Rethinking Hawai‘i: How the Visitor Industry Should Operate in the Future
The experts tell us how best to move forward when restrictions ease and tourism emerges.
Author: Michelle Broder Van Dyke
Crime Watch: What’s With All the Brazen Attacks in Honolulu the Past Year?
Violent purse snatchings and robberies in the last year left people feeling unsettled. We take a look behind the headlines.
Green Drinks
A not-so-typical pau hana.
A Guide to Hawaii Hiking Books
Most hiking books give the same standard information, so how do you distinguish between the options?
Giving Comfort
Hospice Hawaii assists patients in the last stages of life, as well as their families.
Field Guide: King Street
On this little strip, learn to pray Shinto style or how to protect your pup from ticks.
7 Reasons to Get Out
October 2008
Obama's Hawaii Childhood
The Dream Begins: How Hawaii Shaped Barack Obama, the new book by local journalists Stu Glauberman and Jerry Burris, starts and ends with the 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote speech in Boston, a pivotal moment in Obama's career. In between…
50 Reasons to Love This City
It’s easy to take for granted how cool, how eclectic, how just plain great this city is, so we thought we’d list just a few of the reasons, both big and little, that we love this place.
7 Reasons to Get Out
September 2008
One Piece at a Time
BEACH campaigns to stop plastic waste from destroying our shorelines and oceans.
Field Guide: Kailua
Find venues offering everything from two-step classes to vintage Hawaiiana.
Wai‘alae on the Rise
This 2.5-mile stretch makes up one of the city’s last, best walking neighborhoods, packed with restaurants, shops and small businesses.
Building Foundations
Habitat for Humanity constructs homes with families in need.
Inside the Artist’s Studio
We took a look inside Harry Tsuchidana’s studio to find out what goes into a lifetime of painting.
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We aren’t picky, we’re just…discerning.
Hawai‘i is full of amazing places. Most of them you’re free to visit, but there are a few where you’re just not allowed. Here’s a peek into Hawai‘i’s coolest off-limits corners.
We take a look inside your high school yearbooks to find what’s changed about the local high school experience over the years, and what’s stayed exactly the same.
Hole-in-the-wall general stores dishing up their own eats— even if it’s just one ‘ono item—are a beloved part of Island life. Here are a few of Hawai‘i’s best.
Need something to read—or hand to someone who does? Here’s HONOLULU’s first-ever list of the most iconic, trenchant and irresistible Island books, as voted by a panel of literary community luminaries.