Tag: Kaimuki

The wind and rain continue to howl and lash here in Honolulu, and throughout most of Hawaii, with no sign of letting up any time soon. It’s fine, though, except perhaps for my wife’s new clutch of doomed houseplants and the Aloha State residents who’ve been inundated by turbid floodwaters or had their property whipped […]

The weather in Honolulu has been brooding for the past couple of days, putting a literal damper on my regular walk and prompting a pondering of “walkable Honolulu”. I’ll admit up front that my “regular walk” is about two miles, and it usually involves a stop at my local for a chat with my bartending […]

Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast listeners will have noticed by now that Aloha Bruce has been flying solo of late, as co-host Lanai Tabura has been bouncing around between Hawaii and the mainland for a variety of local and national television productions with Aloha Plate Food Truck. He is a busy man (and Emmy Award winner) […]

Every holiday season, the Kaimuki community lights up the tree perched atop Puu o Kaimuki Park. It twinkles above the sleepy town as a wonderful reminder that the holidays have arrived in the islands! This Christmas, however, it looks like a lack of funding will be the grinch that steals its shine. The city used […]

Guys, I have great news! I think I may have found the BEST pineapple fried rice in Hawaii. For about a year now, I have been on a personal quest to find the best after our favorite Thai restaurant in Manoa shut down. Every week, I would get my pineapple fried rice fix from Thai […]