Disclaimer: Don’t listen to this podcast on an empty stomach! This week’s guest, Kevin Yim, vice president of marketing at Zippy’s, knows everything there is to know about the local comfort food chain and he has some delectable dishes to recommend. The podcast also centers around the history of Zippy’s—and Napoleon’s Bakery—, how they became […]
Gardening is an unforgiving, but rewarding, pursuit. Plants are fickle, their lives fragile. One missed day of watering, too much sunlight, not enough weeding. There are endless ways to lose months of effort. So why do we garden? To grow produce to feed ourselves and loved ones? To learn a new skill? Maybe to clear
Starting today, couples can start planning larger outdoor weddings on Oʻahu. Under the current Tier 3 restrictions, weddings—held at outdoor venues only—can have up to 100 people per event (including staff). This change comes after a big push from Hawaiʻi’s wedding professionals, who pointed out that in Tier 3 funerals were allowed to have more
Starting on Monday, March 29, Koko Crater hike in East Oʻahu will be closed on weekdays as the city removes debris and installs safety signs along the popular trail. That means the hike up the tramway—remnants of an abandoned railroad track built by the U.S. Army in 1942—will be closed to hikers on weekdays through
Do you know the story of the Haleʻiwa Hotel? Not many people do. The illustrious property closed its doors in 1943, as the epicenter of Oʻahu’s tourism industry cemented itself in Waikīkī, and the building itself was torn down a decade later in 1953. But for a moment, this country estate served as a dream
While many incoming visitors to Maui may only have one thing on their minds—the beach!—it’s important to know that The Valley Isle has so much more to offer. From emerald-green tidepools to a flora-infused stone needle that towers 1,200 feet into the sky, adventurous visitors will find countless attractions that are worth a day away
Most of us who grew up in Hawaiʻi have a special connection to Love’s Bakery—even if we didn’t know it at the time. Founded in 1851, the local bakery—its products easily recognizable by its friendly yellow-and-red label and gingham checks—has been part of Hawaiʻi potlucks, picnics, lunch boxes and dinner tables for nearly 170 years.
Guess who’s getting a multimillion-dollar makeover? The already luxurious Four Seasons Resort Hualālai on Hawaiʻi Island. The redesign—helmed by San Francisco-based design firm BAMO and BrightView Design Group, which did the landscape architecture, design and construction—comes as the property celebrates its 24th anniversary, and is the most significant renovation the resort has undergone since its
It’s no puzzle why people have been stocking up on jigsaws during COVID-19. The home hobby is a great way for ‘ohana to silence the outside noise (and electronics) and engage in something together. The problem, last year, was that puzzles were selling out. At one point, one Target in Honolulu only had two designs
I spend a lot of time in Waikīkī, and I usually know what’s new here before anyone else. Except this time. I walked down a side street—Kealohilani Avenue, to be specific, which connects Kalākaua and Kūhiō avenues—and noticed a food truck parked against the backside of the ʻAlohilani Resort Waikīkī Beach. There was no one
When you visit Oʻahu, there are those iconic restaurants you have to stop by (we’re looking at you, Helena’s Hawaiian Food and Rainbow Drive-In). But every year, a new crop of chefs and restaurateurs pop up with their own riffs on favorite Island dishes and cuisines. Here are six places that opened (or re-opened in
There’s a fresh face on this week’s episode of the “Have Aloha Will Travel” podcast! Taylon Faltas joins Cat and Kevin from her home on Hawaiʻi Island, where she spends her time freediving along many of the Big Island’s beautiful beaches, as well as working for HAWAIʻI Magazine as its newest digital media specialist. Originally
