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Continue reading...Aloha Friday Photo: Polynesian Pumpkin Carving
Friday, October 28, 2011
Today’s Aloha Friday Photo comes from my sister Michelle. She carved this cute Polynesian-themed scene onto a pumpkin to celebrate this holiday season. The pattern came from a template, but the steady hand, patience and skill are all hers. Nicely done, sis! Mahalo to Michelle for sharing her photo with us on this Aloha Friday before Halloween. © Go Visit Hawaii – Republication of this entire post is prohibited without prior permission. Using extracts of less than 100 words are permitted with full attribution and link back to GoVisitHawaii.com .
Continue reading...Happy Independence Day!
Monday, July 4, 2011
How about something Hawaiian and patriotic on this holiday? I wanted to share this awesome video of Hawaii’s Jake Shimabukuro playing the Star-Spangled Banner on the ukulele. (Email subscribers: click here to access the video .) I hope your 4th of July is a happy and safe one! If you’re celebrating Independence Day in Hawaii, check out all the great things to do on July 4th in Hawaii . © Go Visit Hawaii – Republication of this entire post is prohibited without prior permission. Using extracts of less than 100 words are permitted with full attribution and link back to GoVisitHawaii.com .
Continue reading...Maui July 4th Fireworks & Festivities 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Are you going to Maui for July 4th? Lucky you! Maui is shaping up to be a great place to celebrate Independence Day with a real bang! Here’s what we know so far about special July 4th fireworks and events: July 4th Daytime: Makawao 4th of July Parade & Rodeo – The small upcountry town of Makawao celebrates their ranching history with their annual rodeo festival. Festivities begin at 9am and go through noon. The parade starts at the lower end of Baldwin Avenue, follows up Makawao Avenue, then ends at Eddie Tam Center. See this Google Map of Makawao to calculate directions. For more information and park and ride options, see this link or call 808-572-9565. July 4th Evening: July 4th Concert in the Park – This free oceanfront concert will feature Hawaiian jazz and popular music with Tarvin Makia and the Manutea Nui E Danceras and the Dejavu Band. The Maui Community Band will also perform traditional July 4th holiday favorites and original medleys. ( See this link as well as this one for more concert details.) The concert is scheduled to begin at 5:30pm Front Street in Lahaina. After the concert, stick around for the fireworks described below. Lahaina July 4th FIREWORKS – Lahaina town is definitely the place to be for a huge fireworks display by the historic waterfront beginning at approximately 8pm. It’s free to watch the fireworks from anywhere along the Lahaina waterfront, however, you might want to consider some of these interesting options to watch the fireworks from the water. - Trilogy is offering a special Lahaina 4th of July Fireworks Sail that includes a barbeque dinner and a good ol’ American apple pie. This two-hour sail departs from Lahaina Harbor at 6:30pm. See this link for more details. - Pacific Whale Foundation offers a July 4th Fireworks Cruise that leaves from Maalaea Harbor at 6:30pm. The price is $62.95 for adults, but you can save 10% by booking online. Pricing for kids is discounted as well. See all the pricing and menu details here . - Pride of Maui offers a July 4th Maui fireworks cruise, however it is currently sold out. If you’d like more information for next year, perhaps, see this link . Notes: - All these Maui July 4th 2011 event details are accurately reported at the time of publishing. - Bookmark this page and check back for potential additions. © Go Visit Hawaii – Republication of this entire post is prohibited without prior permission. Using extracts of less than 100 words are permitted with full attribution and link back to GoVisitHawaii.com .
Continue reading...Honoring Hawaii’s Prince Kuhio
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaianaole was born in Kauai in 1871 and his birthday, March 26, is celebrated as a Hawaii state holiday . If you visit Hawaii around his holiday, you may have an opportunity to join in celebrations of this beloved Hawaiian prince. Prince Kuhio statue at Waikiki Beach Prince Kuhio was the last reigning prince in Hawaii who became a politician representing Hawaii in Washington, D.C, decades before Hawaii became a state. In fact, he is credited for introducing the first statehood bill to U.S. Congress in 1919. When you visit Hawaii, you’ll see buildings, parks and streets named after Prince Kuhio. If you’d like to learn more about this celebrated prince, you can do so as follows: - Visit the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Oahu. This museum is an amazing place to visit to learn about Hawaiian history and culture. - Visit his birthplace in the Poipu Beach area off Lawai Road in the Koloa, Kauai. The photo below shows the birthplace.
