Whether you’re on a beach somewhere in the Islands, or trying to warm up at home on a snowy Midwest evening, sometimes the best way to unwind after a long day is settling down with a great book. And why not a great book from Hawaii? Here’s a rundown of five of our favorites from recent years […]
Oahu’s popular Diamond Head Crater Summit Trail returned to regular visiting hours this past weekend after completion of a three-month trail repair project. The trail is once again open to hikers from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, following the end of nearly $1 million in improvements to sections of the trail necessitated by heavy
“Air raid Pearl Harbor. This is no drill.” Those were the first words broadcast from the Ford Island Field Control Tower at Pearl Harbor on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, as hundreds of Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes attacked the Oahu naval base. For nearly seven decades, the historic landmark has stood guard
On a warm winter evening last month, more than 1,000 hungry Honoluluans converged in a small parking lot near Ala Moana Center to sample some of the city’s best food truck cuisine. The event, dubbed Eat The Street, wound up a wildly successful first-time-for-Honolulu venture, thanks, in part, to social media sites like Twitter and
Hawaii visitors and residents look forward to the first sighting of humpback whales in our Island waters each November. Humpback whales — called koholā in Hawaiian — settle in Hawaii’s warm and shallow waters each November through early May to breed, birth and raise their calves. They travel more than 3,000 miles of ocean—from southeastern
Nutty? Unshelled? Many words come to mind to describe a just-announced Lifetime network reality TV show, which will follow comedienne/self-proclaimed domestic goddess Roseanne Barr as she runs a macadamia nut and livestock farm in Honokaa on the Big Island of Hawaii. “I’m coming back down to earth, and keeping it real. They’ve said ‘Roseanne’s nuts’
Trust us. You haven’t truly sampled everything Hawaii residents love to eat until you’ve had a Spam musubi. It’s the perfectly portable Hawaii snack—a slice of fried Spam over a compacted block of sticky white rice, and all of it wrapped with a ribbon of dried nori (seaweed). There are dozens of versions of this
Most have heard of—if not actually read, without the added push of a American Literature assignment—the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. The 1851 literary classic spins the tale of revenge-minded Captain Ahab and his search for the savage white sperm whale that destroyed his boat and bit off his leg. This novel was inspired by
Tucked in the back of lush Manoa Valley on Oahu is the only university-run botanical garden in the United States located in a tropical rainforest. The Lyon Arboretum, founded in 1918, occupies 200 acres of the Manoa watershed at the base of the majestic Koolau mountain range. A botanical garden and research facility, the arboretum—named
It’s no secret that lots of Hawaii residents love Spam. Spam musubi. Spam loco moco. Spam and eggs with rice breakfasts—even at Hawaii McDonald’s restaurants. Spam cookbooks. Whether you eat it or avoid it, its part of the vernacular of Hawaii cuisine. With residents consuming more than 6 million pounds of it a year, Spam
The return of the NFL Pro Bowl to Hawaii after a year away scored the biggest TV audience for the all-star game since 2000. According to Nielsen TV ratings, the 2011 Pro Bowl, broadcast on the FOX Network, drew 12.4 million viewers, an uptick of 37 percent from the game’s 2010 ratings. After hosting the
So you’re on Oahu, on vacation, and indulging in our incredibly diverse and delicious local dining scene. Chicken katsu. Macaroni salad. Hawaiian plate lunches (with laulau, kalua pig, lomi salmon, poi, haupia, etc.). Ahi and tako poke. Multiple stops at the garlic shrimp trucks. Malassadas. Lunchwagons. Want to burn some calories—so you can keep eating
