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Boom Boom Pow! A list of Hawaii Fourth of July fireworks shows

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:41:29 GMT

Boom Boom Pow! A list of Hawaii Fourth of July fireworks shows

Slather on the sunscreen, purchase your ahi and tako poke early and throw some burgers and hot dogs on the grill … the Fourth of July weekend is here! And there’s no shortage of fireworks shows lighting up skies all over Hawaii this year.

Need to sate a 4th of July pyrotechnics fix?

Here's our complete list of free, open-to-the-public fireworks displays throughout the 50th State this weekend.

Happy Fourth of July from the entire HAWAII Magazine ohana!

July 3

Oahu

If you’re in the mood to celebrate the 4th a day ea...

Major collapse at Kilauea volcano vent dims evening glow

<a href="mailto:derekp@hawaiimagazine.com">Derek Paiva</a> — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:07:42 GMT

Major collapse at Kilauea volcano vent dims evening glow

A major collapse at Kilauea volcano’s Halemaumau crater summit vent this week has dimmed the luminous evening glow that had attracted thousands of visitors to the site in recent weeks.

Geologists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory report that a 1:38 p.m., Tuesday collapse of the vent wall—and a series of smaller collapses in the hours that followed—have choked the Halemaumau crater vent with a significant amount of debris.

The firs...

VIDEO: HAWAII Magazine’s Contemporary Tropical cocktails on Sunrise on KGMB9

<a href="mailto:derekp@hawaiimagazine.com">Derek Paiva</a> — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:50:29 GMT

VIDEO: HAWAII Magazine’s Contemporary Tropical cocktails on Sunrise on KGMB9

We were mixing mai tais … in the morning … on TV!

And here are the videos to prove it.

As promised, we’ve got the links for Sunrise on KGMB9’s segments spotlighting our July/August fresh tropical cocktail feature Contemporary Tropicals: A Guide to the Best in Island Libations.

The video segments—which aired today on the top-rated Honolulu morning show—feature...

HAWAII Magazine's Contemporary Tropical cocktails … On TV!

<a href="mailto:derekp@hawaiimagazine.com">Derek Paiva</a> — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:40:25 GMT

HAWAII Magazine's Contemporary Tropical cocktails … On TV!

Our July/August tropical cocktail feature has gone multimedia.

Yep, we’re on TV!

Contemporary Tropicals: A Guide to the Best in Island Libations will be a featured segment on top-rated Honolulu morning show Sunrise On KGMB9, Wednesday, at 7:50 a.m.

Wake up and watch as HAWAII Magazine editor John Heckthorn, Royal Hawaiian Hotel master mixologist Joey Gottesman and KGMB reporter Ramsay Wharton mix up some cocktails at the Mai Tai Bar on Waikiki Beach. The segment was taped this morning under clear blue skies and w...

Say goodbye to Waikiki's International Market Place? An update.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:06:54 GMT

Say goodbye to Waikiki's International Market Place? An update.

Last month, we reported that the original plans to renovate Waikiki’s International Market Place had been put on hold and the property would be staying the same, for now.

That was true as far as it went. However, we have since learned that the landowner, Queen Emma Land Co., has requested new proposals from developers—not just for the Market Place, but for a 6.48 acre parcel which also includes the Waikiki Town Center (the three stories of shops on the Kuhi...

Discovering Hawaii Through Food: Where the locals eat

<a href="mailto:derekp@hawaiimagazine.com">Derek Paiva</a> — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:02:04 GMT

Discovering Hawaii Through Food: Where the locals eat

As always, the July/August issue of HAWAII Magazine is all over the subject of Island food and cocktails.

In the feature Can’t You Just Taste Hawaii? award-winning chef and restaurateur Peter Merriman takes us on a road trip visiting the Maui farmers, ranchers and fishermen he buys from exclusively, proving that fresh, Island-raised ingredients always taste better. Tropical cocktails with a fresh, modern twist are the subject of Contemporary Tropicals: A Guide to...

Kauai in just one day: 5 things to do, part two

<a href="mailto:derekp@hawaiimagazine.com">Derek Paiva</a> — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:44:02 GMT

Kauai in just one day: 5 things to do, part two
A couple of months ago, a friend who was spending a weekend on Kauai challenged me to come up with a quick list of the five things I would do on the island if I had only one day there.

That list focused on the east and north shores of the island. My friend had no complaints—and neither did any HawaiiMagazine.com readers. In fact, you asked for more Hawaii "five-things-to-do-in-a-day" features.

So here's a list for the south and west shores of Kauai.

Like last time … assuming...

A better White House luau soundtrack: 6 great Hawaiian luau albums.