Continue reading...Hawaii Vacation Deals & News: February 21, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Let’s see what Hawaii news is zipping our way today. Ziplining at Princeville Ranch on Kauai's North Shore * Have you seen Just Go With It yet? Needing a Hawaii-fix., Andy and I saw it last week. It was mostly filmed in Maui at the Grand Wailea. The adventure and waterfall scenes were filmed on Kauai. (I wrote a few filming location notes in the comments of my Kauai Connection sin 2011 Movies post .) * Whether you’ve seen Just Go with It or not, you can win a trip to Hawaii for four to stay at the Grand Wailea where a good bit of the movie was filmed. The grand prize includes 5 nights at the Grand Wailea in Maui and 4 nights at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Oahu, plus round-trip air and a $10,000 Hilton gift card. (I would definitely be spending part of that gift card at the Grand Wailea Spa.) It’s a pretty sweet vacation sweepstakes. Read more about this sweepstakes and enter here . (Sorry, but this sweepstakes is only open for US residents.) * Waikiki Beach Marriott has a deal for $179 for a partial ocean view room available from February 25 through May 31, 2011, with some blackout dates. Read more about this deal here . Also, check out my Waikiki Beach Marriott review . * Airfare to Hawaii has been edging up, unfortunately, but Pleasant Holidays is offering $150 off fare for kids for the summer. See more about that offer and other Pleasant Holidays deals here . © Go Visit Hawaii – Republication of this entire post is prohibited without prior permission. Using extracts of less than 100 words are permitted with full attribution and link back to GoVisitHawaii.com .
Continue reading...Obama’s Hawaii vacation, Tea Party candidate wins Honolulu council race, gated communities lock out police, economy looking up, Maui man pleads guilty…
Thursday, December 30, 2010
There's some good economic news that eases the budget crunch facing state government. KITV4. The forecast for the state budget got a little better today but big gap still must be closed. KHON2. The state Council on Revenues yesterday raised its forecast for tax collections for the fiscal year that ends in June, which could considerably reduce a projected budget deficit over the next six months and ease an expected shortfall over the following two years. Star-Advertiser. The State Council on Revenues predicts an increase in tax revenues for the state in the current fiscal year. Hawaii News Now. Maui County welcomed 168,131 visitors in November and has had nearly 2 million in the first 11 months of 2010. Maui News . President Barack Obama is extending his Hawaii vacation by another day. Associated Press. President Barack Obama hit the town in Honolulu on Wednesday night for a leisurely dinner with friends and family at one of his favorite island restaurants. Associated Press. President Obama and his party caused quite a stir dining at Alan Wong's Restaurant Honolulu on South King Street this evening -- one of his favorite restaurants. Star-Advertiser. State Sen. Malama Solomon, appointed to office last week by Gov. Neil Abercrombie, is withdrawing as a plaintiff in a pending lawsuit against the state. Hawaii Reporter. A harsh assessment of Hawaii's contract with a mainland corrections company may be the catalyst needed to fix an overcrowded system. Civil Beat. State Auditor Marion Higa is blasting the state Department of Public Safety's management of a private prison contract. Associated Press. A series of decisions by the state Department of Taxation on computer services contracts is coming under scrutiny. Associated Press. Tom Berg, Oahu’s “Tea Party” candidate, won the Honolulu City Council seat left vacant when Honolulu City Council Chair Todd Apo resigned to accept a position with Disney’s Aulani Resort in Leeward Oahu. Hawaii Reporter. After an unsuccessful run for the state House, Republican legislative aide and tea party activist Tom Berg emerged victorious yesterday in the special election for City Council. Star-Advertiser . Tom Berg has won the special election for the District I seat on the Honolulu City Council. Hawaii News Now. At the home of West Oahu's newest City Council Member, Tom Berg, there was no large celebration.
