Fyndhawaii.com is something we contemplated for a while. At first I was doing this as a Hawaii-centric search engine but had troubled tuning it the way I wanted. Then along came Twitter. I wanted to figure out a way…

Check it out here at search.hawaiirama.com. Tell us what you think and what can be made better -- or if it totally rocks, tell us that, too. Hint -- this thing is best for detailed searches into Hawaii topics. We…

The Shipwreck Bar at the old school nouveau castaway Kona Village Hotel is one of those iconic resort boites so rare in Hawaii. It actually has history and yes, it really was made from a wrecked ship. The barkeep, Sid…

Getting this drink of the week thing going again, this week I have a excellent, refreshing recipe from the good folks at Honolulu branch of Morton's The Steakhouse. The drink is one of a slew of new signature mixed cocktails…

Ho, cuz! Barack got some kala! (That's money in Hawaii slang). So now that Barack has raised almost as much money as Hillary Clinton, me thinks he can afford a REAL NICE Hawaiian vacation at this point. Not that I…

I've never been averse to lifestyle porn so when I first heard about Modern Luxury Hawaii, I thought "Cool!". The new mag by Modern Luxury group chronicles the lush life in the 50th state. They don't put their mag online…

Aloha Airlines flights will soon be the only place in the country you can drink Maui's own Ocean Vodka (caution -- very loud Flash trailer) besides the Hawaiian Islands. First Class bar carts on Aloha will start carrying the clear,…

Over the past decade, dessert wines have gone from gimmick to mainstream, complete with a big section at your local liquor store. Fruit wines, likewise, have become less than a novelty, in part due to the big success of Bonny…

There are plenty of sports bars on this island, and most have one thing in common: they are adequate hangouts to watch football. But as the baseball season winds down, there is really only one place to experience the World…

It's a question much pondered amongst mixologists. Who created the first Mai Tai and what was the original recipe? Was it really Victor "Trader Vic" Bergeron? Or someone else. Tom Chapman, a friend and fabulous writer, revisits this question yet…

As a 37 year-old father of two, I can only pretend to get out as much as I think I should. For a view from the trenches, I now can rely on Tim Denevi. He did his first post last…

* Star-Bulletin's Nadine Kam gives Ola on North Shore a barely passing grade * Ono Kine Grindz explains why Makino Chaya beats other cheapie Japanese seafood buffets * Sue Kiyabu of the Honolulu Weekly likes food at Bistro Nights in…

Just a quick mahalo to "Drink of the Week" for linking to our post on the Lewer's Lounge and Dale DeGroff. This is a an excellent site for anyone planning a cocktail party in need of recipes or beverage…

I got word that Kona Brewing Company is about to release another beer to the mass market, a porter. They are well known for their award-winning dark beers, although this is the first one they are selling in a…

It's a whole new brand of Maui Wowee. And in a really pretty bottle, too. Ocean Vodka is distilled in Idaho from organic grains then shipped to Maui where its blended with pure Hawaiian deep sea water pumped up…