Traditions — Sunday, September 13, 2009 11:20
Warriors At Aloha Stadium
Aloha Harvard
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 11:09
Share One of my most vivid memories of Freshman Week is very hungrily walking into Annenberg Hall with my parents and finding a poster for Aloha Harvard, the welcome back event of the year. I’m not sure if the welcome back event is Hawaiian-themed every year, but I was nevertheless pleasantly surprised to see this [...]
Kamaaina in Southern California
Saturday, September 5, 2009 14:24
Share If you’re my friend on Facebook, follower on Twitter, or a member of my family then you know that I spent my week in Los Angeles, California. In fact, I’m typing this while sitting against the wall in Terminal 2, Gate 27 of LAX. I was invited by my friend and colleague, and former [...]
Show Me Some Shaka
Thursday, September 3, 2009 22:03
Share Going to school at the University of Hawaii as a local is a truly rewarding experience. Life is different, of course, no matter what college you go to because it is for most people the first step you take into a new and independent life. In short, it’s breathtakingly exciting. Yet as I mentioned, [...]
Waipahu Sugar Mill
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 7:24
Share As the skies turn a reddish gray and black ash falls from the space above. The smell of burning sugarcane fills your car and you turn on your headlights to drive through the thick smoke up ahead. As you pass through the smoke you turn to see the fields on fire and plantation workers [...]
Hawaii Eats: Liliha Bakery
Monday, August 31, 2009 12:38
Share Hawaii Eats Turn around for a second and it seems that another shop or restaurant is closing here in Hawaii and with these closings, some of our history dies along with them. Indeed, our childhood memories themselves seem to recede deeper into forgetfulness when old time landmarks and places uniquely Hawaii disappear. Thankfully, there [...]
Hawaii in the year 2000 and Beyond
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 16:21
Share History The events of September 11, 2001 overshadowed and indeed, defined the turning of a new millennium. The world would mourn again when an accident on the space shuttle Columbia killed all seven astronauts upon re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. However, tragedy would give way to overwhelming triumph when Barack Obama was elected President [...]
The Manapua Man: Then and Now
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 19:10
Share HawaiiEats You hear the tinkling bells and the chiming music and suddenly the front doors all along the street are opening, their occupants calling out to the large white truck making its way across town. This is the Wagon Man or Manapua Truck as we know it today. The manapua man or rather manapua [...]
Hawaii in the 1990’s
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 16:10
Share Back in the day, many in Hawaii could tell you stories of what it was like to make a living as a plantation worker from dawn ‘til dusk. Or, they could tell you of picking pineapples in the fields, making sure not to miss the last truck out at sunset, or about working in [...]
Chicago Group Looks to Set Ukulele World Record
Saturday, August 15, 2009 23:10
Share Ukulele Today, a new world record with ties to Hawaii’s culture could be set in — Chicago, Illinois at The Fest for Beatles Fans. The Fest organizers together with Wonderwall Music Shop and Emporium will gather a thousand ukulele players to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest ukulele ensemble. The effort [...]
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