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My Honolulu Trying And Failing At Hawaiian Sledding Cover

My Honolulu: Trying (and Failing at) Traditional Hawaiian Sledding

Jayna Omaye,

Letting things slide isn’t always a good way to go.

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Get A Free Download Of This Native Hawaiian-Produced Walking Tour App to Learn About Our Islands’ History

Don Wallace,

Get the Native Stories app and free Downtown walking tour download.

Recipes

Hawai‘i Comfort Food: Ube Pancakes

Honolulu Family Team,

Whip up a purple yam breakfast in just minutes!

Find Your Next Favorite Fruit or Vegetable at the Variety Showcase on November 25

Martha Cheng,

Taste in-development, new and ancient varieties of Hawai‘i crops at the matchmaking event for breeders, farmers, chefs and eaters.

13 Reasons Why You Should Go to Restaurant Week Hawai‘i This Year

Christi Young,

Our picks of this foodie event’s special menus for every kind of eater.

O‘ahu in 1947: Originally a Fishing Spot, Moku O Lo‘e (Coconut Island) Was Once a Place to Swim, Bowl and Catch Movies

Christi Young,

Before it housed the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, the island off the Windward Side was slated to be a playground for the nation’s researchers and wealthy.

Good Reads

Good Reads: Books That Inspire Kids to be Helpful and Kind

Cathy Cruz-George,

These fun stories teach keiki lessons in kindness, resourcefulness and how to help others.

5 Restaurants, Bars and Breweries for Football Sunday Brunch in Honolulu

Merissa Bunton,

Thanks to early kickoff times, Sunday now means new breakfast and brew options.

Family Activities

9 Tasty Experiences to Turn Your Picky Eater into an Adventurous One

Jennifer Carlile Dalgamouni,

Stuck in a Spam musubi, saimin, chicken nugget rut? Here’s some food for thought.

First Look: Halekūlani Bakery & Restaurant

Martha Cheng,

Find edamame bread, raspberry pistachio tarts and cioppino at the new Halepuna hotel by Halekūlani.

Eat Fine Dining Dishes In The Produce Aisle Of Kokua Market Mahi Mahi

Eat Fine Dining Dishes in the Produce Aisle of Kōkua Market

Sarah Burchard,

Chef Sharif Wagdy hopes to help keep Kōkua Market open with a pop-up restaurant and new deli menu.

The Ultimate Lost Surf Film Footage Comes to Light at HIFF’s Screening of “Lost and Found: The Film Archives of Greg Noll”

Don Wallace,

A single screening November 9 at 11:30 a.m., followed by a Q&A with Noll, should be a highlight of the festival—for surfers and also those who can’t get enough of vintage Hawai‘i in the early 1950s.