Hawaii is the only U.S. state where coffee is grown. You’ll find coffee farms on five Hawaiian Islands—Maui, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai and the Big Island of Hawaii. But the Big Island lays claim to the Hawaii-grown bean that is one of the most in-demand and most expensive in the world. Kona coffee is that prized […]
See that crowd in the above photo? That’s where we’ll be this evening—at the annual St. Patrick’s Day Chinatown Block Party, just a couple of blocks from HAWAII Magazine’s downtown Honolulu offices. A St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Chinatown? And the state’s largest St. Patrick’s Day party at that? Better believe it. Each March 17,
Do we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Hawaii? The question should be … Why wouldn’t we? We live in a place that’s practically green the whole year ‘round, our own tropical version of an Emerald Isle. The state’s biggest St. Paddy’s Day celebration is always at Murphy’s Bar & Grill in downtown Honolulu. Every March
The Winter Olympics are over. The last person in the world that you’re probably thinking about is multiple medal-winning short track speed skater Apolo Ohno. But he’s thinking of you—and your wish for a free trip to Maui. Or at least his Olympic sponsor Alaska Airlines is. Alaska Airlines is giving away five vacations on
The cover feature of HAWAII Magazine’s March/April 2010 issue is all about the “20 Things To Love About Hawaii Right Now.” Among the list of things we currently love here in the Islands, you’ll find our favorite place to see the Hawaiian night sky without a multimillion-dollar telescope. A Big Island of Hawaii ocean industrial
The cast of ABC’s hit comedy Modern Family has been in Hawaii all this week filming the series’ first season finale. They’ve been holed up at the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, which is conveniently serving as both their home-away-from-home and workplace for the Hawaii shoot. (Yeah, we’re all pretty jealous of them, too.
A week ago, we gave anxious HawaiiMagazine.com readers the premiere date of a filmed-in-Hawaii episode of Food Network’s popular Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. The network brass happily gave us the date and time of the first airing: April 5 at 10 p.m. EST. But when we asked for some follow-up about the Hawaii episode, they
Hawaii is coming to the Bay Area all this month! Live in the San Francisco area? You’ll get to experience a taste of the Islands right in your backyard in March with a series of events showcasing the music, dance, food and culture of Hawaii. Stop by to check one of them out and you
Hawaii has known for a year that the National Football League’s Pro Bowl would be returning to Oahu’s Aloha Stadium in 2011. Now we have a date: Jan. 30 … a week before the Super Bowl, once again. The NFL and Hawaii Tourism Authority announced the 2011 Pro Bowl date on Tuesday, finally quieting speculation
Here she is, matey! The Black Pearl. The only lead star in Walt Disney Pictures’ fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film likely working without a multi-million-dollar paycheck quietly cruised into Hawaii waters last week to await her next big-screen close-up in 2011. Think she’s looking a bit worse for wear in our photo above? The
The Honolulu Academy of Arts’ popular monthly ARTafterDARK events return this Friday for another season of post-sunset art exploration, noshing, imbibing and entertainment. Haven’t been to an ARTafterDARK evening at the Academy yet? If you’re in Honolulu, you should go. The staff of HAWAII Magazine name checked ARTafterDARK as one of our favorite Hawaii fests
In the current issue of HAWAII Magazine, we take you ziplining on Maui. On 34 ziplines, to be exact. Every zipline on the island. Never been ziplining? Your next Maui vacation might be a good place to start. Imagine being strapped into a harness, clipped to a pulley and sent down a steel cable—at speeds
