About a week ago, Hawaii’s governor, David Ige, announced that everyone arriving here by plane—whether local or visitor—would have to be quarantined for 14 days. . That effectively shut down...

There’s an interesting story in the on-line newsletter from Travelers United about people fainting on airplanes. It’s happening more and more and a combination of factors seems to be the...

Tourists come to visit Hawaii for many reasons. The people here are genuinely warm and friendly, the weather is pretty much delightful year ‘round, and the scenery . . . ...

Some of you have expressed an interest in my new book, Fascinating Facts about Hawaii.  It’s a collection of many interesting and little-known facts about these incredible islands and many...

You may have read about Amanda Eller. She’s a local resident who went off for an afternoon hike, became disoriented, got lost, and was finally rescued … seventeen days later....

I had a nice phone conversation this afternoon with Roy Sakuma. He plays the ukulele wonderfully, as he damn well should since he was a student of Herb Ohta, known...

That’s the working title of a book I’m working on and it’s the reason I have neglected this space for the past several days. I’m entering crunch time for this...

I’ve often been asked about the connection between Elvis Presley and Hawaii.  There was nothing strange about it, as far as I know. Apparently, it was simply that Elvis loved...

Hawaii is one of only two states that permits no form of legalized gambling. None whatsoever. It has been rumored for years that one reason for that is heavy lobbying...

(Friday morning) Hurricane Lane still has not come abreast of Maui, but it has diminished some in strength and it does appear that we will be mostly spared the inevitable...