Trust us. You haven’t truly sampled everything Hawaii residents love to eat until you’ve had a Spam musubi. It’s the perfectly portable Hawaii snack—a slice of fried Spam over a compacted block of sticky white rice, and all of it wrapped with a ribbon of dried nori (seaweed). There are dozens of versions of this […]
Think you can squeeze in a week’s vacation in Hawaii between March and December? A new Continental Airlines promotion is touting round-trip airfare deals to Oahu and Maui from 15 U.S. Mainland cities, including New York, Chicago and Dallas. The fare deals, announced this week, are for travel to Kahului, Maui, and Honolulu, Oahu. Roundtrip
Beginning this week, businesses on Maui and Kauai will not be able to provide most types of plastic shopping bags to customers. The ban on the bags are part of new laws enacted in both island counties. What does this mean if you visit a retailer or restaurant on either island? Those businesses will be
The months between November and May are whale-watching season in Hawaii. Nearly 10,000 humpback whales make the long journey from the waters off southeastern Alaska to mate, give birth and nurse their calves in warm Hawaiian waters, where they are protected. They linger until late April or early May. They best way to see them
There’s no better place to bid aloha to 2010 than in Hawaii, with fireworks over the Pacific Ocean. Imagine balmy weather on New Year’s Eve, lounging in slippers on a stretch of sandy beach, maybe a tropical cocktail in hand. No snow to plow, no heavy coats to wear, no chance of hail in the
Some folks wait for Santa during the holiday season. But here in Hawaii, we wait almost as patiently to catch a glimpse of another annual winter season visitor—more than 10,000 of them actually. The humpback whales—called kohola in Hawaiian—reside in Hawaii’s warm and shallow waters each November through early May to breed, birth and raise
Hawaiian Airlines gets a new Airbus A330. You get a roundtrip Hawaii airfare deal for a winter or spring vacation as low as $333. Hawaiian Airlines is celebrating the arrival of its third brand new Airbus A330 aircraft by offering $333 roundtrip airfare deals to Oahu and Maui from 10 of the carrier’s west coast
What would the holiday season on Oahu be missing without Honolulu City Lights—the city that never snows’ annual display of Christmas spirit? Let’s see … • Honolulu’s 50-plus foot official Christmas tree, festooned with kaleidoscopic light effects and Hawaii-inspired ornaments, just outside the mayor’s office, Honolulu Hale. • A month-long festival of Christmas trees and
Recently, Peter Merriman rang us asking if our Mainland HAWAII Magazine readers might appreciate a few recipes that would add a bit of Hawaii flavor to their holiday season meals. We were all ears. Merriman is one of Hawaii’s most successful and celebrated chef/restaurateurs, and a longtime champion of using fresh, locally procured ingredients from
One-way flights between California and Maui for $139? Round-trip flights between Seattle and Oahu as low as $318? If you can squeeze in a pre-Christmas, pre-New Year holiday vacation in Hawaii, Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines are posting flight deals you should know about. But you’ll have to book right away. Here are the deals
If you’re on Oahu or Maui this week, you need to eat out. Away from your hotel room or vacation rental. Away from your home or condo. It’s Restaurant Week Hawaii—a full seven days dedicated to showing off the Islands’ ever-interesting, multifaceted dining scene and locally-produced ingredients while supporting Hawaii’s future generations of chefs. The
Hawaii’s largest winter vacationers are back! The Pacific Whale Foundation has recorded its first humpback whale sighting of the 2010-2011 season—spotted yesterday morning, two nautical miles off Maui’s west side, between Maalaea and Lahaina. The sighting of the lone subadult humpback (pictured, above) marks the start of Hawaii’s annual humpback whale watching season. After summering
