Have you checked out the midweek Listening Party at the Hanohano Room yet? The Wednesday live music weekly, hosted by after-hour auteurs Flash Hansen and Matty Boy Hazelgrove, goes down tonight with jazz trumpeter/Listening Party resident DeShannon Higa and his grOOve.imProV .arTiSts. It's free; the pupu menu is half-price. And cocktails go down smooth with Higa and the grOOve's "urban jazz-electronica" and a sunset view from the top of the Sheraton Waikiki. From 5:30 to 9 p.m.

— Derek Paiva

TRAVEL TIP

WIPE OUT STAINS AND STENCH

Now that you can only pack teeny tubes of toothpaste in your carry-on bag, beating airplane breath and underarm odor isn't easy. Enter La Fresh Travel Wipes, handy single-use packets to help travelers and gym rats keep cleanliness close by. They fit into a handbag or even a pocket. You get a pick of deodorant wipes for men and women, dental finger mitts, nail polish remover pads and wipes that cover everything from shoe shines to makeup removal. They come in a box of six packets of any given item for $3.99 or in mixed gift boxes. Order online at www.lafreshbeauty.com or call (888) LAFRESH (523-7374).

— Paula Rath

FINAL WORD

"I have risen from the bowels of hell and come out tripping and singing and dancing."

Paula Abdul | "American Idol" judge and subject of Bravo's reality show "Hey Paula" (9 p.m. Wednesdays), in Entertainment Weekly