Glassy ocean, puffy clouds and... whales?
It's a crack-up — and highly indicative of taking your tropical home for granted — when you're scanning your video footage for glimpses of humpback whales and, finding none, rule the endeavor a...
View ArticleMarking 110 years at the Moana Surfrider, The First Lady of Waikiki
In 1901, the Moana Surfrider opened her doors. The elegant building still holds the hallmarks and charm of that era — grand colonnades, open-air verandas, a giant courtyard banyan tree — which makes...
View ArticleBig party at Madam Pele's house — Kilauea Volcano is afire
Lava pours from the fissure just after daybreak, cascading into a deep crack. For perspective, in the upper right area of the photo just above the tree patch is a small speck — that is a Hawaii...
View ArticleMardi Gras Honolulu — stops the rain every time
The skies opened with a deluge at the start of the annual Mardi Gras block party in Honolulu's downtown arts district. We can't have it: runny makeup, wet feathers. But lasting about five minutes, it...
View ArticleBest Island Hotels? Travel + Leisure says 5 of top 20 are in Hawaii
The Four Seasons Hualalai: Away from it all, with championship golf on site. Whenever I see "Island" and "World's Best," I'm looking to see how Hawaii did. It usually ends with a smile on my face. And...
View Article'Five-0' locations withdrawals? Tell us about it. Fortunately, CBS has a...
Is it us, or is this 3-week "Hawaii Five-0" break really long? On the one hand, it's good practice for the summer hiatus months when we're without our favorite filmed-in-paradise series until fall,...
View ArticleTsunami aftermath — reaching out to Japan
The 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in Japan affected all of us here, not just because Hawaii was hit with tsunami waves starting around 4 a.m. last Friday that did some damage around the state — it should...
View ArticleTop of the morning after St. Patrick's Day to ya!
Best thing about St. Patrick's Day aren't the costumes, the general merriment or even the beer — although that last is a close second. It's the music. I texted a friend who wasn't able to stay that we...
View Article'Five-0' Scene Spotting: Able to plunge 10 stories in a single fall
McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) and CIA analyst Jenna Kaye (Larissa Oleynik) team up to track down Wo Fat. Will they take him down in Season 1? Photo: CBS. Visit our "Hawaii Five-0" Scene Spotting page »...
View Article'Five-0' is back! (Collective sigh of relief)
Sneak peek of tonight's first new episode of "Hawaii Five-0" in a month shows our boys nailing a perp in the Kaelepulu Stream where it empties into Kailua Bay, with a long stretch of McGarrett running...
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