My Honolulu: Memories of Sandy Beach’s Manapua Man Van
Breakfast at Sandy’s—after getting whomped by shorebreak for a couple of hours—wasn’t for the faint of heart, or stomach.
Don Wallace
Inside HONOLULU: Life at the Smallest Park in Our City
The toughest stories sometimes come in tiny packages.
Field Notes: This Little Park Below Diamond Head Road is a Hidden Outdoor Gem
Field Notes explores Honolulu’s vast and varied scenes and subcultures. This month: Mākālei Beach Park.
The New Reality of Vog and What We Can Do About It
With the recent unprecedented volcanic emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency has stepped in on the Big Island with measures appropriate for a major toxic event. If it’s that serious there, what’s in store for O‘ahu? We take a deep breath and examine the new reality of vog—and what we can do about it.
My Honolulu: What the Mai Tai Means to Me and 8 Places You Can Mai Tai One On
The mai tai. Some say: Why? Others say: Why not?
Watch 1944 Chinatown Come Dangerously to Life at the “Last Taxi Dance” Premiere
Head to the Hawai‘i Theatre Center on Aug. 23 to support your local filmmaking community, then head across the street for a dance party.
Is Aloha Poke Co. Stealing Hawai‘i Culture?
A Chicago store trademarked “Aloha Poke” and is threatening Island businesses. Can Native Hawaiians (and the rest of us) get it back?
Dust Off Your Broomsticks! Quidditch Could Be Coming to the Hawaiʻi Convention Center
Buying portable million-dollar floors suitable for sports was a gamble for the Hawai‘i Convention Center. But it’s opened up a new international market for volleyball, basketball, indoor soccer—even Harry Potter’s favorite sport.
Best of Honolulu 2018: Family
The 5 editorial and reader picks for the best for you and your ʻohana.
Best of Honolulu 2018: Home
These editorial and reader picks will make your home picture perfect.
Best of Honolulu 2018: Food
26 editorial and reader picks for the tastiest food in town.
Best of Honolulu 2018: Services
The 9 editorial and reader picks for the places in Honolulu that make our lives just a bit easier.
Best of Honolulu 2018: Fitness and Outdoor
The 6 editorial and reader picks for the best ways to get out and active.
International All-Wahine Polo Clubs Battle Breast Cancer with Susan G. Komen Hawai‘i
The 18th Annual Wahine Challenge at the Waimānalo Polo Field on Sunday, July 29, features dishes by "Food Network Star" chef Amy Pottinger, a silent auction and lots of thundering hooves—all while helping fight breast cancer.
Best of Honolulu 2018: Shopping
The 14 editorial picks for the chic-est shopping in the city.
40 Local Dishes and Drinks That Put the Pow in Pau Hana
Remix your pau hana with these better-than-basic dishes.
Meat Your Maker: Butcher & Bird is Now Open at Salt
This smartly done boutique butchery serves delicious ready-to-eat sausages, plus a curated counterful of quality cuts, bespoke pickles and one mean chocolate chip cookie.
Shailene Woodley Fights for Life and Love in “Adrift,” by “Moana” Writers the Kandells
“Moana” twin writer team tailored “The Descendants” star a punishing new role that included 14-hour days filming in the ocean off Fiji. But she does romance dreamboat Sam Claflin in a film based on a castaway’s tale that thrilled Hawai‘i in 1983.
Swing Back to 1945 with this Local World War II Film
“Last Taxi Dance” reignites the sexual and racial tensions of the last days of World War II in Honolulu—while celebrating Hawai‘i’s filmmaking community.
50 Essential Hawai‘i Books You Should Read in Your Lifetime
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.
The Fine Print: How We Chose the 50 Essential Hawai‘i Books
What defines greatness? What matters most to us today? What will people actually (really) read? Those were some of the questions we faced while winnowing HONOLULU’s first-ever list of books every Islander should know, if not own.
Having Our Say: Two Gen X Writers on Their Essential Hawai‘i Books
Acclaimed poet Christy Passion and Kristiana Kahakauwila, author of short stories and a forthcoming novel, celebrate their literary communities and personal favorites.
Here’s How You Can Prepare for Heavy Vog From Kīlauea Volcano
With tradewinds stalled and sulfur dioxide from the Kīlauea eruption wafting toward O‘ahu, heavy vog may be headed our way. Here are tips for parents of young children and others who are sensitive. They’ll also work for those who haven’t been affected before, but may feel the effects this time.
This Local Book Helps Children Deal With Absent Parents
A new book by a successful banker who abandoned her family for drugs could prove useful to young children who’ve been left behind, whatever the reason.
