The Travel Channel’s popular Man v. Food Nation show will feature Side Street Inn — a Honolulu restaurant known for its generous portions of Hawaii-style favorites — in an episode slated to air this evening. The feasts special will follow the show’s affable host, Adam Richman as he searches for the hearty helpings that make […]
Hawaii’s world-class big waves of November aren’t rolling into Oahu’s North Shore just yet. Even so, the official holding period for the 29th annual Vans Triple Crown of Surfing is under way. The 38-day, six-event professional surfing competition (three for men, three for women) is the surf world’s most prestigious annual contest. It’s also the
If you’re in the Islands this week, you’ve gotta eat out. Restaurant Week Hawaii — a seven-day celebration of the cuisine scene in the Islands — starts today in 90 establishments ranging from fine dining restaurants and fast-food counters. Participating eateries on Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island will feature special menu items, discounts
Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman has opened a gift shop in East Oahu’s Koko Marina Shopping Center, near Hanauma Bay. Da Kine Dog House, which had its grand opening earlier this month, features Dog the Bounty Hunter logo merchandise, clothing, books, DVDs — all stamped, in one way or another, with Dog’s tough-guy-on-the-right-side-of-the-law image.
Veterans Day will be observed on Oahu with patriotic ceremonies, ranging from a morning event at the National Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl, which will feature a Stealth fighter jet flyover, to a sunset salute on board the Battleship Missouri Memorial. The ceremony at Punchbowl Crater is slated to begin at 10 a.m. on
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference — the biggest international event ever held in the Islands — begins today on Oahu. An estimated 20,000 attendees, including President Obama and top leaders from several nations, are touching down on here for various talks, receptions and sightseeing excursions, which will wrap up on Sun., Nov. 14. If you
Starting next spring, Alaska Airlines will offer daily nonstop service from Oakland and San Jose, Calif. to Honolulu. To celebrate the new service, which is slated to get under way on April 10, 2012, the Seattle-based carrier is now offering one-way fares as low as $149 for travel from April 10 through June 9, 2012.
In Hawaii, Arbor Day falls on the first Friday in November. If you happen to be in the Islands this week, there are plenty of tree-planting opportunities and green celebrations. The Territory of Hawaii first observed the day in 1905 when Gov. George Robert Carter proclaimed Nov. 3 as Arbor Day and recommended that all
A soft breeze glides through louvered windows in the parlor of Queen Emma Summer Palace, nudging me toward a baby grand piano the Hawaii queen acquired while traveling through Europe in the mid-1800s. “You can play something, if you’d like,” says Della Kuaana, the museum’s docent coordinator, who is also my tour guide. A short
The Historic Hawaii Foundation is honoring the late Herb Kawainui Kane as its Kamaaina of the Year and last week unveiled the artist’s final painting, which is now on permanent display at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki. Titled Kamehameha Landing, the image (pictured, right) depicts Kamehameha I and his warriors landing in Waikiki during
If you read HawaiiMagazine.com regularly and follow us on Facebook and Twitter, you likely know about the 2011 Taste Hawaii Tour—a week of food-related events in the San Francisco Bay Area featuring James Beard Award-winning Hawaii chef Alan Wong and Hawaii food historian Arnold Hiura. HAWAII Magazine is a co-sponsor of the tour—which runs from
The latest episode of the Travel Channel’s Off Limits show, through which host Don Wildman explores “secret histories” tied to various travel destinations across the United States, focuses on Hawaii’s past. Among the difficult-to-access sites Wildman visits: Ford Island’s Adair Battery, which was used as a makeshift bunker during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl
