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If you don’t know Cuban-born fashion designer Isabel Toledo, that’s OK… this modest designer has been styling women in couture for years. Chances are that you’ve seen her work without even knowing it. She’s most notably known for that moment […]

Is perfection something that can be summed up  in one image? Marius Vibe sure thinks so. Vibe, a  Norwegian artist, recently used the art of  Photoshop to combine eight American and British  celebrities into what is now being called, “the […]

Ordinary Missionaries  The stories of George And Vonda Sisneros as they work in the village of El Rosario, Guatemala “You can’t save them. You can’t save Venancia.” I got a call from my friend Mara on Friday afternoon. Mara is […]

In a study by Julia Zimmermann and Franz Neyer in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology the impact of travel on personality was examined and it was found that travel actually changes your personality. Both short-term (1 semester abroad) and […]

The state of Hawaii is one of the most racially diverse places in the world. There are more people with multi-ethnic backgrounds than any other state. According to www.to-hawaii.com, 38.6 percent of Hawaii’s population is Asian, 24.7 percent is White, […]

When I had a chance to ask LZ Granderson, a journalist and commentator for ESPN and CNN.com about his view of cultural mobility, I jumped at it.  But when asked how Global Mobility has changed him, Granderson does not have […]

Adults of the legal age have enjoyed the iconic beer Guinness for years, but have they truly been drinking a proper Guinness all this time? The question comes from an experience in my youth… I was out to dinner with […]

Clothing means something different to people from contrasting backgrounds as a person’s culture can shape his or her relationship with clothing.                 In Hawaii, wearing midriff-bearing tank tops and bikini bottoms smaller than some underwear is considered the norm. Among […]