<a href="mailto:derekp@hawaiimagazine.com">Derek Paiva</a> — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:17:50 GMT

A better White House luau soundtrack: 6 great Hawaiian luau albums.
The luau version of the annual White House Congressional picnic was totally on tonight.

We paid careful attention this afternoon as White House pool reporters on the South Lawn early in the evening gabbed and tweeted excitedly about the picnic’s Hawaii accoutrements—both kitschy and true to luau form:

• The purple orchid lei worn by President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Sasha and Malia, and even Vice President Joe Biden.

• The mixed luau/backyard barbecue menu of lomi salmon, BBQ baby back ribs, tilapia tempura rolls, was...

Contemporary Tropical cocktails: Making a Naturally Spiced Margarita

<a href="mailto:derekp@hawaiimagazine.com">Derek Paiva</a> — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:21:37 GMT

Contemporary Tropical cocktails: Making a Naturally Spiced Margarita
In the new July/August 2009 issue of HAWAII Magazine, we’re bringing you some cocktails.

Actually, a whole collection of tasty, summer-ready cocktails we’ve titled Contemporary Tropicals: A Guide to the Best in Island Libations.

Knowing we wanted a collection of tropical cocktails with a fresh, modern twist, we sought the services of Hawaii master mixologist Joey Gottesman.

Joey knows his cocktails. First as a noted Honolulu bartender, then as an in-demand Hawai‘i consultant, he’s crafted cocktail...

Pass the poi, Mr. President. Obama hosting first-ever White House luau

<a href="mailto:derekp@hawaiimagazine.com">Derek Paiva</a> — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:18:50 GMT

Pass the poi, Mr. President. Obama hosting first-ever White House luau
Save those Chicago-style hot dogs for the next South Lawn picnic. The leader of the free world wants his Hawaii grinds.

In a nod to his first home state, President Barack Obama will host the first-ever Hawaii-style luau on the White House lawn, complete with real Island cuisine, hula and music. The Thursday luau is pretty much all the Hawaii-born-and-raised president's idea—his revamping, of sorts, of the annual White House Congressional picnic for members of Congress and their families.

Award-winning Hawaii-based chef Alan Wong is crafting the luau’s menu of contemp...

US Airways adding non-stop flight from North Carolina to Hawaii

<a href="mailto:derekp@hawaiimagazine.com">Derek Paiva</a> — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:06:29 GMT

US Airways adding non-stop flight from North Carolina to Hawaii
It’ll be one long flight from the heart of the South, but at the end of it? A winter vacation in Hawaii.

US Airways is launching daily non-stop service from its Charlotte, N.C., hub to Honolulu beginning Dec. 17.

Reservations are being taken now for the nearly 8.5 hour Boeing 767 flight, US Airways’ first to Hawaii from North Carolina’s Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.

The daily flight will leave Charlotte at 9:45 a.m. (East Coast time) daily, arriving in Honolulu at 2:59 p.m. (Hawaii time). The return flight will depa...

The stars come out at the Maui Film Festival

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:57:56 GMT

The stars come out at the Maui Film Festival
The lobby of the Four Seasons Maui looks like Rodeo Drive this weekend. Tori Spelling was having breakfast by the pool with husband Dean McDermot, showing a remarkable amount of cleavage. Eddie Murphy was shadowboxing his way along the beach path. Dax Shepard is in the jacuzzi with Kristen Bell. Everyone around the pool is reading Variety.

It’s the weekend of the Maui Film Festival—and the stars are out in more ways than one, because the festival’s main venue is the Celestial Cinema, a an immense screen set up outdoors on a driving range. It’s movies under the balmy Maui s...

Where in Hawaii is Dog the Bounty Hunter?

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:37:07 GMT

Where in Hawaii is Dog the Bounty Hunter?
HAWAII Magazine reader Lenore Larbig of Sacramento, Calif., emailed us:

Can you tell me if Dog the Bounty Hunter is for real and has an office in Waikiki? I like to watch his show on A&E because it gives me glimpses of Oahu and sometimes the other islands. Dog's office looks, to me, that it is across the street from Waikiki Beach, next to the church. Dog and Beth’s home looks like it is in the Kahala area?

You ask, we answer.

Duane “Dog” Chapman is real, as are all of the busts you see on his A&E reality TV series Dog the Bounty Hunter.

Where to find localized Hawaii weather forecasts online

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:38:58 GMT

Where to find localized Hawaii weather forecasts online
You ask. We answer.

HAWAII Magazine reader Ron Jeffries writes:

Whenever I try to check the weather for some of my favorite Big Island locations—Hawi, Waimea, etc.—weather websites report the same conditions as Kailua-Kona. I doubt the nightly low in Kailua-Kona and Waimea are the same.

Is there another website where I can check Big Island weather?

Unfortunately Ron, even major websites, such as The Weather Channel and the National Weather Service, can’t provide in-depth coverage because of the limited number of weather tracking stations on the Big I...

