In a mood for giving — and getting — today? Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii is offering 1,000 discounted kama'aina room packages and spa treatments in a "Big Give Hawaii" online auction to benefit food banks on all islands. Minimum bids start as low as $80 a night, and 20 percent of the proceeds will feed the hungry. The online auction runs through Sunday at www.biggivehawaii.com.

Starwood's holdings include Sheraton and Westin hotels and resorts on O'ahu, Maui, Kaua'i and the Big Island, and the W Honolulu Diamond Head. Winning bidders must travel between Dec. 8 and Jan. 31, 2009.


— Advertiser Staff

HAPPENING

THANKSGIVING DINNER AND JAY LARRIN, TOO

A Thanksgiving treat well-suited for just the two of you: Na Hoku Hanohano Award winner Jay Larrin, singer-composer of a string of hits including "The Snows of Mauna Kea," "The Ko'olaus Are Sleeping" and "Little Lei Lady," is on stage for a Thanksgiving dinner show tonight at Chai's Island Bistro at Aloha Tower Marketplace; $50-$75, 585-0011.


— Wayne Harada

FINAL WORD

"It does feel like the first time, all over again ... I look forward to playing every night."

Mick Jones | Lead guitarist of Foreigner, in Billboard. Tickets go on sale Saturday for Foreigner's New Year's Eve show in Honolulu