United Fishing Agency Auction…
better known as the Honolulu Fish Auction is held Mon-Sat mornings at 5:30 am at the Pier 38 location.
Hawaii Seafood Org…How does the fish auction work?
Honolulu Fish Auction (which was started in August 1952) is the only fish auction between Tokyo and Maine and the only fish auction in the US that […]

Do you believe in curses or do you think its just superstitios nonsense that drives people to return thousands and thousands of rock-filled packages to be “returned to Pele” each year?

Note: This post is from June 2011, however, while specific dates are obviously incorrect, the remainder of the information is fine.  You will also find a link to this year, 2012’s, bon dance schedule at the bottom of this post.
Summer is Bon Dance Season
Between this weekend and the end of summer,  Bon Dance season is […]

The USS Arizona Memorial
Everyone who has ever heard of Hawaii has heard of Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial.   They almost always know the story behind the opening hours of the U.S. entry into World War II that included the sinking of the battleship USS Arizona and the tragic loss of 1177 men that went […]

Yes, its snowing on Mauna Kea, on the Big Island of Hawaii…now!  I was going to embed a video from the Mauna Kea Observatory, but the video cameras are frozen over, so instead, I’m going to send you to the National Parks of the Pacific website and you can see the pics they have posted […]

Scheduled to open Aug. 29, 2011, Aulani will be a family destination featuring Disney cast members restaurants and water slides on the beach front property.
Built on 21 acres in Ko Olina, Aulani, will feature 359 hotel rooms and 481 two-bedroom equivalent Disney Vacation Club villas.
Rooms are housed in two 15-story towers with views […]

Recently, Bay View Mini-Putt Putt, on Oahu,  added a twin-line single seat zipline to its offerings.  Its only 400′ long, but then again, its only $40 for 3 rides.  The line takes you over the two putt-putt courses and you get a nice view of Kailua Bay (Oahu, not Kona)  in the distance.
Operating hours are […]

A question was asked on Yahoo Answers by a lady who wanted to know how to figure out exactly how much her room, tours, and groceries would cost her.  She was confused because she saw a figure of 13.42% being used (which I still don’t know what that would have been for), […]