Continue reading...Hawaii weather dampens Obama vacation, teachers to pay more insurance, Honolulu Mayor Carlisle outlines priorities, shipping, New Year’s ahi to cost…
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
A moist and unstable airmass has prompted the National Weather Service office in Honolulu to extend the Flash Flood Watch through late tonight for the islands of Kauai, Niihau and Oahu. Hawaii News Now. The unstable weather conditions that brought heavy showers to Oahu and Kauai yesterday are expected to continue through tonight. Star-Advertiser. Heavy rainfall in West Oahu forced the closure of eastbound lanes on the H-1 freeway last night and the opening of westbound lanes to two-way traffic near Farrington Highway. Star-Advertiser. The state Department of Health has issued a brown water advisory for Maui from Waiehu Beach Park to Paukukalo and from Kealia Pond to Kalama Park due to heavy rains and flooding. Star-Advertiser. Golfers teed off against Mother Nature Monday at the Mid Pacific Country Club in Lanikai. KITV4. City work crews are tackling the worst potholes around town first and then going back to fill the smaller ones later. KITV4 . Locally heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms will affect Kaua‘i and the western islands of Hawai‘i at least through today and possibly into Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Garden Island. That severely white Christmas that has blanketed the East Coast might possibly pay off in a holiday present for islanders—stable ahi prices for New Year's sashimi. Star-Advertiser. President Barack Obama went bowling, played hoops and topped off a cloudy, drizzly vacation day with a short trek for shave ice. Star-Advertiser. Hawaii public school teachers will retain their health benefits but could have to pay more after they're forced to enroll in the same health insurance fund as most other state employees next week. Associated Press. Rates for shipping to Hawaii are set to rise again next month, the latest upswing in charges that in total have increased the cost of shipping to the islands by 50 percent since 2003. Associated Press. Keith Kaneshiro says there's a pending investigation of excessive use of overtime by Road Division employees. Civil Beat. State regulators have granted Castle & Cooke Inc. a waiver allowing it to develop the state's largest solar farm on 120 acres of agriculture land near Mililani without facing competition from other bidders. Star-Advertiser. Like the national administration, the new state administration has promised change in how state government will deliver services and programs. West Hawaii Today. Two months into his tenure, Mayor Carlisle says he wants to make sure APEC goes well, but his priorities remain the same: putting Honolulu on a sound, sustainable financial path. Hawaii Independent . A new law that bans tents and other structures from city sidewalks in urban Honolulu and Waikiki may take several more months to be fully implemented. KHON2. Results of the 14-candidate race to fill a vacant Honolulu council district are to be released Wednesday evening. KHON2. Water came rushing into Jim Boulton's work studio and part-time residence early Sunday morning as nearby wetlands and drainage systems in Kihei were overwhelmed by massive amounts of rainwater rolling down the slopes of Haleakala. Maui News. Kekaha residents Bret Danson and Alix Barker have grown accustomed to seeing strange things in their neighborhood. Garden Island.
Continue reading...Hawaii Gov. Abercrombie presents unbalanced budget, veteran lawmakers seek Takamine seat, Michelle Obama family caught in mall blackout, green jobs…
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Neil Abercrombie turned in his first budget as governor today -- with double-digit increases in general fund spending he says are a result of fixed costs. KHON2. Asking for breathing room, Gov. Neil Abercrombie said yesterday that the state has a $71.6 million budget shortfall for the fiscal year that ends in June and a substantial $771.9 million deficit over the next two-year budget cycle. Star-Advertiser. Gov. Neil Abercrombie unveiled a state budget proposal for the next two years, calling it a starting point for discussion. Hawaii News Now. Gov. Neil Abercrombie said the state faces a nearly $850 million budget shortfall over the next two and a half years, but he unveiled his budget proposal Monday without offering any specifics about how to solve that deficit. KITV4. Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie says he won't increase the state's sales taxes or again delay tax refunds, but he lacks specifics on how he will balance a $844 million shortfall over the next 2½ years. Associated Press. Hawaii governor reveals $843 million budget shortfall, insists "crisis" won't stop him from funding his ambitious agenda. Civil Beat. Gov. Neil Abercrombie presented former Gov. Linda Lingle’s version of the State’s budget, for fiscal years 2012 to 2013, to the State Legislature today, as required by State law. Hawaii Independent. Governor Neil Abercrombie today submitted the initial version of the state’s budget with a call to legislators, businesses, nonprofits and all community members to work collaboratively throughout the legislative process to address fiscal challenges and accelerate the state’s economic recovery. Abercrombie news release. . Several new Hawaii laws go into effect with the new year, including measures raising taxes, increasing campaign finance transparency and cracking down on drunk driving. Associated Press. Six Democrats seeking former state Sen. Dwight Takamine's vacant seat made their best pitches to party leaders during a four-hour meeting Sunday in Laupahoehoe. Tribune-Herald. A state legislator and a Washington-based privacy group are preparing a measure to impose requirements on entities that suffer breaches of personal data. Associated Press. Maui Taser case ruling could have nationwide implications. Maui News. Jobs in the renewable energy field in Hawaii are expected to grow at a faster rate than the overall work force, surpassing 14,000 positions by 2012, according to a new study. Star-Advertiser. An environmental group says laboratory tests show the presence of a toxic chemical in 31 of 35 cities, with Honolulu having the second-to-highest level. Star-Advertiser. The Environmental Working Group, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., issued a report Monday showing Honolulu's water supply may contain high levels of hexavalent chromium, a chemical believed to cause cancer and made famous by California activist Erin Brockovich. KHON2. The Coast Guard will soon begin enforcing a temporary security zone in Kailua Bay. KHON2. Ala Moana Center was crowded with thousands of Christmas shoppers, including first lady Michelle Obama and first daughters Sasha and Malia, when portions of the mall nearest Diamond Head went black for the third time in two days and triggered noxious odors and traffic gridlock around the Keeaumoku Street area. Star-Advertiser. Hawaiian Electric Company expected to have power restored to the Ala Moana Center area sometime after midnight Monday night. Hawaii News Now. Families who spent hundreds of dollars to spend the holidays in the Hawaiian Islands are making the most of the less-than-picture-perfect weather. KITV4. It's great weather, for a hippo. KHON2. The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a winter weather advisory for Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea until Tuesday morning. West Hawaii Today. The rains and flash flood watch advisory couldn’t keep the residents from ringing bells for the Salvation Army, Monday. Garden Island. An anonymous donor dropped a gold coin worth $1,200 to $1,400 into a Salvation Army red kettle on Kauai this weekend, officials said. KITV4. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources will close the shoreline in the Waikiki and Diamond Head areas to all fishing so stocks can replenish. Associated Press.
