HAWAII Magazine’s annual “Best of Hawaii” issue is out! As always, you’ll find it full of tips and suggestions for finding the best of just about everything in the Islands—all of this advice straight from our well-informed HAWAII reader ohana and our own editorial staff. We’re sharing a few of our “Best of Hawaii” lists […]
Sick and tired of finding “Made in Taiwan” stickers clinging to the bottom of your Island souvenirs? Looking for gifts and goods that can really claim to be “Made in Hawaii”? Swing by the 14th annual Made in Hawaii Festival this weekend for a sampling of the things that make Hawaii special … all in
Happy Birthday Ala Moana Center! The popular Honolulu shopping destination begins a two-and-a-half-week celebration of its 50th anniversary tonight with a Hawaiian blessing, giveaways music performances, exhibits and merchant deals honoring its longstanding history as Hawaii’s largest shopping mall. Some of that history? Before Ala Moana became Honolulu’s premier shopping destination for residents and visitors,
Where’s your favorite place to stay on Kauai? The best place for shopping on Maui? Your favorite Hawaii spa to get away from it all? Got a favorite town on the Big Island? We ask these questions—and many more—on the ballot for our annual Best of Hawaii feature. Results will be featured in the upcoming
You ask. We answer. HAWAII Magazine reader Edd Kogan of Oak Ridge, Tenn. writes: Where I can view and purchase the 2009 Merrie Monarch Festival poster online? I collect them, and used to get them at a store in Hilo. While this year’s edition of the annual Big Island of Hawaii hula festival is over,
You ask. We answer. HAWAII Magazine Reader Richard A. Watkins of Anaheim, Calif., writes: I am looking for a source where I can purchase Hawaii-grown papayas. Do you know of one? There’s nothing quite like the taste of a fresh Hawaii-grown papaya. For those away from the Islands, however, getting their papaya fix can be
You’re on Oahu post-Christmas with a little bit of gift cash. The economy being what it is … do you save it, or spend it? “Recession, shmecession—all you need is a little retail therapy!” writes Honolulu-based writer Kathryn Drury Wagner in her new book, The Ultimate Guide to Shopping on Oahu. Wagner’s prose is sassy
Looking for a great stocking stuffer for your ohana this Kalikimaka? Might we suggest The Hawaii Snowman—a new children’s book by Hawaii-based writer Christine Le. We know, the concept seems a bit bizarre. But you’d have to be a Grinch not to be enchanted by the story’s fantastical wonderment. It’s five days until Christmas. A
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
You ask. We answer. HAWAII Magazine reader Lori Dziadon of Ohio, sent us an e-mail asking if we knew where to get some pineapple-frame glasses. When it comes to pineapple, we couldn’t think of anyone else except for Tracy Johnson, Maui Pineapple Co.’s public relations manager. She recommended a pair of cute pineapple-frame glasses, but
We celebrated HAWAII Magazine’s 25th birthday with a special giveaway from Ornaments2Remember.We asked you to tell us how you brought Hawaii home for the holidays. You didn’t hold back. Some of you even wrote poems!Our ballot box filled up quickly with entries like these two: “Each year we have the ceremonial hanging of the Hawaiian Christmas tree
