Check Off Your List with All Things Christmas in Hawai‘i
From a new way to watch a classic ballet to Christmas-themed cocktails, here are 10 ways to celebrate the season.
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On The Lamb: Local Holiday Roasts to Put on Your Table This Season
Pono Provisions offers an exciting variety of local meats, from lamb and goat to barbacoa.
8 Local DIY Holiday Activity Kits
Photo: Courtesy Ice Cubed Hawai'i Make a Snowman Kit-Updated Most of the highly-anticipated snow play days are canceled this year, but this kit gives our Hawai‘i keiki a chance to build their own Frosty with ‘real’ snow and then enjoy…
Make It: Pineapple Syrup and Wrapping
Dress up a simple-to-make pineapple syrup in elegant, edible style with a covering of chocolate treats.
Shangri La’s Konrad Ng Shares His 7 Picks for Winter
We asked people around town what they’re streaming, reading, watching and doing to give us new ideas for filling our extra “me time.”
What to Read This December: 5 Hawai‘i Book Picks Recommended by Local Experts
We reached out to our friends at Da Shop: Books + Curiosities to ask their community of writers and readers for their picks.
Sasabune Offers the Best Takeout Sushi Bento in Honolulu for $30
Since its opening in 1997, the O.G. omakase restaurant never offered takeout. Until now.
Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend: November 18–25, 2020
Listen to some soulful music, run like a free-range bird, buy tickets to the hottest food event and shop a showcase that features local designers and makers.
‘Ai Love Nalo Wants to Feed Us a Week at a Time
Hard-hit by the pandemic, the Windward O‘ahu vegan restaurant kept cooking its best meals, then started delivering them.
Keiki in the Kitchen: 1 Sauce, 4 Dinners
Photos: Karen DB Photography When the school year starts, you have a lot on your plate. So, who has time to cook up something new for dinner every night? Here’s an idea: Make one pot of marinara sauce that can…
These Two Unlikely Friends Cooked and Delivered Free Gourmet Meals Throughout the Pandemic
When Moku Kitchen shut down, the chef teamed up with his best friend’s girlfriend’s mom to feed her friends and neighbors.
HONOLULU Staff Favorites: Here’s How We’re Celebrating Halloween 2020 in Hawai‘i
Things will look a bit different this year, but we don’t need big parties to have fun this spooky season.
13 Honolulu Shops Where You Can Get Scary Good, Locally Made Halloween Sweets
This month keiki will scream for Cookie Monster ice cream, ghost poo marshmallows, pumpkin crunch pancakes and many other decadent delights conjured up by popular bakeries, creameries and candy makers. And, since this Halloween is a little different, these goodies made…
7 Local DIY Kits and Activities for Halloween Fun at Home
With pumpkin patches closed and costume contests moving online this year, most of our fall festivities will be celebrated at home. So, once again, the pressure is on us parents to make this holiday frightfully fun for our keiki. But…
When to Watch Meteor Showers, Blue Moons and More in Hawai‘i in 2020
Photo: David CroxfordA photo of April 2020's super moon. The moon won't look as big this fall, but you will have the opportunity to see a blue moon. What is open and closed, what is allowed and what is against the…
Keiki in the Kitchen: Playing with Pasta
Tiki's Grill & Bar Chef Ronnie Nasuti Turns Noodles into tacos and dessert.
Your Weekend: Ideas for Family Fun-September 10, 2020
Photo: Courtesy of Ocean Institute, Dana PointThe Hikianalia is one of the boats that will be highlighted in a virtual maritime festival. Oceanic Institute Maritime Festival Things are getting shipshape this weekend at this maritime celebration. It is based in…
26 Things to Do on Your Lānai in Hawai‘i
Keep keiki busy with these fun, screen-free activities from A to Z.
Keiki in the Kitchen: Three Great Starfruit Recipes from a Hawaiʻi Chef
It’s tasty raw, right off the tree. But three recipes make star fruit really shine in snacks, sips and desserts.
Your Weekend At Home (Again): Ideas for Family Fun for August 27, 2020
Photo: Seaman Jaimar Carson Bondurant, courtesy of Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment HawaiʻiA North American T-6 Texan arrives at Pearl Harbor for the 75th commemoration of the end of World War II. Legacy of Peace Aerial Parades On Sept.…
New Hawaiʻi Childrens Book Turns Tasks Into Fun Math Lessons
The best math games and apps, according to math professors at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s CRDG. Plus, a peek at their new math book for kids.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun at Home-August 6, 2020
Courtesy of the Cultural Animation Film FestivalA scene from "Mirage." Cultural Animation Film Festival The live-action version of Mulan wonʻt be on Disney+ until next month, but this weekend, you have an opportunity to see animated shorts from around the world at…
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