Maybe you just returned from Oahu and want to relive some of the hiking trails and parks you visited. Or perhaps you’re on Oahu right now and want to see just how muddy your shoes might get on a hike to Manoa Falls. Check out Google Street View Trekker’s newest addition to its collection of […]
Hear that rumbling sound across the Islands? That’s the sound of collective appetites anticipating the 4th annual Hawaii Food & Wine Festival. Happening today through Sept. 7 at various locations on Oahu, Maui and (for the first time) Hawaii Island, this year’s edition of Hawaii’s biggest culinary fest promises more than 80 renowned Hawaii and
Hula dancers and musicians gathered for a lively, day-long kanikapila (Hawaiian for “impromptu jam session). The sound of sweet falsetto vocals soaring over accompanying ukulele and slack-key guitar. And the sandy expanse and cobalt waves of Waimanalo Beach Park as a backdrop to it all. The makings of an ultimate Hawaii jam sesh? Yes. A
Sink your teeth into some andagi (Okinawan doughnuts), grab a champuru plate lunch (shoyu pork, stir-fried vegetables, luncheon meat and deep-fried tofu) and, if you’re anything like us, you’ll still be hungry for more Okinawan eats at the 32nd annual Okinawan Festival in Waikiki’s Kapiolani Park. Happening this Saturday (Aug. 30) and Sunday (Aug. 31)
On Maui this weekend? Always on the lookout for great homegrown eats? Look no further. The third annual Kaanapali Fresh is a three-day culinary event (read: “foodie paradise”) celebrating the produce and product of Maui farmers and ranchers, and the inspired cuisine Maui chefs create with that bounty. It all happens this Friday through Sunday
Empty, cracked blue-green shells lie scattered about the incubator, while nine chicks huddle together, open-mouthed and squawking, during a feeding. The meal is one small step for the newly-hatched alala (Hawaiian crow) chicks, but one big leap for their species. The nine alala chicks recently hatched at the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center on Hawaii Island,
Hundreds of exhibitor booths brimming with guaranteed made-in-Hawaii products? Check. Local chefs demonstrating their skills—some even offering tasty samples? Check. All of the above packed into three days and one convenient location? Yup—you might want to be there. This year’s 20th annual Made in Hawaii Festival, happening today through Sunday (Aug. 17) at the Blaisdell
Surf’s up! Beginning this Saturday, Aug. 16, hundreds of ocean sports aficionados will speckle the waves and shorelines of Waikikiʻs beaches to celebrate the birth-week of Duke Kahanamoku, the famed Hawaiian waterman and Olympian known to many as “the father of surfing.” Organized by the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation (ODKF), the 13th annual Duke’s OceanFest
With only the moon’s dim glow lighting their path, the hawksbill turtle hatchlings scoot towards the ocean on sand-speckled flippers, hoping to avoid hungry beach-roaming mongooses, feral cats and crabs that would appreciate such an easy meal. As breaking waves wash over their inch-long, heart-shaped shells, the hatchlings scatter throughout the sea, doing their best
Hurricane Iselle was downgraded to a tropical storm before making landfall on Hawaii Island early this morning. Hurricane Julio is now expected to maintain hurricane strength on at least part of its current projected path just north of the Hawaiian Islands on Sunday and Monday (Aug. 10 & 11). At 8 a.m. today, Tropical Storm
Hawaii residents and visitors are watching two Pacific Ocean hurricanes today, which are expected to impact the Islands within days of each other. Forecasters now expect the first storm, Hurricane Iselle, to be downgraded to a tropical storm when it makes landfall on Hawaii Island tonight. The second storm, Hurricane Julio, was upgraded to a
Visitors to the 10,000-feet-above-sea-level summit of Haleakala National Park are currently experiencing a natural event rare to the dry, desert-like environment where only limited flora thrive. This week, unusually high numbers of Haleakala silverswords — endemic plants only found within the National Park on the slopes of Haleakala — are blooming simultaneously. Although silverswords can
