Good news for those who love Maui. Looking inland from the south Maui coast, the view is of rolling green ranch country. It will stay that way forever. When you look up from Kihei, Wailea and Makena toward the leeward slopes of Haleakala, what you see mainly are the 18,000 acres of Ulupalaka Ranch. […]
The Trump International Hotel Waikiki opens quietly today, across the street from Waikiki Beach. It’s the first luxury property to open in Waikiki for decades. The 38-story tower has 462 studios and suites, though how many will available in the hotel pool is not yet fixed, since most are privately owned. John Votsis, the hotel’s
In the November/December 2009 issue of HAWAII Magazine, we take you, in words and pictures, to Makawao (pronounced Mah-kah-Wow!). It’s Maui’s historic cowboy town, filled with both horses and homegrown boutiques. As always, we had more photos from HAWAII Magazine photographer David Croxford than we could publish, so we’ve put together a slideshow tour of
I am trying not to get used to this. I am currently sitting in a cabana next to the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea’s new $9 million Serenity Pool. Why serene? Guests under the age of 21 have to confine themselves to the resort’s two other pools. At this one, there’s only the sound
HAWAII Magazine reader Raymond Bertrand of Grapevine, Texas, sent us an e-mail with the subject line: “Help! Help!”: While in Hawaii, I really like those mai tais. However, I cannot seem to find a decent mai tai mix here in Texas. Could you help us? I’ve looked on Google, but I’m not sure which one
Usually, we’re telling you what you’re missing because you’re not in Hawaii. Here’s a switch. You can have a gala sushi and champagne dinner at Hawaii superchef Roy Yamaguchi’s restaurants next month—everywhere but in Hawaii. Yamaguchi’s five-course “Champagne & Sushi Dinner” takes place in his restaurants nationwide on November 10 (and November 9 in Baltimore,
Mitzi Gaynor was back on Kauai, for the first time since filming South Pacific there in 1958. Now 78, Gaynor is still glamorous, vivacious—and whole a lot of fun to talk to. We sat with Ms. Gaynor (“Mitzi, please,” she told us) in the spanking new lobby bar of the St. Regis Princeville Resort. Right
After a year and $100 million renovation, Kauai’s luxury Princeville Resort has reopened. Now branded as a St. Regis, the hotel began receiving guests Oct. 1 and last night threw itself an opening gala. The resort looks spectacular for a night arrival, as you can see from the picture above. HAWAII Magazine flew over the
HAWAI‘I Magazine reader Verlin Bulmahn e-mailed us with a question about da kine: Based on your Web article (and watching his TV show), I know Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” and Beth Chapman’s business is named Da Kine Bail Bonds. But even using Internet-based Hawaiian-English dictionaries, I cannot find the English translation for the word
HAWAII Magazine reader Leanna Connelly emailed us from Green Valley, Arizona: I know of a couple places on Kauai, but PLEASE tell me where I can find great saimin on Maui. Mahalo. You ask, we answer. With one major exception—which we will get to in a moment—we didn’t know where to get great saimin on Maui.
In the September/October 2009 issue of HAWAII Magazine, writer David Thompson takes you right off the Big Island, where the lava from Kilauea’s pours explosively into the sea. Here’s video of the same trip, courtesy Lava Ocean Adventures. There’s nothing like bobbing around in a small boat at the violent intersection of cool seawater and
HAWAII Magazine reader Katherine Spahr emails: We recently watched the movie Diamond Head with Charlton Heston. Can you tell us which island it was filmed on? You ask, we answer. In 1959, Columbia Pictures paid Honolulu Star-Bulletin reporter Peter Gilman $100,000 (nearly $750,000 in today’s dollars) for the film rights to Such Sweet Thunder, his
