With the reopening of the Bishop Museum’s gorgeous Hawaiian Hall, it’s especially sad to hear that the facility is hurting for visitors. From the Honolulu Advertiser:
In May, Bishop Museum closed the Hawai’i Maritime Center and began closing its main facility in Kalihi every Tuesday as a way to cope with the difficult economy. The museum [...]
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Hawaii’s Museums Need You
Waikiki Beach Boys
If you want to hear about the golden days of Waikiki, your best bet is probably to head up to the Haleiwa to the Surf Museum. Since I’m no surfing aficionado, I wasn’t exactly roped in by the displays, but I sure enjoyed the time I spent talking with the museum’s proprietor, Hurricane Bob. Ask [...]
Pork on the Pali: Prohibited
There’s a Hawaiian superstition that says it’s forbidden to take pork across the Nu’uana Pali. Your rental car will die, you’ll fall off the edge, maybe you’ll be chased by bees or rocks will fall on you.
Who knows what bad luck you’ll encounter if you don’t leave your bacon on the Honolulu side. Here’s the [...]
Time Travel to Honolulu
It’s politically incorrect, not entirely accurate historically, and oddly, the producers chose to intersperse “Aloha Oe” with “The Skater’s Waltz” in the sound track. But the boards are huge, the leis are fluffy and plentiful, and the footage of Waikiki Beach? Wow, it looks nothing like what I saw last year:
A caveat: The film [...]