Would you spend a minimum $10,000 to run the Big Island’s famed annual Ironman Triathlon Championship in October? Perhaps if the money went to a trio of worthy charities, including two based in Hawaii? For a sixth year, Ironman is holding an eBay auction for six slots in the world’s premier triathlon. The minimum bid […]
The current eruption of Kilauea is bringing back old memories for me. I grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii. Mauna Loa awoke in the early morning hours 24 years ago this week, March 25, 1984. The 1984 eruption on the 13,680-foot volcano’s southeast flank produced a river of lava that came within four
Memo to John Heckathorn, editor, HAWAII Magazine: Would it be waaaaay too out of line to ask that you send me on assignment to Lanai, just to attend a beer dinner at the Four Seasons Lodge at Koele on April 26? Executive sous chef Thomas Bellec has crafted a five-course menu, paired with craft beers
“I’m coming up to see a relative.” That’s what a Kauai man said at Wilcox Memorial Hospital on Kauai—before taking a horse three floors upstairs. Hospital security stopped the reportedly intoxicated man and his steed. He’d already trotted the horse through the hospital’s lobby and into an elevator, all to cheer up his relative. But
The owner of Molokai Ranch announced this morning that it is shutting down all of its operations on the island on April 5. Lodging-related facilities closing on the 60,000 acre ranch include its Molokai Lodge, Kaupoa Beach Village and Kaluakoi Golf Course. A spokesperson for owner Molokai Properties Limited told us that travelers with reservations
These images are just in from Donna and Stephen O’Meara. They were snapped on the evening of March 19 and early morning March 20, of the Kilauea Volcano steam and ash eruption at Halemaumau Crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. As mentioned in our last eruption post, Donna and Stephen live in the Volcano Village
Inter-island air carrier Aloha Airlines Inc. filed for bankruptcy yesterday. For the second time since 2004. If you’ve got a ticket, don’t worry. Aloha Airlines is still flying its entire schedule, and is not canceling flights. Aloha’s airfares are also expected to remain on par with its competitors despite the Chapter 11 reorganization filing. Why
We’ve been mesmerized by the current eruptions at Kilauea Volcano—and it reminded us of a remarkable educational film we once saw in school. You have to love the Web. The film Eruption of Kilauea 1959-1960 still exists and has been restored. And it’s still remarkable. A half-century is nothing to a volcano: This film, put
Vents at Kilauea Volcano’s summit aren’t the only things coming to a head today. Primo is back!!! That is, bottles of Primo beer will again be on store shelves across Hawaii on Monday. Primo was one of Hawaii’s first beers, brewed here starting in 1898 by long gone Honolulu Brewing & Malting Company. It stayed
Thought we’d share a couple of kid-friendly packages we recently found out about from the folks at the Big Island’s Mauna Lani Resort and ResortQuest Hawaii. The first is golf. Already home to a couple of top-ranked courses designed by Francis H. Ii Brown, the Mauna Lani resort recently opened a nine-hole golf course for
The Na Pali Coast of Kauai is the focus of a photo essay and feature in the April issue of National Geographic. The story, “Fortress Coast,” explores the history of the remote north shore of Kauai coastline, and human impact on its near-pristine valleys and beaches. Though largely inaccessible save for foot trails and ocean
One of the state’s signature cultural festivals kicks off in Honolulu this weekend. The annual Honolulu Festival is three days of music, art, dance, games, demonstrations and workshops aimed at spotlighting the cultures of Asia and the Pacific. Artisans from Japan, Australia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, Tahiti, the U.S. Mainland and, of course, Hawaii are
