Visited the Edward Gorey exhibition at the University of Hawaii Art Gallery for Halloween.

Visited the sparkling, newly renovated DFS Galleria Beauty Department for the first time.

After the end of "Project Runway," but in advance of the airing of the Lifetime show's finale, I met with designer Andy South in his Chinatown studio. His life had been in a state of limbo. Between appearance and interview demands he hadn't worked on much so his manikins were naked, but he talked about the future.

Tim Gunn visited Honolulu for a Liz Claiborne, Inc., fashion show, and posed for photographs after the show.

At the opening of the first of the Edition brand of boutique hotels, in Waikiki, hotelier Ian Schrager, right, hosted a press conference to talk of his inspirations and aims. He's with Arne M. Sorenson, president and chief operating officer of Marriott International.

During a photo shoot with Anya Rozova for HI Luxury magazine, we did an impromptu photo in Kensei Takeda's bathtub, not for publication, just for ourselves, with a Neiman Marcus gown that didn't make it into the final edit.

Sampled the first of the season's matsutake during a Gochiso dinner hosted by Marukai at Zenshu restaurant.