Entries tagged 'Kailua'
Hawaii Beach Erosion: Kailua Beach - Going, Going, Gone?
A picture tells 1,000 words and this one from the Honolulu Advertiser tells it all. Kailua Beach, on the Windward Side of Oahu, is in dire straits. Huge chunks have eroded, leaving roots of shading ironwood trees exposed. Erosion...
Obama on the Beach in Hawaii - Kailua
The video does not do Kailua Beach justice. Dawn lighting in overcast not so great. This is a world class beach. Interesting vid, tho -- how many people are staying in that house?...
Kailua Traffic Hell: Hawaii's Own Big Dig on the Windward Side
Kailua is often touted as the ultimate scenic day-trip from Waikiki, a lovely beach town with stunning endless sands, no (well, one) high rises, lots of bike paths, windsurfing, bird sanctuaries -- you get the picture. Too bad that Kailua...
Vacation Rental Brouhaha: Oahu to Vacation Renters --Be Vewy, Vewy Careful.
Honolulu Advertiser running a story on the latest in Hawaii's county governments' attempts to frighten away tourists (precisely when the visitor numbers are fallling) -- apparently city investigators have been mounting sting operations on vacation rental operators by posing as...
Lanikai Beach War Brewing? Kailua Nabe Board Affairs
I track goings on in Kailua because its one of my favorite places to visit and the beaches are superb. We usually go to Kailua Beach Park because parking is easy. Lanikai is as pretty and a nice change of...
Hawaii Beach Guides: Kalama Beach Park - Kailua Lite
This little park is a hidden gem tucked away from the rest of Kailua on the northern reaches of the vast Kailua Beach. How is it different than Kailua Beach Park and Lanikai? It's a little less crowded, for starters....
Hawaii Beach Guide : Lanikai - Faded Favorite but Still Fab
Dr. Beach, Stephen Leatherman, has picked this stretch of lovely pinkish sand as America's Best. Lanikai is a gem but one with a growing list of caveats. First, among all the great Hawaii beaches, Lanikai may have suffered the...
Hawaii Barack Obama Travel Guide
This is the first installment in a semi-random series of notes on where Barack Obama (or Barry as he was known out here) hangs/hung out in the island. We'll start with the most obvious -- a recent picture of Obama...
Lucy's Bar & Grill : When in Kailua...Do As the Locals Do
We were over at the beach in Kailua yesterday and it had been over a year since we had last eaten at Lucy's Bar and Grill. That's about a year too long. Now, I would never say Lucy's has the...
Oaks Hawaii Holiday Trunk Sale @ Global Village
Hippy chic designer Roberta Oaks opens her closets for a trunk sales this Sunday at one my favorite stores on Oahu, Global Village, in Kailua. This sale is worth a road trip with side stops at the beach and Maui...
Get Your Hands on Some Artsy Gifts at Lodestar Collective’s Final Gallery Show
Lodestar Collective—a beautiful Kailua gallery that has regularly showcased the works of six of Hawaii’s most promising young artists for the past year—will be hosting its final show this month before closing its doors to the public on December 31....
Hawaii Beach Guides: Oahu Beginner Surf Spots -- Flat Island
Here's the latests in our series of beach lists from John Clark, the noted Hawaii beach expert and all around beach nut, will be feeding us his extremely informed take on best beaches around the Aloha State. At any rate,...
