Another Apple software update, another major void concerning emojis for Hawaii people who text. Whether you’re visiting the Islands or call it your full-time home, a special place calls for a handful of icons to enter our emoji-dom. Since at this rate it looks like we won’t be getting a darn shaka emoji until iOS […]
This document has been floating around online for a few years, resurfacing most recently on Reddit, and it’s extremely fascinating. Especially to those with roots to the Islands given the highly distinct nature of its “exam questions” in relation to the state’s diverse population. In short: this modern-day artifact is too unique and specific to
While views of our famous beaches and mountains manage to remain the same over the years, the clothing sure didn’t. HAWAI‘I Magazine takes a look back at the what we wore in the Islands from the 1930s through the 2000s. Scroll through the Islands’ fashionable idiosyncracies and tell us: Which decade was your favorite?
For those of you who are too creeped out to actually be physically near these, now you can check out some of Hawaii’s spookier locales from the, uh…safety of your home. Take this virtual tour of these six notorious places throughout the state that have popular stories and urban legends attached to them. 1.
Visitors may not realize this, but Hawaii residents have a lot of superstitions. And they go far beyond “if you break a mirror you’ll have seven years of bad luck.” Hawaii’s society is a thriving blend of cultures—food, drink, language, fashion, and with all that also comes superstitions. Some agreed upon, some conflicting—such is the
An electric guitar wails Santana’s “Black Magic Woman” on the world-famous Waikiki Beach on a sub-tropically, warm Sunday afternoon. Shirtless and bronzed, beach boys sip beers in plastic cups as a group of visiting housewives gyrate with bare-feet to the rock ‘n’ roll. This musical phenomenon is a regular occurrence for the past 20 years
Trick-or-treating around the Islands is definitely a cultural experience. Sure, we get our Snickers, M&Ms, and Kit-Kats like anywhere else, but there are a handful of candies that Hawaii kids always expect to have thrown into the mix. Bring an adventurous sweet tooth on your next trip and you’ll learn why these are absolute treats.
Surfing, diving, taking pictures, repeat. Such is the Wayne Levin way of life—a creative cycle of living and artmaking as constant as the ocean waves that break on Hawaii’s shores. Always drawn to the water, photographer Wayne Levin moved to Hawaii full-time in 1968 at 23 years old, officially blurring where his artwork and his
1. Chinaman’s Hat (Mokolii) Photo: Sarah Camp/cc-nd The proper native legend of this basalt islet translates to “little lizard” in Hawaiian. It was believed by Native Hawaiians that Hiiaka, the goddess of hula, slayed a giant lizard and threw its tail into the ocean—this very small island off Kaneohe Bay. Because of its similarity to an
Discovery Channel’s latest show about Hawaii, “Pacific Warriors,” premieres on Friday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (10 p.m. EST) starring Hawaii men and women who go out to sea alone to catch fish such as marlin, tuna and mahi mahi. Similar to Ernest Hemingway’s book The Old Man and the Sea, the
On Oct. 13, 1775, while at war with England, the original 13 American colonies authorized the purchase of two ships, Andrew Doria and Cabot, which was the start of what is now known as the United States Navy. These two ships were funded by congress to seek out and capture British merchant boats that were
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Moana” hit theaters on Nov. 23, 2016, and the colorful, heartwarming coming-of-age story set in the South Pacific 2,000 years ago has become a new favorite for people all over the world. The heroine of the film is Moana, a 16-year-old girl with aspirations of trans-Pacific voyaging. Playing this Polynesian character is
