GIRL AT THE GRILL

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM Held by mom Nalani Koch, 2-year-old cancer patient Taja Koch warmed up to well-wisher Aiko Guerin yesterday at a fund-raiser for the toddler at Don Ho's Island Grill.

TRYING OUT A DIFFERENT KIND OF CREATION

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM At Auntie Pasto's restaurant on South Beretania Street, David Wei, a waiter who normally does only the menus, painted a wreath on a glass window. "It's my first!" he said.