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Hot bachelor named

Cosmopolitan magazine's 2005 cross-country search for the hottest bachelors in America has ended with the selection of Jamie Tamashiro as Hawaii's Cosmo Bachelor. He'll be featured in the Cosmopolitan 2005 November issue.

Tamashiro will be photographed by Seiji (Mike Mabuni), who was also named one of the magazine's Cosmopolitan Bachelors in 2000.

Seiji, who was working as a model when he was named Hawaii's Cosmo hunk, is now an internationally published fashion photographer specializing in fashion and celebrity photography. His work has appeared in fashion and modeling publications and on celebrity television shows.

Sunset on the Beach

Live music from the Hawaii International Jazz Festival, fun family activities, product samples from Mauna Loa, a vintage aloha attire contest with prizes from Hilo Hattie, lots of ono food and movies are good reasons to head for the beach Saturday and Sunday. All will be part of Hawaiian Telcom's Sunset on the Beach at Queen's Surf Beach in Waikiki.

Before heading out the door, grab your tutu's sarong or cellophane skirt or your vintage aloha shirt for a stage-side "Best Vintage Aloha Look" contest at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. First prize will be a $100 Hilo Hattie gift certificate and a Honolulu Centennial T-shirt. Second- and third-place winners will receive a $50 Hilo Hattie gift certificate and Honolulu Centennial T-shirt.

On both days, food booths open at 4 p.m., with live entertainment by the Hawaii International Jazz Festival All Star Big Band starting at 5:30 p.m., followed by a movie at sunset, around 7:30 p.m.

Saturday's film is the 1959 MGM classic "Some Like It Hot," starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.

Sunday's film is "The Day After Tomorrow," about a paleoclimatologist (Dennis Quaid) who tries to save the world from the chilling effects of global warming while also trying to save his son, Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal).

For more information, call the Waikiki Improvement Association at 923-1094.

The next "Sunset" weekend will be July 30 and 31.

Queen for a year

The 54th annual Cherry Blossom Festival & Queen Contest is looking for contestants.

Contestants must be single and have a minimum of 50 percent Japanese ancestry, be a U.S. citizen and Hawaii resident, high school graduate and at least 19 years old as of Jan. 1, 2006, and not older than 26 as of June 30, 2006.

All rules are available in an application packet that can be downloaded online at www.cbfhawaii.com.

The application deadline is Aug. 1, and only the first 75 applications received will be reviewed. The event is sponsored by the Honolulu Japanese Junior Chamber of Commerce.

For more information, e-mail hjjcc@hotmail.com; Attn: Contestant Search.

Fest needs vendors

Craft, food and other vendors are being sought for the 23rd annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival, scheduled for Aug. 21 at Kapiolani Park.

The event will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and feature 18 of Hawaii's top musical talents, including Maunalua, John Cruz, Ledward Kaapana, Paul Togioka, Jeff Peterson, Walter Keale, David Kahiapo, Michael Kaawa, Pali, Brittni Paiva and Daniel Ho.

The deadline is Aug. 13. Vendors can call 239-4336 or 226-2697 for information, or e-mail kihoalufoundationinc@yahoo.com or kahokuproductions@yahoo.com.

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Embrace ikebana

"Through Flowers We Embrace Life," an ikebana exhibition, will be held 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in the Marlin room of the Pacific Beach Hotel, 2490 Kalakaua Ave.

A presentation of the Ikenobo Ikebana Society, Honolulu Chapter, the free show is part of the organization's 25th-anniversary celebration.

Call 839-5272 for more information.

For the love of orchids

The Ewa Beach Orchid Society will hold its 2005 Orchid Show Aug. 5-7 at the Waipahu High School Cafetorium.

Colorful displays created by members of the Aiea, Ewa, Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, Kunia and Windward orchid societies will be on view for the show and sale.

Show hours will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 5 and 6, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 7. The cost is $2 for adults and free for children.

For more information, call 689-8688.

Who's the tackiest?

From now through Aug. 26, that tacky room of yours could pay off with a renovation valued at $20,000 from Henkel Consumer Adhesives, maker of Duck and Loctite brands.

Send two to four photographs of the tackiest room in your house, along with a 100-word description of your shabby space, to "America's Tackiest Room" Contest, Henkel Consumer Adhesives Inc., 32150 Just Imagine Drive, Avon, OH 44011-1355.

In September the grand-prize winner will be presented with three custom-design room concepts from which they will choose one design. The renovation will be featured on a nationally aired episode of "Today's Homeowner."

For rules, details or to download release forms, visit the Web site www.loctiteproducts.com/tackyroom.

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