On the first working day of every month, at 11:45 in the morning, roughly 400 sirens sound at once across our islands. Most of us barely look up.…
Every August, the biggest showcase of Hawaiʻi-made goods under one roof takes over the Hawaiʻi Convention Center, and 2026 marks the 32nd time it has happened. The Made…
August is peak summer on Oʻahu: warm, mostly dry, and packed with some of the best community events of the year. The trade winds keep things comfortable, the…
There is a pink box that shows up at almost every local gathering. Someone’s auntie walks into the potluck, the beach cleanup, or the baby’s first birthday, sets…
Booked a Hawaiʻi hotel for 2026 and noticed the tax line crept up? You are not imagining it. On January 1, 2026, the state’s lodging tax went up,…
East Austin after 3 p.m. is one of our favorite food neighborhoods in Texas, because the east side does happy hour like a full contact sport. Within a…
When is the best time to visit Hawaiʻi? A local month by month guide to weather, crowds, prices, and whale season, so you pick the right time to go.
Live Oʻahu surf report updated every morning. Face heights for north, south, east and west shores, tides, wind, and today’s safest bet.
The Museum of Ice Cream in Austin is the pinkest building at The Domain, and whether it belongs on your itinerary depends entirely on who is in your…
The wind hits you first. You walk up the short paved path at the Nuʻuanu Pali Lookout, come around the low stone wall, and the trade winds pour…
Austin surprised us. We flew in expecting good barbecue and live music, and we left already planning the next trip, because this city stacks free swimming holes, a…
December might be the most underrated month to spend in the islands. Back on the mainland the malls are freezing and gray, and here we are stringing lights…
Drive as far west as the road goes on Oʻahu and you run out of pavement twice, once on the North Shore past Dillingham Airfield and once on…
Kailua has no shortage of breakfast lines, but only one place in town starts your morning the way a Singapore kopitiam does, and that is Cafe Kopi. Tucked…