I’m writing this from my living room, staring at the rain outside from my living room windows. It’s Tuesday and most of us are working remotely, a move encouraged by our employer to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the fast-spreading respiratory virus that’s already in 50 states. We’re supposed to stay indoors—easy since it’s pouring […]
UPDATED: March 17, 2020 On March 8, Hawaiʻi had confirmed its first case of COVID-19, a respiratory disease first detected in China that has spread to almost 70 locations internationally. That week, event organizers started canceling or postponing events, from the 26th annual Honolulu Festival, which draws thousands of people, to the Los Angeles Clippers, who
Four-leaf clovers are a symbol of good luck and ubiquitous with St. Patrick’s Day, celebrated on March 17. And while the holiday is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, some 7,000 miles away from Hawaiʻi, the Islands boast its own version of the lucky plant. The ʻihiʻihilauakea (Marsilea villosa) is a rare, endangered
Hawaiʻi now has 10 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus and the federal government has advised the public to avoid groups no larger than 10. That has triggered businesses around Hawaiʻi to close or modify their hours. The latest is Hanauma Bay, a protected marine bay in East Honolulu, which is closed today until further
In our new video series, Holoholo, the HAWAIʻI Magazine team goes behind-the-scenes at ʻIolani Sportswear, a Honolulu-based aloha wear company that has been in business since 1953. We chat with Lloyd Kawakami, whose parents started ʻIolani Sportswear in Honolulu more than 60 years ago. The longtime kamaʻāina company started in a small, two-room shop on
The popular KCC Farmers Market, which runs every Saturday morning and Tuesday afternoon at Kapiʻolani Community College near Diamond Head on Oʻahu, canceled both markets due to growing concerns over the fast-spreading COVID-19. The Saturday market is the largest on Oʻahu with more than 70 vendors from across the state and up to 10,000 attendees
Most of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on Hawaiʻi Island is open, after an unprecedented and destructive Kīlauea eruption in 2018 that forced the longest shutdown in the park’s history (134 days). Last month the popular Nāhuku, more commonly known as Thurston Lava Tube, reopened. SEE ALSO: Hawaiʻi’s Famous Lava Tube Reopens Today And today, the national park opened
What better way than a farm tour to learn about Hawaiʻi’s rich agriculture history—and sample some of the freshest fruits around? Based on our 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards, these five farms offer the best tours. 1. Dole Plantation Photo: Getty Images Established in 1850, Kualoa Ranch sprawls across 4,000 acres on Oʻahu’s Windward Side and
You can always count on finding new dining adventures in Waikīkī, and now, you can find eight more in Royal Hawaiian Center’s new food hall opening on March 7. The Waikīkī Food Hall is located on the third floor in Building C, which is just past Wolfgang Steak House and above The Cheesecake Factory. Wait—food
Using chef’s plating tweezers, Brian Hirata leans over a row of black plates that look like discs of basalt, meticulously adds tiny leaves from the Rumex acetosella plant, commonly known as sheep’s sorrel, to the top of a black tuile cookie made from ti ash. He harvested the sheep’s sorrel himself, off the side of
Last summer Nik and Jennifer Lodendahn, who already run a successful brunch spot in Kailua called Over Easy, expanded into American-style barbecue with a new restaurant a short walk away. The brisket loco moco. Photo: Catherine Toth Fox I predict the most popular dish will be the slow-cooked brisket loco moco ($18) with house-made brown
His name is Romeo and I’m in love. This gorgeous umbrella cockatoo locks eyes with me, then saunters over for a closer look. He squawks, I blush. Smitten. “You know he skateboards, too,” says another admirer, clearly a regular to this zoo. I’ve always been a sucker for skateboarders, so this all makes sense. The
