What would the holiday season on Oahu be missing without Honolulu City Lights—the city that never snows’ annual display of Christmas spirit? Let’s see … • Honolulu’s 50-plus foot official Christmas tree, festooned with kaleidoscopic light effects and Hawaii-inspired ornaments, just outside the mayor’s office, Honolulu Hale. • A month-long festival of Christmas trees and […]
A dearth of big waves at Oahu’s famed North Shore surf spots has been keeping pro surfers out of the water and waiting for competition at this year’s Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. Surf is traditionally large during the November-December holding periods for the six men’s and women’s contests of the Triple Crown. But a
The USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center was sinking slowly into the waters of Oahu’s Pearl Harbor. Not the actual USS Arizona Memorial, which since its 1962 dedication has rested solemnly in the middle of the harbor above the sunken hull of the famed World War II battleship. But the 30-year-old visitor center on the shores
’Tis the season! The season, that is, when a bite in the air and the sudden manifestation of twinkling lights nudge you into revisiting the best of your Christmas music collection. You dive into the collection. Maybe the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Perry Como, Burl Ives, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley and, in this writer’s case, Bruce
*Editor’s note: As of April 2018, Limahuli Garden is CLOSED until further notice due to the historic flooding on Kauai. Find out more, or make a donation to help recovery efforts. There are only five National Tropical Botanical Gardens (NTBG) in the world, and today I’m on an old cane-haul road headed to two of them.
Recently, Peter Merriman rang us asking if our Mainland HAWAII Magazine readers might appreciate a few recipes that would add a bit of Hawaii flavor to their holiday season meals. We were all ears. Merriman is one of Hawaii’s most successful and celebrated chef/restaurateurs, and a longtime champion of using fresh, locally procured ingredients from
One-way flights between California and Maui for $139? Round-trip flights between Seattle and Oahu as low as $318? If you can squeeze in a pre-Christmas, pre-New Year holiday vacation in Hawaii, Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines are posting flight deals you should know about. But you’ll have to book right away. Here are the deals
If you’re on Oahu or Maui this week, you need to eat out. Away from your hotel room or vacation rental. Away from your home or condo. It’s Restaurant Week Hawaii—a full seven days dedicated to showing off the Islands’ ever-interesting, multifaceted dining scene and locally-produced ingredients while supporting Hawaii’s future generations of chefs. The
Hawaii’s big waves of November aren’t here just yet. But that won’t stop the 28th annual Vans Triple Crown of Surfing from kicking off its official holding period today on Oahu’s North Shore. The 38-day, six-event professional surfing competition (three for men, three for women), is the surf world’s most prestigious annual contest. It’s also
Family memorial services for Hawaii-born world surfing champion Andy Irons will take place on Sunday, Nov. 14, in his hometown of Hanalei, on Kauai’s north shore. Services will begin at 11 a.m. at “Pine Trees” surf break (Waioli Beach Park) on Hanalei Bay, and include a traditional surfer “paddle-out” ceremony in honor of Irons. During
The state’s most popular hiking trail is curbing its weekday hours of operation for much-needed improvements, while two other iconic Hawaii scenic trails reopen this month after extended closures. The Hawaii State Parks Division this week began limiting weekday public access of the Diamond Head Crater Summit Trail to 6 a.m. to noon, Monday-Friday. The
If you reside near the San Francisco Bay Area or don’t mind connecting from there for a great price on fall-winter flight to Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, here’s an airfare deal we just found online. Alaska Airlines is offering one–way Kona-Oakland and Kona-San Jose flights for as low as $169, for travel