Fall Hawaii travel deals! Continental Airlines offers $214 LAX-Honolulu round-trip

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:45:44 GMT

Fall Hawaii travel deals! Continental Airlines offers $214 LAX-Honolulu round-trip
Summer hasn't even begun, but a number of air carriers are already looking to capitalize on fall travel plans, offering reduced fares for the autumn months.

Continental Airlines is listing a $214 Los Angeles-Honolulu round-trip fare, tax included. Travel deal blog Airfare Watchdog first reported the rate and link to a Hawaii Theatre from demolition and painstakingly restored it to all its gilded glory.

Called “The Pride of the Pacific” when it opened, the theatre was showplace for vaudeville, plays, musi...

More from Kilauea volcano: Draining lava lake video; full moon over Halemaumau

<a href="mailto:derekp@hawaiimagazine.com">Derek Paiva</a> — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:06:28 GMT

More from Kilauea volcano: Draining lava lake video; full moon over Halemaumau
Great video and photos of lava activity at Kilauea volcano’s Halemaumau crater just keep coming!

Geologists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory this week shot some of the best footage yet of Halemaumau’s lava lake during one of its periodic draining cycles. The video arrives a week after HVO shared some of the clearest footage it had captured of lava activity within the Halemaumau crater vent<...

New DVD offers time-lapse view of Hawaii starlight from Mauna Kea

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:10:06 GMT

New DVD offers time-lapse view of Hawaii starlight from Mauna Kea
As many of you will read in the new July/August 2009 issue of HAWAII Magazine, Jean-Charles Cuillandre is an astronomer at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope-—one of the dozen observatories taking advantage of the cloudless skies above the 14,000-foot summit of Mauna Kea, on Hawaii’s Big Island.

Cuillandre helped build a 340-megapixel camera, allowing the observatory to capture some way-out images—way, way out, like galaxy clusters 500 million light years away.

But tha...

Weekend parades, ceremonies celebrate King Kamehameha I. Here's where to go.

<a href="mailto:derekp@hawaiimagazine.com">Derek Paiva</a> — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:54:24 GMT

Weekend parades, ceremonies celebrate King Kamehameha I. Here's where to go.
King Kamehameha Day was yesterday—June 11. It was a state holiday. Hawaiian royal societies held tradition-steeped ceremonies in the king's honor. Schools were closed. State workers had the day off. Street parking was free.

So why continue celebrating the holiday into the weekend? Well, we do love a good Saturday morning parade.

The annual King Kamehameha Celebration Floral Parade—with its flower-bedecked floats, high school marching bands, pa‘u riders, hula dancers, musicians and apropos dignitaries—always happens in Honolulu on the Saturday before or after the holiday....

Is there still Kilauea volcano vog on Hawaii's Big Island?

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:41:39 GMT

Is there still Kilauea volcano vog on Hawaii's Big Island?
You ask. We answer.

HAWAII Magazine reader Wendy Pinkoske writes:

Is there still volcanic smog, or "vog," along the Kona-Kohala coast? When we last stayed in Keauhou the vog arrived around 11:00 a.m. and never left. Would another island be a better choice to visit right now?

The answer to your first question, Wendy, is "yes"—vog is still often present along the Big Island’s Kona-Kohala coast.

"Vog" has been a familiar term to Big Islanders since 1983, when it was coined to describe the volcanic smog emanating from Kilauea volcano's east rift...

2009 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards spread the wealth

<a href="mailto:derekp@hawaiimagazine.com">Derek Paiva</a> — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:08:21 GMT

2009 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards spread the wealth
There were no multi-multi-category award winners at last night’s Na Hoku Hanohano Awards a la Hoku Zuttermeister's six Hoku in 2008 or Kealii Reichel's seven in 2004. No single artist walking out the doors of the Sheraton Waikiki’s Hawaii Ballroom with a handful of trophies.

But that’s what made victory all the more sweeter for the more than two dozen Hawaiian music artists and professionals who got to take home a Hoku—the Hawaiian music industry equivalent of a Grammy—at this year's 32nd annual awards ceremony.

Contemporary Hawaiian vocal group Pali (abov...

Eat, drink and go Maui. The Kapalua Wine & Food Festival happens this week.

<a href="mailto:derekp@hawaiimagazine.com">Derek Paiva</a> — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:30:52 GMT

Eat, drink and go Maui. The Kapalua Wine & Food Festival happens this week.
Think four days of gastronomic and oenophilist nirvana, throw in an oceanside location at one of Maui’s premier luxury resorts and you’d still have to actually attend the Kapalua Wine & Food Festival to truly grasp its grand appeal for foodies.

