You ask. We answer. HawaiiMagazine.com reader Paul Krueger of Baltimore, Md., wrote asking if we could find any Web video of the Kailua home where president-elect Barack Obama and his family are spending the holidays. The Obamas have been vacationing in Hawaii with a small clutch of friends since Dec. 20. Their home away from […]
You’re on Oahu post-Christmas with a little bit of gift cash. The economy being what it is … do you save it, or spend it? “Recession, shmecession—all you need is a little retail therapy!” writes Honolulu-based writer Kathryn Drury Wagner in her new book, The Ultimate Guide to Shopping on Oahu. Wagner’s prose is sassy
Need some Hawaii-made music for your iPod, iPhone or iWhatever? In the January/February 2009 issue of HAWAII Magazine, we catch you up with the best music from Hawaii this year. Our five favorite Hawaii-made albums of 2008 came from three longtime favorites, a young innovator in peak form and a singer-songwriter whose last CD preceded
Like the photo above as much as we do? It’s the grand prize-winning entry of HAWAII Magazine’s 10th Annual Photo Contest. Back in March, we asked HAWAII readers to send us their best photos of the Islands. There were four categories: Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island of Hawaii. More than 800 entries later,
The most popular attractions at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park are Mother Nature-made: molten lava entering the ocean with explosive force, turbulent plumes of hot steam and ash escaping from open cracks in the Earth, pristine forests filled with native Hawaii plants, birds and wildlife. If you have some extra time on your next visit to
There’s Honolulu’s 50-foot official Christmas tree in front of the mayor’s office. Christmas trees and gingerbread houses inside Honolulu Hale—our city hall. An electric light parade. Food booths. Downtown Honolulu’s office buildings charging up their holiday light displays. And a 21-foot “Shaka Santa” dipping his toes in the Honolulu Hale fountain. What’s not to love
Nominees for the Best Hawaiian Music Album category were announced last night along with other nominations for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. The nominated discs in the Best Hawaiian Music Album category are: • Ikena by Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho • Aumakua by Amy Hanaialii• Force of Nature by Led Kaapana & Mike Kaawa
Hawaii artist Peggy Chun, known for her brilliant watercolor portraits of Island life and brave battle to continue her art even as a neurodegenerative disease seized control of her body and life, has died. Chun passed away last night after a six-year fight with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)—also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. She was
December 20, 2008—that’s when the long-shuttered Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on Hawaii’s Big Island will reopen to guests. The resort had announced a January 2009 reopening date earlier this year. The 43-year-old luxury resort shut down after an October 2006 earthquake caused structural damage. More than $150 million has been invested in the Kohala Coast
Say “Aloha!” to Hawaii’s brand new quarter. The United States Mint releases the final coin in its popular decade-long 50 State Quarter Program today with the debut of the State of Hawaii quarter-dollar. Banks in Hawaii will begin selling the new quarters at 2 p.m. In Honolulu today? You’ll be able to pick ‘em up
Recording on the Big Island of Hawaii or just taking a vacation? Gwen Stefani and her No Doubt bandmates bassist Tony Kanal and guitarist Tom Dumont were snapped with their families on Thursday enjoying a makeshift Slip ‘N Slide on a Big Island beach. The rock band had reportedly been on the island most of
The Gosselin brood is Hawaii bound. Jon & Kate Plus 8, the top-rated TLC network docu-series following the day-to-day goings on of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania’s most famous kid-enriched family, begins airing two Maui-filmed hour-long episodes starting Nov. 10. Haven’t heard of the Gosselins? Here’s your primer. The show’s namesake stars are Jon and Kate Gosselin and
