Overlooking the Pacific Ocean on the Southeast Coast of Oahu, Diamond Head is arguably the most famous volcanic crater in the world.  The crater was originally named Laeahi by the ancient Hawaiians, which means "brow of the tuna". The current name of Diamond Head came from British sailors in the 1800's who mistook the calcite crystals in the lava rock for diamonds. As far as vocanic activity, Diamond Head has been extinct for 150,000 years... Read Full Story

Hawaii is a business conference paradise, and thousands of mainland corporations use our little islands for reward trips, incentive trips, and business conferences. Business owners can now book meeting rooms with NetSimplicity's Enterprise Asset Management software, eliminating all of those pesky manual processes and administrative tasks. The benefit...? Get finished with the mundane and focus on the aloha of course! Ali Read Full Story

Hawaii's football program has taken a great deal of flak since January, but the coaches and players are dead-set on proving the nay-sayers wrong. Sure, there are some missing pieces - some out there are not even projecting a bowl game for the Warriors this season. Game Day is only six weeks away, and our beloved and amazing Warriors are back in action. Are you a fan? How do you forecast the 2008 season? How will they rebound from the Sugar Bowl in 2008? 08/30/08 Read Full Story

You can snow ski in Hawaii?? Really? When you think of snow skiing, Hawaii is probably not the first destination that pops into your head. If tropical snow skiing is your dream though, then Hawaii is the right place. People snowboard and snow ski on the Big Island at Mauna Kea (Hawaiian for white mountain), and many Hawaiians make it a weekly avocation. There are no ski lifts to take you up the 13,500 mountain, so you just rent a 4WD vehicle or hire a guide. Skiers take turns being the... Read Full Story

Just a quick reminder that the The Starbucks Annual Ukulele Festival (the world’s largest Ukulele festival) is coming in 2 weeks! The festival draws thousands of people each year. Here's the scoop: The 38th Annual Ukulele Festival Kapiolani Park Bandstand (Waikiki) Sunday, July 27, 2008 9:30 am - 1:30 pm Admission: Free Kicking off at 10 am, the free concert will feature the finest ukulele players, along with national celebrities, Hawaii's top entertainers, and a ukulele orchestra of... Read Full Story

Okay, so here's the latest on grandma... She has finally decided to leave the mountain and move in with us here in Honolulu under one condition. We'll need to put an addition on our home so that she'll have her own little kitchen, bathroom, and private entrance - kinda' like her own little attached apartment. I'm so HAPPY! She did look at some houses in her price range here, even saw a home she really liked but was afraid that it would need too much work done. So she surrendered to the... Read Full Story

Okay, get a pencil because you'll want to write this down. The #1 absolute best restaurant in all of Honolulu is Alan Wong's Restaurant and the li hing tomato and cucumber salad is the best salad in all the land! OMG, the li hing flavor makes your mouth water - it's that good and I want some now.I'm telling you this because you need to have at least one amazing dinner while you're here and I don't want you to leave without eating at Wong's. Okay, that's all for now - I'm off to dinner... Read Full Story

Although I live in paradise, I still love traveling to wonderful places - it's something that I love to do and treasure so much. It's just so exciting to go to cities, so new and invigorating with every change in scenery. It's really hard to put into words, believe it or not, but it just renews me. Does that make any sense at all? One of the cities that I plan to visit next summer is the city of Rome - so historic, so religious, and so classicaly Italian! I want to visit the Campo de' fiori... Read Full Story

Hawaii is a beautiful state, but did you know that it is also one of the most beautiful novels ever written? From the opening scene with Keoki relating the history of the Hawaiian people, I really think you'll love this novel by James Michener. Keoki, a native Hawaiian and first convert to the Christian faith has traveled across the ocean to America in hopes of convincing some of the upcoming graduates of a Calvinist College in New England to sail to Hawaii and share their faith with his... Read Full Story

Grandma... are you reading this? Of course you are because you read me every day - haha! My grandma lives in Kailua which is located in Windward Oahu. It's about 12 miles from Honolulu and it's over Nu'uanu Pali which is the tallest mountain peak in the Ko'olau mountain range - a lovely drive but not so good for grandma anymore. We're all worried about grandma because she is getting older and has diabetes so we hope to have her moving in with us soon. Grandma crosses Nu'uanu Pali once a... Read Full Story