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Sexy ‘Desperate
Housewives’ Sheridan
is too hot to be hit

I would have been surprised if Nicollette Sheridan's character was bumped off in "Desperate Housewives" Sunday, even though all indications pointed to her demise. Her sneaky, slippery, sexy real estate character is too valuable to the show to be whacked. And all that national notoriety gained in her towel dropping in front of Philadelphia's Terrell Owens on Monday night football was bound to attract more viewers to the show -- and it did. "Wives" was last week's top-rated show. But since somebody had to go, Christine Estabrook, the nosy, conniving neighbor whom we all love to hate, was the right choice ...

Artist Hiroshi Tagami and comedian Jonathan Winters are pals. The comic called the local artist and commissioned him to do an elephant painting and insisted on paying for it. But Tagami said no way, because Winters is also an artist and had given Tagami one of his drawings. Winters accepted the elephant painting and put it over the fireplace of his home, the prime viewing location. In return, he is sending Hiroshi one of his paintings and a book of his thoughtful writings ...

'Lost' to film at Murphy's; Bali holding wine dinner

Murphy's will be closed all day and night Monday because "Lost" will be filming in the popular Merchant Street spot ... Bali by the Sea Chef Roberto Los Banos teams up with Chandon Napa Valley Vineyard's Winemaker Wayne Donaldson to present a five-course Pacific rim cuisine wine dinner tomorrow night. The cost is $74 ... Champion surfer Laird Hamilton was featured in the November Vanity Fair Fanfare Section ...

Anyone needing a beautiful Hawaii fix should take in the House Without at Key at the Halekulani shortly before sunset. Along with the gorgeous sunset and the possibility of seeing the green flash, there are the sounds of a steel guitar and the sweet harmony of a trio singing old and newer Hawaiian songs. Kanoe Miller has been the resident hula dancer for many years. It would be difficult to find anyone better. Last Saturday she danced to the music of Paahana -- Pakala Fernandes, Doug Tolentino and Kaipo Kukahiko. Kaipo also does an occasional male hula. The views of Diamond Head and the surf at Waikiki complete the perfect picture ...

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