That’s roughly how much street time and literal legwork our staff collectively put into our “Hidden Waikiki” guide, which you’ll find in its entirety in HAWAII Magazine’s current March/April issue. What’s “Hidden Waikiki” all about? It’s our first-ever, user-friendly guide to the under-the-radar spots we hit when we visit the world famous, ever-fascinating and wholly […]
The Maui County Agricultural Festival was voted No. 2 “Best Annual Agricultural Festival or Fair” in our 2014 Readers’ Choice Poll. What was No. 1? That’s not important right now. (Buy our “Readers’ Choice 2014” issue, on sale now nationwide, to find out.) What is important right now (especially if you’re on Maui this weekend)
This Tuesday marks the 30th anniversary of the last eruption of the Big Island’s Mauna Loa volcano. At 1:30 a.m. on March 25, 1984, the largest active volcano on Earth woke up suddenly and spectacularly after nine years of slumber. The eruption sent several fast-moving fingers of lava down Mauna Loa’s gentle slopes, primarily over
Looks like another year of Daniel Dae Kim’s megawatt smile, circular Kakaako police chases, the comedic bromace of one Det. Danny “Danno” Williams and Lt. Commander Steve McGarrett, and (crossing fingers) way more Michelle Borth. CBS has green-lighted Hawaii Five-0 for a fifth season, presumably beginning in September. The fifth-season pick-up for the Oahu-filmed crime
Interisland air carrier go! Airlines announced yesterday that it will shut down passenger service on April 1. The airline will continue operating its current flight schedule through March 31. If you have confirmed reservations for go! flights on April 1, 2014 or beyond, the airline said in a statement that it will be contacting all
Last summer and fall, we asked our reader ohana to share their picks of the best of everything Hawaii for our 2014 HAWAII Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards. Thousands of our Mainland U.S., Hawaii and international readers responded, packing their Readers’ Choice ballots with hundreds of selections for everything from their best Hawaii hotels and resorts,
A trek through a crater once filled with molten lava. A hike to the summit of one of Hawaii’s most iconic natural landmarks. A couple of lush forests hikes ending at mountain-stream-fed waterfalls. And a multi-day hike along an otherwise virtually unreachable Kauai coastline. We’ve counted the hundreds of answers submitted by HAWAII Magazine’s Facebook
Last summer and fall, we asked our reader ohana to share their picks of the best of everything the Hawaiian Islands have to offer for our 2014 HAWAII Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards. Thousands of our Mainland U.S., Hawaii and international readers responded, packing their Readers’ Choice ballots with hundreds of selections for everything from their
Interisland air carrier Island Air is discontinuing its flight service to and from Molokai beginning April 2. If you have confirmed reservations for Island Air flights between any Hawaii airport and Molokai for April or beyond, call Island Air customer service at (800) 388-1105. Island Air flights to and from Molokai between now and April
How’s this for a great Hawaii photo? Wait ‘till you see it full size. When you do, we know you’ll be as impressed as we were with the grand-prize-winning entry in HAWAII Magazine’s 15th Annual Reader Photo Contest. Last spring and summer, we asked our reader ohana to send us their best photos of the
It’s easy to brand the popular and pervasive North Shore O‘ahu shrimp shacks and trucks as tourist traps. On most days near lunchtime, it’s not uncommon to find dozens of packed tour vans parked outside shrimp purveyors between the North Shore towns of Hale‘iwa and Kahuku, their passengers scarfing down plates of shrimp. Catch us
Teri beef and chicken. Beef stew. Garlic shrimp. Macaroni salad. Meat jun. Lomi salmon. Shoyu chicken. And yes, even Spam. These are just a few of the lip-smacking edibles that got lots of votes but DIDN’T make the final Top 5 cut when we asked our HAWAII Magazine Facebook Ohana: “What’s your favorite Hawaii plate
