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Indigenous Soap Can Change Your Life

Destination: Oahu/Waikiki
Article Source: Outrigger
Love Chance was a sophomore at the University of Hawaii when she got into soap. Really got into it. She says she was going through her hippie phase at the time, studying lomilomi massage and Hawaiian medicinal plants. She wasn’t looking to start up a business. Soap would be fun to make soap, she thought, and mixed up her first batch with a friend on top of a washing machine in her home. They named their soap Aina. That was almost 10 years ago. Read More
Not Your Grandmother's Muumuu

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Oahu/Waikiki
Article Source: Outrigger

When you think of a muumuu, you probably think of a heavy cotton dress with puffy sleeves and a shapeless tunic that falls to the floor, maybe with a ruffle around the bottom. You probably think of Hawaii and big, colorful floral prints. And you definitely think of your grandmother. Am I right? Well, Deb Mascia is here to show how wrong we both are. Because I’m pretty sure Cameron Diaz, Cate Blanchett, Michelle Obama and Susan Sarandon wouldn’t be caught dead wearing their grandmother’s muumuu.
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Pearl Harbor & USS Arizona Memorial

Destination: Oahu/Waikiki
Article Source: Outrigger

Facts about the attack on Pearl Harbor and traveler tips for the USS Arizona Memorial.
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Waikiki Beach Walk

Destination: Oahu/Waikiki
Article Source: Outrigger

Waikiki Beach Walk's outdoor entertainment plaza, nearly fifty new retailers, sixteen dining establishments, and five hotels welcome visitors and island residents alike; redefining the Waikiki experience.
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Air Raid Pearl Harbor. This Is Not a Drill.*

Dennis Rockney
Destination: Oahu/Waikiki
Article Source: Outrigger

The Memorial is the number one visitor attraction on Oahu and I’ve never been there, despite the fact that I’ve spent a fair amount of time on the Hawaiian Islands this past year. How, or perhaps more accurately, why, have I not visited this historical place?
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Bagging Litter

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Oahu
Article Source: Blog Post
As I walked down the sidewalk, I passed a slip of paper on the ground. I looked at it long enough to note that it was the stub of a used boarding pass. In the early morning fog that is my brain, I remembered writing once about how important it is to stop to pick up slips of paper like this one. How the act, even for a scrap, completed over and over again, turns into a habit and a way of thinking about taking care of our environment as if it is our living room. And how the act of picking up litter—especially someone’s else—witnessed by others, serves, possibly, as a pay-it-forward, chain reaction. Read More
The Hawaii Farmers Market Cookbook

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Hawaii Island
Article Source: Blog Post
From Watermark Publishing, The Farmers Market Cookbook is chock full of recipes and ideas of what to do with those interesting fruits and vegetables you find at farmers markets across Hawaii. The beauty of this book is that it isn’t meant to sit in the kitchen. It makes a handy companion to tuck into your reusable bag that you carry for stashing all your Hawaii farmers market finds. Read More
2010 Year in Pictures

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Hawaii Island
Article Source: Blog Post
In 2010, I traveled around the main Hawaiian Islands, exploring Oahu, Maui, Big Island and, of course, the island on which I live--Kauai. I always pack one of my various cameras when I travel, either my handy iPhone, portable Canon G9 or my SLR, a Canon 20D with a variety of lenses, including a fun and funky Lensbaby, walk-around 17-85mm, and a super-telephoto Tokina 75-400mm. I take way more pictures than I ever post on this blog. Here, in a review of 2010 in pictures, are many of those images that, for one reason or another, were never published. Enjoy.
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Top 10 Omiyage (Gifts) from Kauai

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post
Omiyage. The practice of gift-giving is an art in Japan. Those roots sprouted easily in the welcoming soil of Hawaiian culture when Japanese immigrants arrived. I've learned not to go anywhere with empty hands. Thankfully, these Hawaiian Islands offer a never-ending supply of gifts unique to Hawaii. Read More
70th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Commemoration

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Oahu
Article Source: Blog Post
Today, under a bright and sunny Hawaii sky more than 5000 people attended the 70th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Commemoration to recognize 120 survivors of the “day of infamy,” December 7, 1941. They were easy to identify: Most wore a hat with the word “survivor” embroidered across it. Read More