When most of the Big Island is asleep, Dean Edmoundson is at his creative and productive best. Late at night, he’s slicing, measuring and mixing ingredients for the popular from-scratch breads, pastries, cookies and spreads sold at Mr. Ed’s, the homespun store and bakery he and his wife, June, own in the sleepy-even-by-day former Hamakua […]
Last week, The Nature Conservancy finalized its acquisition of 222 acres of southern Hawaii Island land. The international conservation non-profit says the parcel could turn into an expansion of the neighboring Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in the next few years. The triangular-shaped acreage, called Kahuku Iki (Little Kahuku), is adjacent to the national park’s Kahuku
Inside HAWAII Magazine’s November/December 2014 Food Issue you’ll find “75 Places to Eat Like a Local,” our now annual guide to the Hawaii places you’ll find residents like us heading to eat when we’re famished. This year’s “75 Places to Eat Like a Local: Mixed Plate Edition” digs into the Islands’ renowned array of multicultural
Hauoli Makahiki Hou (Happy New Year) to our HAWAII Magazine, HawaiiMagazine.com, Facebook and Twitter reader ohana from the staff ohana of HAWAII Magazine! “Hauoli Makahiki Hou” in Hawaii: The traditional Hawaiian celebration of bounty and harvest—Makahiki—coincides with several western winter holidays. The literal translation of the word “makahiki” also means “year.” Makahiki lasts for
As the clock ticks down on the final moments of 2014, the “rainbow state” will bid aloha to the year past and ring in the New Year with a rainbow of explosions in the warm night sky. Hawaii employs a last-but-not-least mentality in its New Year’s celebrations—even though we’re one of the last time zones
From: HAWAII Magazine’s staff ohana To: Our HAWAII Magazine & HawaiiMagazine.com reader ohana A very Mele Kalikimaka and happy holidays to you. We wish you all the best and look forward to bringing you more of the most interesting Hawaii stories, insider tips and information in the year ahead. Hauoli Makahiki Hou (Happy New Year)
The ongoing Kilauea volcano lava flow, whose leading edge last month stopped short of crossing the main road through the Hawaii Island town of Pahoa after claiming a single residence, is now threatening the town’s largest grocery store and a major district intersection. Since Nov. 19, a breakout from the former, now inactive, leading edge
HAWAII Magazine’s 2014 Food Issue is on sale now. Inside the issue you’ll find “75 Places to Eat Like a Local,” our now annual guide to the Hawaii places you’ll find residents like us heading to eat when we’re famished. This year’s “75 Places to Eat Like a Local: Mixed Plate Edition” digs into the
Lava Tree State Monument, a small, forested state park in Hawaii Island’s Puna district that has been closed for nearly four months, reopened to the public yesterday. The park was closed in August due to downed albizia trees felled by Tropical Storm Iselle. The small park is about three miles southeast of the town of
With its palm trees, fragrant flowers and mild temperatures, it can be easy to forget that it’s the start of the holiday season here on Oahu. That is, until you drive past Honolulu Hale (Oahu’s historic city hall). Earlier this week, a giant 21-foot shaka-flashing Santa and a lei-draped Tutu Mele (aka Mrs. Claus) took
What’s pink and white and read all over? Posters advertising the annual springtime extravaganza that is the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C.! But what does that have to do with Hawaii, you ask? Hawaii Island-based illustrative artist Jing Jing Tsong’s original artwork was chosen to represent the upcoming 2015 National Cherry Blossom Festival.
