The Cooking Channel’s popular Food(ography) show, which explores how people and societies are shaped by food, is spotlighting Oahu and the Big Island in an episode slated to air tonight. “Hawaiian Islands” will be on the tube at 9 p.m., with re-broadcasts at 11 p.m. on Sun., Oct. 16, and at 8 a.m. Sun., Oct. […]
Commercial airline passenger service to Hawaii from the U.S. mainland got under way 75 years ago when PAN AM flew passengers from San Francisco to Hawaii using Martin-130 flying boats. Before that, visitors from areas outside of the Islands arrived by way of much slower — and wingless — boats. The Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl
Have you got a first-rate curry recipe? And a fabulous story that goes with the dish? If so — and you’re not a pro chef — you may want to enter The Kahala Hotel & Resort’s inaugural All in the Family Curry Contest. The winner will score two nights in an ocean-view room (champagne and
Tucked into the emerald uplands of Nuuanu Valley — a 15-minute car ride from Waikiki — Queen Emma Summer Palace once served as a cool retreat for the queen consort and her husband King Kamehameha IV from court life in the mid-1800s as well as occasional hot-and-humid Honolulu weather. Today, the palace (pictured, below), is
Two tail slaps — both courtesy of a humpback whale yearling. That’s what a Sea Quest tour captain witnessed on Mon., Sept. 26 in Honaunau Bay, which edges the Big Island. The slapping event marked first confirmed whale sighting for the 2011-12 whale-watching season in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. The sanctuary,
Lava is continuing to flow from a fissure on the upper southeast flank of Puu Oo crater — within Kilauea volcano’s east rift zone — but the pace has slowed since last week’s outbreak eruption. All erupted lava is contained within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park or adjacent state land managed by the Department of Land
Aulani, the much-anticipated Disney resort and spa, recently staged its official sunset grand-opening event — complete with Hawaiian music, a dazzling light show, and a ceremonial mixing of sand with pixie dust (courtesy of Tinkerbell, perhaps?). After three years of construction on Oahu’s Leeward coast, Aulani, which bills itself as aiming to combine the “magic
Hawaiian Airlines’ Great Hawaiian Winter Getaway Sale offers deals on nonstop roundtrip travel to or from Hawaii and its 10 mainland cities in North America. The sale’s fares will be offered through Mon., Oct. 3, for nonstop flights from Nov. 21 through Feb. 9, 2012, with the exception of West Coast departures from Dec. 14-26,
Not all ecotourism operations in Hawaii — or anywhere else, actually — are the same shade of green. Most provide some sort of nature experience, anything from a hike in a remote area to a snorkeling cruise circling an offshore reef. But which ones are most respectful of the host culture? Which contribute to environmental
Hawaii Five-0 will feature footage from the recent 15th annual Molokai-2-Oahu Paddleboard World Championship (M2O) in an episode slated to air on Mon., Sept. 26, according to Surfline, an online company that specializes in surf forecasting and surfing-related news. On July 31, more than 250 athletes — on both prone and stand-up paddleboard — competed
Lava flows from a fissure on the upper southeast flank of Puu Oo crater — within Kilauea volcano’s east rift zone — advanced about 1.5 miles yesterday, according to scientists at the Big Island’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Currently, all erupted lava is within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park or adjacent state land managed by the Department
TheBus — Honolulu’s city bus system — is expanding the green-minded portion of its Oahu-navigating fleet. Hawaii’s congressional delegation announced earlier this week that Honolulu is slated to receive $5 million from the federal government to purchase eight new turbine electric buses, thereby increasing the city’s overall fleet to 539 buses. Sixty are hybrid electric.