The 28th annual edition of this pioneering and esteemed Hawaii food and drink festival happens this week from June 11 to 14 at its usual location—west Maui’s celebrated Ritz-Carlton Kapalua Resort.

If your love of food and wine extends beyond tasting to learning about both as well, the Kapalua Wine & Food festival is worth the price of a...

Driving on your Oahu visit? What you need to know about the new cell phone law.

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:59:21 GMT

Driving on your Oahu visit? What you need to know about the new cell phone law.
Planning to drive on your next Oahu visit?

You should know you that as of July 1, 2009, it will be illegal to use mobile electronic devices such as iPhones, BlackBerrys, digital cameras and iPods while behind the wheel of an automobile on Oahu.

The ban intends to reduce the number of traffic accidents linked to use of mobile devices. According to the Honolulu Police Department’s Web site, the act of “using” a mobile device under the new law simply means “holding it while operating a motor vehicle.” Hands-free devices are acceptable. You can still use a...

Geologists capture clearest video yet of Kilauea volcano lava lake

<a href="mailto:derekp@hawaiimagazine.com">Derek Paiva</a> — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:59:01 GMT

Geologists capture clearest video yet of Kilauea volcano lava lake
Geologists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory this week released some of the clearest video footage yet captured of lava activity within Kilauea volcano’s Halemaumau crater vent.

Since opening in March 2008, the summit vent has sent out a thick plume of steam and ash into the skies over the Big Island of Hawaii volcano. Six months later, HVO geologists on a daily flyover o...

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Boom Boom Pow! A list of Hawaii Fourth of July fireworks shows

Boom Boom Pow! A list of Hawaii Fourth of July fireworks shows

Major collapse at Kilauea volcano vent dims evening glow

Major collapse at Kilauea volcano vent dims evening glow

VIDEO: HAWAII Magazine’s Contemporary Tropical cocktails on Sunrise on KGMB9

VIDEO: HAWAII Magazine&rsquo;s Contemporary Tropical cocktails on Sunrise on KGMB9

HAWAII Magazine's Contemporary Tropical cocktails … On TV!

HAWAII Magazine's Contemporary Tropical cocktails &hellip; On TV!

Say goodbye to Waikiki's International Market Place? An update.

Say goodbye to Waikiki's International Market Place? An update.

Discovering Hawaii Through Food: Where the locals eat

Discovering Hawaii Through Food: Where the locals eat

Kauai in just one day: 5 things to do, part two

Kauai in just one day: 5 things to do, part two

A better White House luau soundtrack: 6 great Hawaiian luau albums.

A better White House luau soundtrack: 6 great Hawaiian luau albums.

Contemporary Tropical cocktails: Making a Naturally Spiced Margarita

Contemporary Tropical cocktails: Making a Naturally Spiced Margarita

Pass the poi, Mr. President. Obama hosting first-ever White House luau

Pass the poi, Mr. President. Obama hosting first-ever White House luau

US Airways adding non-stop flight from North Carolina to Hawaii

US Airways adding non-stop flight from North Carolina to Hawaii

The stars come out at the Maui Film Festival

The stars come out at the Maui Film Festival

Where in Hawaii is Dog the Bounty Hunter?

Where in Hawaii is Dog the Bounty Hunter?

Where to find localized Hawaii weather forecasts online

Where to find localized Hawaii weather forecasts online

Fall Hawaii travel deals! Continental Airlines offers $214 LAX-Honolulu round-trip

Fall Hawaii travel deals! Continental Airlines offers $214 LAX-Honolulu round-trip

More from Kilauea volcano: Draining lava lake video; full moon over Halemaumau

More from Kilauea volcano: Draining lava lake video; full moon over Halemaumau

New DVD offers time-lapse view of Hawaii starlight from Mauna Kea

New DVD offers time-lapse view of Hawaii starlight from Mauna Kea

Weekend parades, ceremonies celebrate King Kamehameha I. Here's where to go.

Weekend parades, ceremonies celebrate King Kamehameha I. Here's where to go.

Is there still Kilauea volcano vog on Hawaii's Big Island?

Is there still Kilauea volcano vog on Hawaii's Big Island?

2009 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards spread the wealth

2009 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards spread the wealth

Eat, drink and go Maui. The Kapalua Wine & Food Festival happens this week.

Eat, drink and go Maui. The Kapalua Wine & Food Festival happens this week.

Driving on your Oahu visit? What you need to know about the new cell phone law.

Driving on your Oahu visit? What you need to know about the new cell phone law.

Geologists capture clearest video yet of Kilauea volcano lava lake

Geologists capture clearest video yet of Kilauea volcano lava lake

VIDEO: HAWAII Magazine’s Contemporary Tropical cocktails on Sunrise on KGMB9

HAWAII Magazine's Contemporary Tropical cocktails … On TV!