Beat of Hawaii landed in New York early Wednesday morning. After a staggering 5,000 plus mile, two flight journey in coach on United, we arrived Newark at 6 am. We love islands and they don’t come any more culturally different or geographically remote than Kauai and Manhattan.
Once we’re back home we’ll tell you [...]

I’ve been very fortunate to spend the majority of my life’s flying time in the front of the plane. It started decades ago and I’ve rarely flown in economy since. One of those rarities is pictured above when we made the mistake of flying economy from LAX to Bangkok. I’m not sure [...]

I’ve been following a recent controversy between the Skin Cancer Foundation and Environmental Working Group over how sunscreens are tested. Beat of Hawaii previously wrote about sunscreens back in May.
According to the New York Times, the Skin Cancer Foundation, which also tests sunscreens for safety and effectiveness, complains that the testing done by the [...]

Back in June, I mentioned mentioned TripHub, a site which I’d used previously for group trip planning.
Well frankly I haven’t used it in a while, and so was sad to see a post on TechCrunch today, which lead me to TripHub’s site:
“TripHub’s trip planning service will no longer be available after Friday August 22, 2008….”What [...]

Whole Foods Markets will soon be joining Hawaii’s established health food stores. If you’re looking for healthy grinds during your stay in Hawaii, here are some of our favorites to consider:

On Oahu and Maui, try Down to Earth, which has nice moderate sized stores and a good selection.
Big Island scores with Kona Natural Foods [...]

This isn’t exactly the deal we’ve been waiting for (from California cities), but is an excellent airfare nonetheless.  It represents a savings of at least $200 off the next best fare.  Travel is via Denver or San Francisco.

United Airlines
Advance purchase:  21 days
Travel dates:  September 1 through December 16
Minimum/maximum stay:  3/60 days
Availability:  Excellent!

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