The word “aloha” has many meanings. Hello. Goodbye. Love. But each September the word also becomes synonymous with a six-week festival honoring Hawaiian culture, history and all meanings of “aloha.” The 62nd annual Aloha Festivals kick off today. Hawaii’s oldest and largest statewide celebration honors the traditions and customs of the Islands through music, dance […]
Among the HAWAII Magazine editorial staff picks for our 2008 “Best of Hawaii” cover feature is our “best reason to get up before dawn on a Saturday.” We like sleeping in on weekends as much as anyone else. But we’ll rise before the roosters crow for the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation’s weekly Saturday Farmers’ Market
Since sushi is one of my favorite foods, I had to try Kai Sushi, the new Japanese restaurant that opened when the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, remodeled. Even though there were just two of us, my dining companion and I ordered off the menu like crazy: a Baked Crab Dynamite (pictured right), Rainbow Roll, Veggie Roll, Tuna
The North Shore of Oahu’s winter monster wave season is three months away. The surf forecast today promises swells of two feet or less. Good time, we think, for surf fans to bone up on better days at the Honolulu Academy of Arts’ three-week wave film fest “Kowabunga! Summer Cinema Surf Safari.” A half-dozen films
Hawaii’s state champion Little League team returns home today as world champions. The Little League team from the Oahu suburb of Waipio—representing the United States—defeated Mexico 12-3 Sunday at the Little League Baseball World Series in South Willamsport, Pa. It was Hawaii’s second world championship win in four years. A team from another Oahu suburb,
All due respect to Michael Phelps, but Oahu-raised Bryan Clay became “the world’s greatest athlete” today. Clay stayed ahead of competitors through two days and all 10 events of the Olympic decathlon competition to take home the gold medal. He is the first U.S. athlete to win the event since Dan O’Brien at the 1996
With all due respect to my colleague Sherie Char, she not’s the only one who loves to fill up her plate now and again. So with summer winding down, I had to stop by Honolulu’s high-end hot dog stand. Hank’s Haute Dogs is the brainchild of restaurateur Henry Adaniya, the man behind posh eateries like
I like sake. Good sake. The Joy of Sake, a Honolulu tasting fest, is all about good sake. Much of it, award-winning sake. It’s also about good food … Japanese cuisine from a dozen of Honolulu’s finest restaurants including Nobu Waikiki, Hoku’s, Wasabi & Nadaman and Chai’s Island Bistro. Honolulu began this event, and has
Over the last century, tandem surfing has evolved from leisure activity to competitive sport, practiced and respected the world over. It takes two surfers, one very large board and can trace its roots to Waikiki’s very own Kuhio Beach. And starting Wednesday, Waikiki will again play host to one of the sport’s premier events—The 2008
Call it the “Weird Little TV Show that Could.” A castaway drama launched four years ago with modest expectations that blew up into an Emmy-winning global phenomenon. Of course I’m referring to the Hawaii-filmed ABC hit series, Lost. I’m not one to camp out overnight at Kualoa Ranch for a glimpse of Jack or Locke
Want to take part in some awesome surf action in Waikiki? Minus the embarrassment of wiping out or the pain of getting sand in your pants, that is. The 7th Annual Duke Kahanamoku OceanFest kicks off eight days of surf contests and ocean-related activities, Sunday at Waikiki’s Kuhio Beach. Presented by the Outrigger Duke
For our September/October 2008 issue of HAWAII, photographer David Croxford and I visited the Pacific Aviation Museum on Pearl Harbor’s Ford Island. The museum is the only Pearl Harbor historic site to focus exclusively on the American military’s air conflicts. Being on Ford Island was bit of a surreal experience. You can’t just casually drive
