The website SmarterTravel.com has just announced something we’ve known all along. Hawaii is currently the best value travel destination on the planet. SmarterTravel’s finalists for its 2010 Editors’ Choice best value destination award were Argentina, Australia, Hawaii, Las Vegas, and Mexico. Hawaii beat all the other contenders based on sales and deals. Said the site: […]
For many visitors, Hawaiian place names can be difficult. Just how do you a pronounce the name of a town that’s spelled Aiea? A road that’s named Kalanianaole? A valley called Hahaione? Now for 99 cents, you can begin to sound like a native Hawaiian language speaker with a new iPhone app called “Speak Hawaiian
On vacation, many of us budget for at least one great dinner. You know, the kind that makes you feel you are really living—and sampling the best of the place you are visiting. Of all Hawai‘i locations, Honolulu has the richest supply of outstanding restaurants, many headed by award-winning chefs. If you’re looking for one
Reader Lynette Parrow e-mailed us with a question about a longtime favorite Hawaii comfort food: Each time I have been in Hawaii, I enjoy the great Portuguese sausage at the hotels. It is only one of the wonderful foods I have enjoyed on the beautiful Islands. Where can I get it shipped to me? I
Aulani, the oceanfront Disney Resort & Spa under construction in Ko Olina in West Oahu, has reached a major construction milestone. At the end of April, the resort “topped off.” That is, crews recently poured the last section of cement at the fifteenth floor of the resort’s buildings. That doesn’t mean the resort is done.
It’s three days of indulgence. If you love food, wine and Hawaii, you’ll want to know about Hawaii Food & Wine Paradise, a three-day O‘ahu festival for those who appreciate great food and wine, or, in the words of its organizer, D. Keola Lloyd, “anyone who passionately pursues the finest of life’s pleasures.” The event,
HAWAII Magazine’s May/June 2010 cover feature takes you to Oahu’s relaxed beach town of Kailua, which boasts two of the best beaches not simply in Hawaii, but in the world. Kailua Beach Park is a 2 1/2 mile white sand crescent, with restrooms, picnic tables, a concession stand and lifeguards. Next door, Lanikai Beach has
Saturday is May 1—around the world, recognized as May Day, but here in Hawaii also affectionately celebrated as Lei Day. It’s a day ripe with celebrations of Hawaiian culture. You’ll find a few more music and hula shows on May Day than other days, popular with both residents and visitors. You’ll find office workers heading
Reader Linda McMahon e-mailed us with a question about one of Hawaii’s most iconic resorts: Are there any plans to reopen the Coco Palms as a hotel or any other facility available to the public? Is it possible to walk in the coconut palm grove behind the former resort? You ask, we answer. The future
Reader Greg Wasserman e-mailed us with a surprisingly not-so-unusual question about sending a drupe postcard from the Islands to his friends back home: Correct me if I am wrong, but the article said one could mail coconuts from any post office in Hawaii. I will be visiting in May and would like to surprise some
Last night, the Hawaii International Film Festival threw its annual gala Oscar Night America Party at Waikiki’s Royal Hawaiian Hotel. There, amid all the folks dressed in their Oscar best, we ran into Lost actor Daniel Dae Kim. Kim introduced us to Peter Lenkov, executive producer of CSI: New York, who is now also executive
HawaiiMagazine.com readers Dan and Cynthia from Tennessee are the latest of several readers to e-mail us with a similar question about a filmed-in-Hawaii episode of one of Food Network’s most-popular programs: When will Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” Hawaii episode be shown on TV? My wife and I really want to watch it so
