If you’re on Oahu on Memorial Day, here’s a must-attend. Lantern Floating Hawaii is Honolulu’s version of Toro Nagashi, a Japanese tradition which translates literally as “lantern offerings on water.” Each Memorial Day at sunset, thousands of Honolulu residents and visitors gather at Ala Moana Beach Park to honor those who have lost their lives […]
The Hawaii Book and Music Festival happens this weekend in Honolulu. If you love literature and music written and published right here in Hawaii—and just happen to be on Oahu on Saturday and Sunday—the annual fest is well worth a visit. First off, admission is free. Second, you won’t find a larger gathering of Hawaii-based
Volcanic smog from the Big Island’s Kilauea volcano has enveloped Hawaii’s normally clear skies for the last couple of days. Weather experts say it’ll be with us until our tradewinds return this weekend to sweep it all away. Vog isn’t exactly hazardous to your health in small doses, just kind of annoying—particularly for outdoor activities.
Gladys Knight loves Hawaii. And Hawaii loves her. Knight rocked the Neal Blaisdell Arena this past Saturday at “The Rhythm of Romance 2” concert. As part of the second annual Hawaii Romance Festival, HAWAII Magazine was invited to hear the R&B superstar perform with the Matt Catingub Orchestra of Hawaii.We were also serenaded by singing
A new survey from the American Automobile Association lists Honolulu as the most expensive city in the United States for vacationers. The average price for meals and lodging for two adults per day, at least according to AAA’s 2008 Annual Vacation Costs Survey? $673. That’s more than second place New York City, which AAA estimates
Longtime Honolulu-based Hawaiian fashion, gift and souvenir retailer Hilo Hattie was sold today to a California company. Hilo Hattie’s seven stores on Oahu, Kauai, Maui and the Big Island—as well as its online retail store—will continue business as usual. The 45-year-old company—and self-prolaimed “Store of Hawaii”—was purchased for an undisclosed sum by TOC Inc., which
I love getting dim sum. If you like seeing food before you order it, there’s no better way to dine out. And Mei Sum Chinese Dim Sum Restaurant is the place to have it when you’re in downtown Honolulu’s Chinatown district. Carts of Hong-Kong-style dim sum are rolled around the restaurant right to your table.
Couldn’t make it to Kokua Festival last month? The entirety of festival co-founder and headliner Jack Johnson’s performance is now online at MSN Music’s IN CONCERT site. Free. The bad news? None of the much-buzzed-about set by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, nor any other acts are included. But you won’t have to endure long
Hawaii’s largest producer of macadamia and kukui nut oil products turns 20 years old this year. As part of Oils of Aloha’s birthday celebrations, HAWAII Magazine was invited to take a tour of its production facility in Whitmore Village on Oahu. Their expeller-pressed process is a complex multi-step procedure that extracts and purifies the macadamia
It’s not official just yet. But Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann, a couple of corporate sponsors and a whole lot of volunteers donating and stringing flowers crafted the world’s longest lei yesterday at May Day festivities in Waikiki. The final length? 5,336 feet—or 56 feet over the mile-long goal the Mayor had set. The event was
You may have heard that many of us here in Hawaii eat Spam. Fried Spam, eggs and rice for breakfast. A Spam musubi before lunch. A spam musubi FOR lunch. Guilty as charged. In a state where every McDonald’s restaurant has a Spam breakfast platter on the menu, is it any wonder we put aside
Perhaps you’ve heard the old hapa haole hula anthem, “May Day is ‘Lei Day’ in Hawaii.” The song is still largely true. Each year on May 1, many residents statewide celebrate Hawaiian culture and island culture by attending music and hula shows, sporting their best aloha wear and wearing colorful floral lei. But Honolulu politicos—Mayor
