Entries tagged 'Hilo'
Getting Ramped for Merrie Monarch: Hawaii Hula Superbowl
Here's a taste for the hula fans. This is footage of Halau I Ka Wekiu (Kahiko Kane), Merrie Monarch 2007, a first-place performance. The contest starts later this week. Catch all the footage streaming on KITV ....
2008 Hawaii Merrie Monarch Festival: Hulamania Returns to the Big Island
Aloha Airlines' unexpected shutdown has certainly made this year's Merrie Monarch more exciting (in a bad way) than most had anticipated. Attendees are scrambling to ensure that they can still fly to Hilo for the fest. Halau (most of which...
Mehana Growlers -- Big Beer for Big Boys
James over at Big Island Grinds gives props to Mehana Brewing's new growler deal. It's a dinger. Pay $6 for a half-gallon of brewski made right there in historic Hilo. Have tried Mehana. Like it a lot. For beerhounds...
Hawaii Celebrities: Harrison Ford's 65th Birthday in Hilo -- What to Feed Steve Speilberg and George Lucas for Dinner
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Hawaii Hotels: Shipman House, a Hilo Gem
In 1901, after numerous pleas from his wife, Mary, Big Island rancher W. H. "Willie" Shipman purchased this graceful, secluded Victorian high above Hilo Bay for the grand sum of $13,000. Hospitality has ruled ever since. During a 1907 tour...
Hilo: "Hawaii's Forgotten City" Says Chicago Trib
But they mean it in a nice way. Ian Lind pointed out this Chicago Tribune piece covering the rainy (well, not as much as you think), sleepy burg on the eastern side of the Big Island. The article compares...
Merrie Monarch Roundup: The Show Started on Thursday
Here's a roundup of cool blogs / articles on the festival, which is the World Series of Hula. Wanda Adams at the Honolulu Advertiser has some great information on the topic on her blog. The Advertiser also has done a...
YouTube Video of the Day: Merrie Monarch Hula
The Merrie Monarch Festival is the Superbowl of hula competitions and its serious business in Hawaii. Halau practice for years to prepare for a trip to Hilo and the precision and grace of the top acts is truly breathtaking....
Big Island Candies: Home of the Best Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies
If you’re like me and you want to get a headstart on your holiday shopping (because the malls are going to be crazy this year, my friends), you’ve probably done a lot of browsing on the Internet. Shopping online is...
Earthquake spares Hilo
For the most part, Sunday morning's earthquake spared the Hilo and Puna districts of the Big Island. Still, we all felt the earth move. It moved a lot. It's still the topic of conversation, from Hilo to Pahoa, Kalapana to...
Big Island Restaurants: 50 Thrifty Eats on Big Island
Note: Sorry for busted links in the image and the text yesterday. Fixed. This is part of a series of five excerpts from a book by Jessica Ferracane, "50 Thrifty Big Island Restaurants". Foodies trolling for blue collar grubs...
Cool Shops: Dragon Mama
Wandering around Hilo a decade ago, I walked into this hippy-dippy, cozy little shop right on the main shopping drag fronting Hilo Bay. I was entranced by the bright bolts of colorful Japanese and Chinese fabrics and the exqisitely basic...
Rain, Rain -- Thanks, Sig Zane!
We've mentioned Sig Zane as one of Hawaii's coolest shops. Zane's alohawear has long been a fave among purist and the bicoastal-minded who prefer understated gear with a strong natural Hawaii theme. My wife has long wished that Sig Zane...
Food Review Round Up
* Catherine Toth has a fun overview of the evolution of shave ice, everyone's favorite Hawaii desert. * Dave Choo reviews NeoNabe, a nouveau Nippon hotpot place in Hawaii Business * Leeward Community College reopens its lunch spot, Pearl, where...
Shops We Love: Sig Zane
This is almost an obvious one to locals but virtually unknown to visitors, in part due to the untrafficked location of the two stores in Wailuku and Hilo. Sig Zane is a Big Island resident who makes some of...
