Honolulu City Lights—the city’s annual evening display of holiday tidings—is back! Those on Oahu next Saturday, Dec 5 will want to swing by the grounds of Honolulu Hale—our city hall. You’ll find food booths, live entertainment, an electric light parade, larger-than-life Christmas statutes, Christmas trees and gingerbread houses and plenty of lights strung along Honolulu’s […]
HAWAII Magazine reader Ida Gordon-Williams of Olathe, Kansas, asks us a two-part question: On New Year’s Eve 2010, my husband and I will have been married 25 years. We would like to renew our vows in Hawaii (Honolulu, I think). Four couples are traveling with us for the ceremony. Could you suggest two exceptionally beautiful
The results are in from our latest HAWAII Magazine Facebook Ohana poll question! Earlier this month, we asked our HAWAII Magazine Facebook fans to answer the very tough question: “What’s your favorite Hawaii beach?” As expected, they impressed us with their far-ranging best beach selections—which spanned all the Islands from remote Polihale Beach Park bordering
Dining out on Oahu this week? Prepare to eat well. Restaurant Week Hawaii celebrates the Islands’ diverse dining scene, wealth of superb locally-grown ingredients and the world-class chefs who bring all of it to dining establishments on Oahu. This second-annual edition of the Hawaii Restaurant Association-sponsored event happens today through Sunday, Nov. 22. What does
The Trump International Hotel Waikiki opens quietly today, across the street from Waikiki Beach. It’s the first luxury property to open in Waikiki for decades. The 38-story tower has 462 studios and suites, though how many will available in the hotel pool is not yet fixed, since most are privately owned. John Votsis, the hotel’s
Hawaii’s big wave season is here! High surf advisories have been issued for Oahu’s North Shore this week, just in time for the start of the 27th annual Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. The three event competition is the professional surf world’s most well-known and prestigious competition. And this year’s record $1 million Triple Crown
In the November/December 2009 issue of HAWAII Magazine, we take you with us on a glider flight above Oahu’s scenic North Shore. With pilots Steve Wood and Meagan Nauman of Original Glider Rides at the controls, I got a chance to sit in the forward cockpit seat of a motorless glider for a breathtaking bird’s
Thinking of a Hawaii vacation sometime in 2010? Aston Hotels and Resorts’ “Early Bird” special is promising discounted room rates at 25 Aston properties on Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island of Hawaii for bookings from Jan. 2 to Dec. 21, 2010. Sound good? There’s a catch. You must reserve your room by Saturday,
The “train to Flavortown” has finally made a stop in Hawaii. Food Network personality Guy Fieri has been busy running around Oahu this week, filming segments for his popular show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. It’s the show’s first visit to the Islands. On Diners, the ebullient Fieri—known more, perhaps, for his over-the-top antics at the
Several hundred fans of the hit ABC TV series Lost gathered in a Waikiki theater on Saturday evening to learn, well, absolutely nothing about the sixth and final season of the mystery drama, currently filming on Oahu. Not that there was any surprise in that. The guests of honor at the Hawaii International Film Festival-sponsored
Film fanatics rejoice! The Hawaii International Film Festival is back! The 29th annual installment of HIFF begins today and runs through the Oct. 25, 2009, with films screening at Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18 Cinemas on Oahu. Since its founding in 1981, HIFF has become the premier festival in the Islands for Hawaii, domestic and
The “Mighty Mo” is getting a makeover. The Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor on Oahu closes to the public this week until January 2010 for extensive maintenance and preservation work. The retired Naval vessel and floating museum—site of the Empire of Japan’s surrender, ending World War II—will enter drydock on Oct. 14, to begin
