One day around lunchtime you suddenly have a craving for some Poke (poh-kay). In Hawai’i, you would say: “I am so ono for Poke!” Your friends would immediately understand and probably agree with you. Someone in the group would set off for the neighborhood market and pick up some fresh Poke, perhaps a few Poke… Read more »
Tag: Maui Life
Every May, Focus Is on a Great Achievement – Diverse Cultural Heritage
In many of our blogs, we talk about the preservation of all things Hawaiian. If the preservation work had not begun decades ago, we would not know all the beautiful things about Hawai’i that we know now. So much would have been lost forever. Beginning in the late 1940s, a small group came together in… Read more »
Fruit Lovers Paradise – You Will Rejoice When You Come to Hawai’i
From Baggage Claim, go straight to the Farm Fresh-Fruit Stand! Whenever I have a conversation with someone about their visit to the islands, they always tell me, with a dreamy look, how much they love the fruit in Hawai’i. Some visitors know precisely what they want and head from the airport to their favorite place… Read more »
A Little Fruit With a Big Story – The Uses of Guava in Hawai’i
Many years ago, I remember hearing people talk about one tropical fruit they experienced when visiting Hawai’i. That fruit was the guava. People found these remarkable fruits everywhere – on hiking trails, along roads, in pastures, and throughout all the state and national parks. Some guava were small, sweet, and red, while others were yellow… Read more »
Kama’aina – The Children of the Land. The Hawai’i Kūpuna Series, Part 1
What is it that makes Maui or Hawai’i the special place that it is? Most visitors would probably answer that it’s the beaches, the surfing, the year-round close to perfect weather. They would all be wrong. The most important and memorable part of Hawai’i is the people These are the people whose ancestors discovered these… Read more »