Honolulu as Paris?

Honolulu is what Honolulu is: a large city (about a million people and climbing) adjacent to one of the nicest and busiest beaches in the country and the hotel and shopping area that grew on the back of it. But now, according to this article: Hawaii's hottest city goes beyond its beaches to lure tourists - someone's trying to make it cool. Well, the weather's pretty perfect and the people are neat, so I'm not surprised.