Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, Hawaii’s tallest peaks, received their first dusting of snow recently, with another 8 inches expected to fall as we head into the first days of December. It came a little early this year, due to strong easterly trade winds and higher levels of precipitation over Hawaii Island and Maui. The […]
Living in Hawaii Island’s Puna district is hard. Most of the subdivisions are off the county water line and many still lack paved roads. There’s also the fact of living on an active volcano with a history of suddenly disrupting everyday life. Puna residents have long needed to adapt to the unforgiving landscape in whatever
Hilo’s only oceanside restaurant opened earlier this month inside the Grand Naniloa Hotel. The restaurant, Hula Hulas, describes its menu as “casual and creative,” sourcing its ingredients locally, and all meals are paired with panoramic views of the downtown area and Hilo Bay. Hula Hulas signature dish is chef Amy Dibiase’s cast-iron chicken, a half chicken
“Aloha” reads the black-and-white mosaic floor just through the double doors of Dukes Lane Market and Eatery. It gives way to a lively, communal dining space where diners dig into tall, stacked burgers and Instagram their lilikoi (passion fruit) mochi doughnuts flecked with coconut. Dukes Lane is actually a collection of nine food stalls and
Everyone’s favorite Waialua photo op is back in all of its bloomin’ glory. As of Wednesday, Nov. 8, DuPont Pioneer’s Sunflowers in the Country tours is open to the public and will run daily through Monday, Nov. 20. Photo by Tracy Chan Best part? It’s freeish ($5 parking toward Waialua nonprofits) and you won’t need to
On the front lawn of Hilo Public Library rests the Naha Stone, a wide, 7,000-pound chunk of volcanic rock. Legend says that whoever could overturn the stone would be granted the power to unify all of Hawaii. King Kamehameha the Great, who eventually conquered the Hawaiian Islands, was believed to have overturned it. Recently, I
If you don’t already know surfer-photographer-model Haa Keaulana, you will soon enough. With more than 140,000 Instagram followers, the 25-year-old Keaulana has been sharing colorful lifestyle surf photography of her hometown of Makaha with the world. It’s led to partnerships with several companies, including the Four Seasons Resort Ko Olina, OluKai and Hawaiian Airlines. Our
Everyone is going cuckoo for coconuts, these days, and it’s not hard to see why. The entire tree, from root to fruit, is used to make food, oils, rope, thatch, beauty products and much more. The value of the coconut certainly isn’t lost on the Coconut Information Project’s Ryan Burden. He’s traveled the world learning about
1. Thinking it was acceptable to tuck a Gecko Hawaiʻi T-shirt into acid-washed jeans. Photo: The Tasty Island When Hawaiʻi schools banned them, adults said it was because playing POGs was a form of gambling. We were like, Whatever… \/\/. 3. Making chatter ring noise while dad was trying to watch TV. Photo: Lucille Chun The entire state
Whale season in Hawaii has officially begun. On Tuesday, October 10, the Pacific Whale Foundation reported spotting a pair of humpbacks about a mile off the coast of Kapalua in West Maui. Each winter, an estimated 12,000 humpback whales migrate to Hawaiian waters to mate, give birth and care for their newborn calves. When the mating
Hawaii is full of haunted places. Sometimes it seems like you can’t make it to the next block, or street, or house without crossing some kind of hallowed ground—but you’d never know it. And everyone has their own stories of strange encounters with the supernatural that weave together Hawaiian mythology with imported legends and rituals from
Let’s just get this out of the way now: $39,500 is a lot of money. For the majority of us, it’s an impossible amount to spend on travel and leisure. But if you have the means, and you fancy yourself being whisked away by helicopter to the most stunning and remote locations on Hawaii Island—think
