Tag: Honolulu
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Tour ‘Iolani Palace – Hawaii’s Royal Residence in Honolulu’s Historic District
King David Kalakaua was the last king of the Hawaiian Kingdom. His sister, Queen Liliuokalani was the last monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, overthrown by American sugar planters and American…
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Ice Skating in Honolulu – An Unexpectedly Cool Thing to Do in Hawaii
We live in the Salt Lake neighborhood of Western Honolulu and there are a couple of unique attractions nearby – Pearl Harbor, the Aloha Stadium, the Battleship Missouri, and the…
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Slideshow Saturday : Rainbows in Honolulu and on Oahu
One of the best things about living in Hawaii – and in particular living on Oahu is that IT RAINS SOMEWHERE ON THIS ISLAND EVERY DAY and it’s also sunny…
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Aloha Stadium Marketplace – Where Locals Go To Shop
Aloha Stadium, near the Salt Lake Neighborhood, is a well known Honolulu landmark, not only is it where the Pro-Bowl used to get played but it is also the stadium…
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Tropical Farms – A Family Run Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Farm Outlet on Oahu
I love taking people to Tropical Farms, also known as the Macadamia Nut Place on the Windward Side of Oahu. It’s a different world compared to the rest of the…
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Visiting the Kamaka Ukulele Factory – A Family Business with 101 years of Experience in Hawaii Ukuleles
The Kamaka Ukulele is the gold standard in fine ukulele quality and there is a reason for that. The Kamaka family has been making the best ukes in the world…
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Kakaako Graffiti – Honolulu Hawaii’s Gritty Urban Chic Neighborhood
Kaka’ako is one of the fastest growing and most vibrant neighborhoods in Hawai’i. This formerly neglected area between the financial district and Ala Moana consisted mostly of industrial and low…
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Saturday Slideshow: I Love Honolulu – It’s Perfect – Even if it’s not Perfect
I love living in Honolulu. I work all the time and still don’t make enough money to pay all my expenses. I rarely have time to go to the beach.…
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Flashback Friday: 2008 PhotoEssay: Urban Hiking in Hawaii – Chinatown Honolulu
This was a very fun day which I am reposting from a decade ago back on July 3, 2008. The photos were taken with my old Motorola Razor. Total time:…
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The Hitachi Tree in Honolulu’s Moanalua Gardens
On the west side of Honolulu, just near the big pink building (Tripler Army Hospital) – just on the edge of the Salt Lake Neighborhood but before you reach Aloha…
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Honolulu Biki Bikes – A fun and reasonable bikeshare program for Hawai’i
The Biki-Bike (https://gobiki.org) program in Honolulu is a winer. Getting around by bicycle is the best way to get around Honolulu and the Biki-Bike program opened that up to everyone.…
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Top 5 Reasons Hawai’i is Still the Best Vacation Destination
A friend from Oregon told me “We keep thinking about taking a trip to Hawai’i but Cancun always wins because it just seems to be a better value for our…
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10 Free Things to do in Honolulu
While I love being a world traveler, most of the time, I’m just happy to live in Hawaii and do the amazing things you can do for free here. Honolulu,…
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Critical Mass Honolulu – Making the Streets Safe for Bicyclists.
This article first appeared in Ka Leo, the University of Hawaii student newspaper in 2008, but there were a few things in it that were cut that I thought were…
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Hawaii Land just $39! Of course it is underwater for another 10,000 years
It was only a matter of time before someone began selling land that doesn’t exist yet, I’m just glad it happened in Hawaii. Finally, I can afford to buy here.…
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Honolulu Man Attacks Bus with Spear
I think the tribal council may vote him off the island. cd It was just after nine — when a city bus bound for Hanauma Bay, Sandy Beach and Sea…
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Don Ho is dead
HONOLULU – Legendary crooner Don Ho, who entertained tourists for decades wearing raspberry-tinted sunglasses and singing the catchy signature tune “Tiny Bubbles,” has died. He was 76. He died Saturday…
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Barbershop Bar
Check this out found at Dane Carlson’s Business Opportunities Weblog. I’ve been cutting my own hair for years now, but I would be tempted to let a barber do it…
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Now Scientists Can Read Minds…
The amazing thing to me is that I post true stories like this all the time and yet people choose to comment on me bashing on the Honolulu Police Department…
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Artist Burns Replica Warplane Made of Photos at University of Hawaii
This is a pretty cool story from my campus. There is video at honoluluadvertiser.com cd Katsushige Nakahashi’s Zero Projects – like Robin Kandel and James Fee – pertains in part…
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Motorcycle Officer Critically Injured In Motorcade Crash
You may remember that a black magician in Indonesia recently put a curse on Bush…this is just the beginning… cd Three Honolulu police motorcycles in President George W. Bush’s motorcade…
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Could "RDB Phenomenon" occur in US?
The Chairman and I had the good fortune to attend a screening of Rang de Basanti last evening at the Honolulu International Film Festival. Rang de Basanti (Hindi for ‘color…
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Honolulu Robin Hood Bankrobber busted after 15 heists
We saw this on the news last night. The guy was very good natured as he stood there in handcuffs. He is supporting three families on an island where minimum…
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Terror on flight to Honolulu
Here is one of the more bizarre local stories I’ve come across lately. The story reads like some sort of funny urban fable and I kept waiting for the bizarre…
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Shanghai by Bike – September/October 2006 – Sierra Magazine – Sierra Club
I bike daily. Even in Honolulu, a city of a million, I have near misses several times a day. I can only imagine what it is like to bicycle in…
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