It's Don Ho Day!

posted by: Derek Paiva on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 04:16 PM Break out the sparking wine (or at least a ginger ale). Cue “Tiny Bubbles” on the stereo. Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hanneman has declared today “Don Ho Day.”  More

Tia Carrere Inspires Cocktail

posted by: Sherie Char on Fri Jan 11, 2008 at 02:17 PM If you thought the Mai Tai was a hit, try the “Pua Olena,” a cocktail inspired by a song on Tia Carrere’s Grammy-nominated Hawaiiana album.  More

Bruddah Iz: Found and lost

posted by: Derek Paiva on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 04:12 PM Reader Joel Muraoka dropped us a thank you e-mail for posting a truncated YouTube clip of Israel Kamakawiwoole’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” playing over Times Square just after 2008 began. But better yet, he found us a full version of the clip.  More

Auld Lang Syne, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong … Bruddah Iz

posted by: Derek Paiva on Thu Jan 03, 2008 at 08:47 AM Yes, that was Hawaii’s own Israel “Iz” Kamakawiwoole’s singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” as the ball dropped in New York City’s Times Square for the 100th year in a row.  More