed our breakfasts with glasses of passion-orange-guava juice ($1.85) and Kona blend coffee ($1.55, unlimited refills.) The coffee is rich and strong, and my teenager had to dump four little containers of cream into her mug to achieve the desired wussy, light color she prefers. Volume II - And Then We Had Dinner No, no, not on the same day. We liked our breakfast so much that we returned to King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant for many more breakfasts. Just last week, we made it there for dinner for the first time. In typical prfstars-obsessive-fashion, we've been back two more times in the past seven days. When you pull into the sprawling parking lot at King's and find a spot immediately, you'll be lulled into a false sense of security about table availability. Despite the large diningroom, there is always a wait at King's. The place is popular. We went at 5:00 PM on a Wednesday night, a time that by all rights should be dead at every restaurant that is not an all-you-can-eat buffet in Florida. We waited for 20 minutes, and were then escorted to our table by a delightful hostess who kept apologizing for the wait. We were very hungry by the time we sat down, and asked our waiter to recommend appetizers. He warned us that all "Pupus" are large, and serve two or more. To get a good sampling of the various offerings, he suggested the Royal Platter ($10), a huge tray of deep fried Hawaiian won tons, chicken macadamia egg rolls, teriyaki beef and chicken, and a variety of dipping sauces. We enjoyed it so much that we decided to take more than half of it home with us-- if we'd finished, we'd have had no room left for dinner. We even managed to stop chomping on the Hawaiian sweet bread to save our appetites for the main course. Our waiter observed how much my husband enjoyed the variety in our appetizer, and suggested the Luau Platter ($9.45) for his main course. He feasted on Taro Leaf Lau Lau, Huli Huli Chicken, Kalua Pork, and Lomi Salmon until he was ready to belch and pass out. Fortunately, he didn't do either until we got home. editorial observation: Mahi Mahi, Huli Huli Chicken, Taro Leaf Lau Lau. Redundancy is a big part of the Hawaiian culinary experience. When I requested the Spicy Beef Bowl Bowl, the waiter chuckled but my husband hid under the table. My Spicy Beef Bowl Bowl ($8) was a mound of white rice, topped with sauteed vegetables and beef. The beef and vegetables were marinated in the most delicious sauce-- both spicy and fruity, and reminiscent of Chinese garlic sauce. Dessert King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant is very well known here in Southern California for their breads and pastries. Any bakery smells good but with an emphasis on exotic fruits, the colorful display at King's Bakery is too much to bear. I've been known to buy a petit four ($1) on the way in. In addition to the aforementioned fruit tortes, paradise cake, and guava cake, there are a variety of cheesecakes and pastries available in the restaurant. We decided to share a slice of Coconut Haupia cake. Yum! Service It's good. Very good. The waiters and waitresses are incredibly attentive, and not only to their own tables. If any of the servers noticed that our drinks were empty, they asked if we wanted refills. The staff is polite, knowledgable, fast, and very professional. Taking The Sprogs King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant is not a kiddie restaurant like The Rainforest Cafe, but it's very kid-friendly. Kiddie portions are large, and run about $2.50 for breakfast, and $4.00 for dinner. There are teriyaki beef and chicken dishes for the kids, but if they're reluctant to try anything new, there are hamburgers, grilled cheese sandwiches, and hot dogs too. My daughter loves their peanut butter and jelly sandwich, which is served on rainbow colored bread. Dinner at King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant is an amazing value. Two adults can stuff themselves silly for under $30, and the food is outstanding. I think I'll try the Hawaiian Orange Chicken tonight. ___________________________________ King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant 2808 W. Sepulveda Boulevard Torrance, CA 90505 Telephone: 310-530-0050 Open seven days a week from 7:00 AM on weekdays, and 6:00 AM on weekends. They close at 10:00 PM (11:00 PM on Friday and Saturday) Comments on this Review Read all comments (22) Write your own comment Epinions.com ID: prfstars in Home & Garden , Restaurants & Gourmet Location: Portland, OR Reviews written: 229 Trusted by: 216 members Hi. View all reviews by prfstars View prfstars's profile Help | Member Center | Message Boards | Site Rules | User Agreement | Privacy Policy | Site Index About Epinions | Careers | Contact Epinions | Advertising Epinions | DealTime USA | DealTime UK | PriceTool | Shopping.com | Rent.com © 1999-2006 Epinions, Inc. Trademark Notice Epinions.com periodically updates pricing and product information from third-party sources, so some information may be slightly out-of-date. You should confirm all information before relying on it.