Hawaii’s darling professional golfer now has a greater appreciation for why golf is flog, spelled backwards. For a few years, Michelle Wie could do no wrong. She challenged the men on a PGA event. She didn’t win a tournament on the women’s tour, but she came close half a dozen times. These days she can’t … Read More »
Lost in Hawaii
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
The popular television program, Lost, is filmed in Hawaii. Last week we saw the film crew in action in the Diamond Head crater. I was driving my visiting grandmother to Diamond Head for a quick look at the mountain she wants to scale at age 98, when we came across a road block immediately after … Read More »
A few oddities about football and Hawaii
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Guess what? The University of Hawaii’s football team is in the Western Athletic Conference (the WAC). Hawaii is about as far west as a college football team can go. The other WAC teams are also western in nature, with the eastern most team being Louisiana Tech, still west of the Mississippi, my arbitrary line of … Read More »
Hawaii’s Parking Paradox
Monday, October 15, 2007
The largest single parking lot in Hawaii is operated by the State’s Department of Transportation. We call it the highway. Every day, more people seem to be found parking on H-1, H-2, and sometimes H-3 than anywhere else in the state. King Street, Beretania Street, and Kapiolani Boulevard all rank in the Top 10 Parking … Read More »
Are you ready for take off?
Sunday, October 14, 2007
So, you want to travel to a neighbor island to escape the teeming hoardes of people and traffic on Oahu? You need a checklist. Here’s my friend Kalani’s Top 10 Check List for Neighbor Island Visit.
What is Kona coffee?
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Visiting relatives, coffee drinkers, recently asked the one question for which I don’t have a qualified answer: “What is Kona coffee?” “Well,” I replied in the most fake authoritative voice that a non-coffee drinker could muster on severely short notice and without a Google opportunity in sight, “it’s coffee that is grown along the Kona … Read More »
