You ask. We answer. HAWAII Magazine reader Kathleen Leilani Smith e-mailed us: Help! Where can I find poi on the Mainland? I was brought up on it in Hawaii, and have converted my grandson Andrew. I know I can get it at the Aloha Festival in San Francisco in August, but that is too long […]
You ask. We answer. HAWAII Magazine reader Marilyn Keithly emails: I am trying to locate an article I read in HAWAII Magazine, about an outing where you could spend the day with a local couple and experience the local food by eating in homes. I can’t even remember what island but I am thinking it
Aloha Airlines may be coming back. Sort of. In another chapter in the saga of the defunct Hawaii-based air carrier, former rival Mesa Air Group wants to buy the Aloha Airlines name. A hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court began today in Honolulu to decide whether Mesa will be allowed to purchase the presumably valuable name.
Folks looking to holoholo by Superferry to and from the Big Island will have to wait a bit longer. At least 365 days longer, to be exact. Hawaii Superferry is postponing the introduction of its second vessel for one year. The new ferry had been set to begin service from Honolulu to Kawaihae Harbor on
Kailua-Kona-based Mokulele Airlines is adding four 70-seat jets to its Hawaii interisland turboprop service, boosting its daily schedule by up to 36 flights. The carrier announced today that it would begin jet service on Nov. 19, with flights between Oahu, Kauai and Kailua-Kona on Hawaii’s Big Island. Mokulele will fly the Embraer 170 jets (pictured)
The leaves don’t change color or drop off the trees during Hawaii’s fall season. Instead, our fall provides some of the sunniest skies and warmest temperatures we get all year. Truth? I’m wishing I was outside right now. Hotel and resort specials abound for the off-season traveler this time of year. Even at luxury properties.
Earlier this year, Delta Airlines cancelled three routes to Hawaii. They’re being restarted due to increased demand. The routes are a Monday flight from Atlanta to Honolulu, a Wednesday flight from Los Angeles to Kauai and a Thursday flight from Los Angeles to Kona. Flights begin Oct. 1. You can make reservations now. In addition
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
I recently took a trip on the Hawaii Superferry to write about the channel-crossing ride from Oahu to Maui and back. You can read about my journey in the current September/October 2008 issue of HAWAII, or check out some photos here on HawaiiMagazine.com. It was a great way to spend a relaxing Monday. Better still,
After seeing too many people spoil their Hawaii vacations by getting too much of our sun too fast, we asked well-respected Honolulu dermatologist Dr. Carla Nip-Sakamoto for her top 8 recommendations on protecting yourself from the sun. Here’s what she said. Use the proper sunscreen. Find one with a sun protection factor (SPF) of at
January 2, 2009. That’s when the long-shuttered Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on Hawaii’s Big Island will reopen. Reservations are being taken now. The 43-year-old luxury resort shut down in October 2006 after an earthquake caused extensive structural damage and safety concerns. More than $150 million has since been poured into the venerable Kohala Coast resort’s
For our first Hidden Hawaii photo essay (in HAWAII’s July/August 2008 issue), our photographer David Croxford and editor John Heckathorn visited North Kohala on Hawaii’s Big Island. Their goal? To show off the peninsula’s once shuttered, now newly vibrant plantation towns—Hawi and Kapa’au—and breathtaking Pololu Valley lookout. It’s an area seldom seen by visitors. They