Continue reading...Obama family in Hawaii, Abercrombie completes Cabinet, Washington Place in disrepair, weather wreaks havoc, Tropical Storm Omeka looms, more news from…
Monday, December 20, 2010
While President Barack Obama's standing in Washington has dropped a notch or two in the year since he and his family last spent their holiday vacation in this beach community, the thrill is definitely not gone for many Kailuans about him coming back. Associated Press. While President Barack Obama and his family have been coming to Hawaii for vacation almost every year, it will be the first island visit for "First Dog" Bo. If he passes a veterinary exam when he lands, he'll be allowed to follow the Obama ohana to Kailua immediately. Hawaii News Now. First lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha, and dog Bo arrived at the beach community of Kailua over the weekend, but President Obama is still in Washington waiting for the lame duck Congress to wrap up its pre-Christmas work. USA Today. U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye is chiding his Senate colleagues for shelving an omnibus spending measure in favor of a short-term resolution keeping expenditures at current levels. Associated Press. For 10 years, Hawaiian citizens have requested island wide and U.S. Government official hearings of the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act that would reclassify Native Hawaiians as Native Americans and establish a separate, sovereign, race-based nation on all islands of the archipelago. Hawaii Reporter. Oahu will remain under a flash-flood watch through this afternoon following a rain-soaked Sunday that saw a storm-related fire knock out power to parts of Ala Moana Center on the last shopping weekend before Christmas, the closure of the Honolulu Zoo and City Hall, an overwhelmed sewer system that burst manhole covers and wrong-way drivers trying to avoid flooded streets. Star-Advertiser. A Flash Flood Watch has been extended for all Hawaiian islands through Monday afternoon as deep tropical moisture is drawn up by a strong low pressure system west of the state. Hawaii News Now. The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a winter weather advisory for Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea until Tuesday morning. West Hawaii Today. An out-of-season tropical cyclone has formed west of Hawaii. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Omeka was located 505 miles south of Midway Atoll, or about 1,210 miles west of Lihue, Kauai. Hawaii News Now. The bulk of the heaviest rain was Saturday night. KHON2. As heavy rains fell on parts of the state on Sunday, Department of Health officials issued warnings about coastal waters. KITV4. Heavy rains caused sewer lines to back up into people's homes in Kailua and a sewage spill in Hawaii Kai. KITV4. A Brown Water Advisory was issued Sunday for Kaua‘i due to heavy showers. Garden Island. Cargo company Young Brothers has announced they will be increasing their shipping rates statewide. Molokai Dispatch. Washington Place, the historic home to Hawaii’s last queen and previous governors, has fallen into disrepair .KITV4. Hawaii's new governor completes his Cabinet by selecting a trial lawyer with 33 years experience in litigation. Civil Beat. David M. Louie, a trial lawyer and managing partner with the Honolulu law firm of Roeca Louie & Hiraoka, was nominated yesterday by Gov. Neil Abercrombie to be Hawaii's next attorney general. Star-Advertiser . Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Sunday announced he has chosen David Louie to be his attorney general. KITV4. Former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann has been named president of the Hawaii Hotel & Lodging Association. Associated Press. Kamehameha Schools plans to convert a four-story office and retail building at 680 Ala Moana Blvd. into loft-style apartments for rent to households at or below the median income level. Star-Advertiser. With the median sale price of a Big Island home down 5.8 percent from the same time a year ago, it's still a buyer's market -- and the buyers are starting to return. Tribune-Herald. Across the country, a few of the millions of people who have had their homes foreclosed are counterattacking in the courts. Maui News. Last week, we looked at some measures the new administration might want to consider to improve the business climate in Hawaii and reduce the burden on taxpayers and consumers who continue to struggle to make ends meet. But finances and taxes are not the only things that need fixing. West Hawaii Today. For most of its 40-year history, Kumu Kahua Theatre has told Hawaii’s story through theater, offering talented local playwrights and actors a crucial venue for their craft, and giving the Hawaii community new perspectives on its island home. Many of its productions have become statewide touchstones, such as the hits Folks You Meet at Longs by Lee Cataluna and Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers by Lois Ann Yamanaka. Hawaii Independent.
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