It’s the 50th anniversary of the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament, which draws fishermen from across the planet to Kona on the Big Island Hawaii. HAWAII Magazine was there this week on the water. We spent 11 hours Thursday, and another 8 hours today, on the 38-foot Night Runner. There was lots of action, and lots […]
When we last left The Bachelorette on Maui a week ago, Jillian Harris had given bachelor Reid the kiss-off, guaranteeing spots for Ed and Kiptyn in the final rose ceremony on the July 27 season finale. But wait! Was that really Reid twirling an engagement ring on a recent Bachlorette finale preview, aiming to further
A telescope powerful enough to offer a time machine’s glimpse into the beginnings of the universe will be built on the summit of Hawaii’s Mauna Kea. A consortium of United States and Canadian universities today announced that the summit of the dormant Big Island of Hawaii volcano would be home to its $1.2 billion Thirty
The longest total solar eclipse of the century will send the Sun’s shadow speeding across half the world today, beginning in northern India, moving across China, Nepal and Japan and finishing out in the Pacific Ocean. Darkness will engulf Shanghai and several large cities in China and India for more than five minutes. At the
Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will touch down in Honolulu today for a three-day Hawaii visit—their first trip to the Islands in 15 years. The imperial couple will spend Tuesday and Wednesday on Oahu and Thursday on the Big Island of Hawaii. Their arrival today follows an 11-day goodwill visit to Canada. The official
It took 5 days, 14 hours, 36 minutes and 20 seconds for the monohull yacht Alfa Romeo to travel the 2,225-nautical miles between Point Fermin, California, and Honolulu, Hawaii. But when it crossed the Diamond Head, Oahu, finish line of the Transpacific Yacht Race at 12:36 a.m. today, its elapsed time smashed the previous course
Will it be Ed, Kiptyn or Reid? Our feeling is it won’t really matter which sparkling specimen of the XY-chromosome set is left without a rose when Jillian Harris selects her final two suitors on the July 13th episode of ABC’s The Bachelorette. The loser will at least be fortunate enough to get the boot
HAWAII Magazine reader Patricia Hanson emailed us: Is there a source of the Island vocabulary, available to persons on the Mainland? I’m interested, and, eager to learn. You ask. We answer. We can help, Patricia. There are formal online courses in the Hawaiian language (see here). If, however, you’re looking for something more immediate, we’ve
Save those Chicago-style hot dogs for the next South Lawn picnic. The leader of the free world wants his Hawaii grinds. In a nod to his first home state, President Barack Obama will host the first-ever Hawaii-style luau on the White House lawn, complete with real Island cuisine, hula and music. The Thursday luau is
HAWAII Magazine reader Lenore Larbig of Sacramento, Calif., emailed us: Can you tell me if Dog the Bounty Hunter is for real and has an office in Waikiki? I like to watch his show on A&E because it gives me glimpses of Oahu and sometimes the other islands. Dog’s office looks, to me, that it
You ask. We answer. HAWAII Magazine reader Ron Jeffries writes: Whenever I try to check the weather for some of my favorite Big Island locations—Hawi, Waimea, etc.—weather websites report the same conditions as Kailua-Kona. I doubt the nightly low in Kailua-Kona and Waimea are the same. Is there another website where I can check Big
Honolulu’s Hawaii Theatre recently signed a 10-year lease renewal with chef Glenn Chu’s Indigo Restaurant. This is a big deal. Why? The two were prime movers in the restoration of Honolulu’s Chinatown and the creation of the Chinatown Arts District. An nonprofit organization saved the 1922 Hawaii Theatre from demolition and painstakingly restored it to
