Living in Hawaii, we’re spoiled in many ways. But not so spoiled that we’d ever take for granted a morning mug of 100 percent Kona coffee. The stuff may virtually grow in our backyard—in this case, Hawaii’s Big Island. But retailing for up to $30 a pound even here in Hawaii, a cup of it […]
Hawaii coffee farmers have bared it all for their love of pure Kona Coffee. A new 2009 calendar called “The Naked Truth” features 11 women farmers with decades of experience, getting naked while demonstrating the process of growing and harvesting Kona Coffee. Shameless promotional stunt, you say? Yes. The Kona Coffee Farmers Association wants to
What’s your favorite town in Hawaii? Place to stay? Favorite treat or indulgence in Hawaii? Is it Kona coffee or fresh pineapples? Tell us. We want to know. If you haven’t already filled out our Best of Hawaii ballot, you still have time. There’s two ways you can participate: fill our ballot out online and
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is looking for a few good junior rangers. Qualifications? You’ll need to be on the Big Island from June 16 through 19. You should love hiking, studying lava forms, following sea turtles, identifying native plants and birds and want to learn how to use a seriously cool GPS tracker. And—sorry, adult
Haven’t been to the Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory Web site lately? We understand. Things have been, for the most part, business as usual at Kilauea volcano lately. The summit’s Halemaumau crater vent is still pumping out a plume of ash and steam. The Pu’u O’o vent further downslope is doing the same, and sending molten magma
We didn’t know who Dr. Steven P. Leatherman—a.k.a. Dr. Beach—was until this week when we received his 2008 America’s Best Beaches list. Two Hawaii beaches were on it: Hanalei Beach on Kauai at no. 2, and Hamoa Beach on Maui at no. 7. Clearwater/Dunedin, Florida’s Caladesi Island State Park was no. 1. We had no
You ask. We answer. Several HAWAII Magazine readers have sent us e-mails asking if we knew the date of this year’s Taste of the Hawaiian Range food event. The curious included Monte and Xena Ferrario of Stockton, Calif., who said, “We travel to the Big Island every year and would like to take our next
HawaiiMagazine.com readers have been asking for an update on events at the Big Island’s Kilauea volcano. After a flurry of summit activity in the last couple of months—steam vent explosions, vog, evacuations, two temporary closures of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park—life there has seemed a bit quiet the last three weeks. So we caught up with
You ask. We answer. We got a question from HAWAII reader Lisa Marie McCormick about road construction on the Queen Kaahumanu Highway on the Big Island. My husband and I come back each year for a week or three. We stay at our time share in Waikoloa and travel into Kailua-Kona early to dive. On
Another unit of Aloha Airlines lost its fight to stay alive this afternoon as the company announced it was shutting down cargo operations immediately. Attorneys for the company informed a bankruptcy court judge that two companies interested in buying the cargo operation had pulled their offers today, leaving Aloha’s primary lender GMAC unwilling to continue
Our man at Kilauea volcano, Bill Harby, just reported in. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, closed for two days, just reopened this afternoon at 1 p.m. Even though the tradewinds that usually clear the air have not returned, the sulfur dioxide fumes from Halemaumau and Pu’u O’o have diminished enough to make it safe for visitors.
Our friend, Big Island writer Bill Harby, wrote us this morning with a report on vog conditions at his home in Volcano Village near Kilauea’s summit. Wow, in a matter of minutes the air and skies in my neighborhood went from crystal clear to vog fear. This is what my backyard looked like yesterday afternoon.
