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Stay with a Purpose
I use Holoholo Wale to explore Hawaiian culture and history — typically I stay away from hotel and destination review pieces. After all, there are lots of review sites and plenty of “10 best” lists. But I do have a hotel chain that I rather like — it’s the Aqua Hotels — and right now, [...]
What’s Up With Holoholo Wale?
Aloha Readers:
A quick status note. I’ve just returned from an amazing ten days in Hawaii and have a head full of stories, but sadly, the day job encroaches on my time to sit and write them. I’m clearing the decks and hope to return to blogging here once or twice a week about the home [...]
[Re]Think:Hawaii
I’m excited and honored to have been invited to attend [Re]Think:Hawaii, a gathering of nerds and tourism pros and entrepreneurs and creative types and, well, whatever I am, I like to use the term “free range human” when asked. I was invited specifically to blog about the event — you’ll read about what happens at [...]
Postcard from Hawaii: The Aloha Festival
I’m sitting at my desk in my ordinary house on the ordinary mainland, listening to Israel “Iz” Kamakawiwo’ole’s “Wonderful World” disc, a gift from the Hawaii Convention and Visitors’ Bureau. They invited me to visit Honolulu last weekend for the 63rd Annual Aloha Festival, and lucky me, I was able to go. A week later, [...]
Talking Trash and Going Green
I’ve been following, with some interest, the news about Hawaii’s efforts to manage their garbage issues. They’re making more trash than they can process and, in an effort to deal with the problem, had planned to ship it to my back yard. The garbage would be bundled into three ton bales, loaded on ships, and [...]
The Unfortunate End of Captain Cook
The story of Captain Cook’s death — the anniversary of this unfortunate event just passed — is an object lesson in cultural misunderstandings. Cook and his crew first blew into Kaleakakua Bay while the Pleadies were rising, during the festival of Makahiki. Hawaiian custom deemed that during this time, there was to be no fighting, [...]
Lantern Floating for Memorial Day
If the pictures are anything to go by, the Memorial Day Lantern Floating ceremony at Ala Moana Beach Park in Honolulu was the kind of visual feast that makes you think you’re in a dream.
2,000 candlelit lanterns are sent off into the ocean at sunset, each bearing “healing prayers for victims of conflict, famine, disaster [...]
Ka’iulani: the Activist Princess
The Hawaiian Hall at the Bishop Museum is still closed for renovations (we got a sneak peak on our visit — it’s going to be stunning when it opens in August) so there is only a limited amount of Hawaiian artifacts currently on view. The Kāhili Room at the museum is open, though — it’s [...]