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Sunset Beach legends with lessons
The 2021-2022 Winter Season on Oahu’s North Shore has begun with the recent arrival of significant swell and favorable winds. It’s getting good, and we…
Made in Hawaii Festival: buy local for the holidays
The 2021 Made in Hawaii Festival at Ala Moana Center takes place this week (November 11-13), showcasing Hawaii-made products, arts and crafts, food, fashion and…
Aina Lani Hikes: safe, guided exploring
The completion of improvements to the Koko Crater Stairs hiking trail made headlines in the local news media last week. It has become a popular…
Hawaii “shoulder season” perks
We’re in the middle of one of Hawaii tourism’s “shoulder seasons” when demand for travel, accommodations, and tourism-adjacent businesses like restaurants and tour companies dips…
Maui golf: Pukalani Country Club
A couple of weeks ago when settling in at a West Maui condo, I started looking into tee times at various golf courses in the…
Royal Lahaina Resort gets new ownership
Ownership of the Royal Lahaina Resort will be taken over by the locally-owned real estate investment firm BlackSand Capital. The Royal Lahaina is hugely popular…
Hawaii humpback whales return
A flight instructor on Maui was first to spot the arrival of humpback whales in Hawaii waters, marking the beginning of the 2021-2022 “whale season”…
Kilauea Volcano (re)awakens!
It happened in a geological instant. A “swarm” of low-magnitude earthquakes rattled Hawaii Volcanoes National Park near the Halema’uma’u Crater on Tuesday night before Kilauea…
Visiting Surfing Goat Dairy Maui & Exploring Upcountry
Let’s head to the Valley Isle, where Surfing Goat Dairy is a great place to visit during a tour of gorgeous Upcountry Maui. Our Day…
HAT Blog Maui dispatch: a tale of two tables
After our pilgrimage to Maui’s petroglyphs at Olowalu, I was wrought and marveled by the spirit of learning. I needed a drink. We headed to…
Blowhole Maui: A Day Exploring the West Side
Have you ever heard of Nakalele Blowhole Maui? This is one of the most amazing sights on the island, and it’s part of a day…
HAT Blog Maui dispatch: Lahaina
Our Hawaiian Airline flight from Honolulu to Kahului was uneventful, which was enough to make me nearly ecstatic. In the nights before the trip, I…