Do you remember the days before airport screenings when you just waked to your gate? While those days are over, a group of Polynesian voyagers found a new way to arrive in Hawaii using help from their ancestors. Their journey from New Zealand was by canoe. We were at Hanalei...
The longest day of the year has passed. Because Hawaii is close to the equator, even our longest day of the year only had a 7:22pm sunset. That's much earlier than for those who live on the mainland. We also have another solar event coming up and Hawaii is the only place in...
It's July 4th weekend. That's always a time to be thinking about family, friends and food. It brought to mind those special food products that people most associate with Hawaii. And which of those are the very best. When you come to Hawaii, what groceries do you stock up on?...
Today is the 33rd annual National Doughnut Day, and that's something that I can personally get behind celebrating. When I was a kid I virtually lived on doughnuts, and confess loving them to this very day (read on). National Doughnut Day was originally created by the Salvation...
While we're waiting for the next great Hawaii travel deal to come our way, here are some beautiful lei from last weekend's annual celebration at Kauai Museum. Also, please note that the recent deal: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Newark and DC to All Islands $205+ Each Way...
As I stepped outside the Honolulu Academy of Arts and into the warm Hawaii sun, I felt an inner glow of inspiration by what I had just seen. And if you're in Honolulu between now and May 22, I think Exquisitely Modern: 50 Works from Herbert and Dorothy Vogel will have the same...
The Big Island's Hapuna Beach is one of my favorite in the entire state, and I have never seen anything dangerous there other than seasonal big surf. So while scouring the web for Hawaii travel deals we love to bring you, I was caught by complete surprise to see in this...
Three years ago when we were still new to Beat of Hawaii, I was eating a bowl of local Rambutans while psyching up to watch the Super Bowl. An idea for a post sprang to mind when I read a news report suggesting that sports fans' stress can be a heart hazard. Why not suggest...
The Big island's esteemed $30 million Kona coffee industry is in jeopardy. The problem is a coffee borer beetle that’s quickly infesting Hawaii farms and has destroyed a majority of the coffee at some locations. Beauveria bassiana to the rescue State Ag has given...
Tonight's total lunar eclipse will be the first one visible here in Hawaii for several years. We did have a partial eclipse back on June 25. That's assuming that the weather cooperates of course. It's been pretty wild here the past two days. The stormy weather brought two...
