Tell us your Don Ho Story … Win his new autobiography

posted by: Derek Paiva on Thu Jan 24, 2008 at 12:41 PM HAWAII Magazine editor John Heckathorn tells a great Don Ho story. It’s not his own Don Ho story. But it’s a good Don Ho story.  More

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

Ozzie and Harriet do Hawaii

posted by: Derek Paiva on Mon Jan 14, 2008 at 04:18 PM This 1960 Kodak commercial kept us giddy all morning: It features Ozzie, Harriet, David and Ricky Nelson—in Hawaii.  More

Wyland Opens Waikiki Hotel

posted by: John Heckathorn on Sun Jan 13, 2008 at 04:19 PM Dressed in his signature baseball cap and surrounded by beauty queens, Robert Wyland welcomed guests this weekend to the grand opening gala of the newly renovated Wyland Waikiki.  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

"Dog" Chapman bitten again

posted by: Derek Paiva on Mon Jan 07, 2008 at 04:32 PM Will the troubles facing television's Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman ever end? Now comes this bit of weirdness out of Honolulu involving Dog’s partner in bounty hunting Tim Chapman.  More