History — Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:00
The Things that Entertained Us: The Skyslide
The Things that Entertained Us: A New Hawaii Traditions Series on Growing up Local in Hawaii
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:00
Share After a day at school, my children usually ask to watch cartoons on PBS. These days, it’s Curious George or Sid the Science Kid, but when I was growing up as kid in the 1970’s here in Honolulu, things were different.
Remembering Ala Moana Center
Thursday, February 18, 2010 15:59
Share As a youngster, I remember frequenting Ala Moana Shopping Center with my mother, who was the manager of Garfunkels and Dunkin’ Donuts, where the Honolulu Satellite City Hall is now. Over the years, we children were allowed countless hours in the sand box on the ground floor of Ala Moana, climbing on the metal [...]
Chinese New Year: The Year of The Tiger
Sunday, February 14, 2010 2:00
Share Ocean of Slippers, Hawaii Style Celebration Series Picking up my son from school last week, the familiar sound of beating drums and gongs grew louder and louder. And then, a flash of red and gold out of the corner of my eye— a colorful larger than life sized lion moving energetically through the school—ah [...]
Local Snacks: A New Series on Hawaii Traditions
Friday, February 12, 2010 20:13
Share Local Snacks One of my absolute favorite island snacks is a far cry from the gold-foil packaged chocolate macadamia nuts we commonly give to non-islanders as gifts from Hawaii. No, instead—or maybe afterwards—give me a washed out mayonnaise jar filled to the brim with half-ripe chilled mango, soaking in sweetened vinegar tinted with red [...]
New Years Cleaning, A Hawaii Tradition
Saturday, January 2, 2010 21:06
Share Question: For a child, what’s worse than having to clean up your room? Answer: Having to really, really, really clean up your room every year, all before December 30th. The New Year’s house cleaning that is an annual tradition in many households in Hawaii has it’s roots in Japanese culture. General housecleaning, called “osoji” [...]
Hawaii Celebrations: New Years, Hawaii Style
Friday, January 1, 2010 20:31
Share Perhaps no other place in the world celebrates the new year as we do, here in Hawaii. Some aspects of our new year’s celebration are similar the world over; the family and friends that gather, the food, the children running around underfoot and even in some places in the world—fireworks. Somehow, what makes Hawaii’s [...]
Hawaii Eats: Wailana Coffeehouse
Saturday, December 26, 2009 2:00
Share HawaiiEats Much of the Hawaii I knew growing up is now gone, replaced by shiny new eateries and shops. While these new additions to Hawaii’s landscape offer much in the way of practical convenience and what some would call retail diversity, sometimes I still long for the Hawaii that was when I was just [...]
Talking Story with Hawaii’s Living History: Ted Nakamura
Friday, December 25, 2009 2:00
Share Hawaii’s Living History Ted Nakamura of Ted’s Bakery is quiet and a bit shy—yet warm, and easy to talk to—a country boy at heart. Add to this persona a quick, sharp business mind and the ability to keep re-inventing himself and his business (and did I mention the best pies, cake, breads, pastries, shrimp, [...]
Hawaii Eats: The Bento
Thursday, December 24, 2009 2:00
Share HawaiiEats Imagine that you are a first generation Japanese plantation worker in Hawaii, and the year is 1885. You cover up from head to toe in an effort to shield yourself from the harsh sun and from the prickly pineapple crowns and thorny leaves. The work is grueling and you need every ounce of [...]
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