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Get Your Fill of Spam in Waikiki

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Fri 4/23/2010

Destination: Oahu

Tomorrow, some 20,000 people are expected to crowd Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki on Oahu between 4:00 and 10:00 p.m. for—of all things—SpamJam. (Officially, Waikiki SpamJam.) Yes, we’re talking about the canned, spiced ham here.
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Play Hulo the Hawaiian Word Game

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Thu 4/1/2010

Destination: Hawaii Island

On a recent Monday morning at Keauhou Beach Resort, Kumu Keala Ching led visitors in a game of Hulo!, a Hawaiian word game. At first glance, it reminded me of Scrabble, but I quickly learned Hulo! is a little more rambunctious than Scrabble.

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Kauai Celebrates Prince Kuhio

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Fri 3/19/2010

Destination: Kauai

Tomorrow, the annual Prince Kuhio Celebration of the Arts commences. The week-long event uses the example of Prince Kuhio to remind us of the importance of serving our communities and showcases many of the arts and cultural practices of our host community, including hula, canoe racing, salt making, music and, of course, food.
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Hilo's Sig Zane Celebrates

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Thu 2/4/2010

Destination: Hawaii Island

I saw on my Facebook page that SigZane.com celebrated its 7th anniversary online earlier this week. The post read, “If we were counting in dog years, we’re just turning one.” And, of course, that made me smile. Not only because I am a dog person, but the comment—that unique way of thinking—reminded me of a conversation I had with Sig last November.

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New Year's Resolution

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Thu 1/7/2010

Destination: Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui, Oahu

A couple weeks ago, a group of virtual writer friends started posting their goals for 2010. They could all be my own: Write more, publish more, stop procrastinating. But out of the dozens of New Year’s resolutions I read, one stood out. And ever since I read it, I have pondered it. Rolled it around in my mouth like my dog eats peanut M&Ms.
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In Memory of Heroes in Hawaii

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Tue 12/8/2009

Destination: Oahu

When you live in Hawai'i, you don't forget December 7, the anniversary of the attack of Pearl Harbor 68 years ago. It's a day of remembrance. Today is another such day. The 25th anniversary of the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational. It only runs when the surf reaches heights of 20 feet at Waimea on O'ahu during the annual one-month holding period. In its 25-year history, the event has only run seven times. Today makes eight.
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Wild Pigs and White Sand Beaches in Hawaii

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Thu 10/29/2009

Destination: Kauai

When the first Polynesians roamed the vast Pacific in search of land, they loaded their canoes with all kinds of plants and animals to sustain themselves once they arrived at their destination—which turned out to be a place we call Hawai’i. One of the animals with which they arrived? Pigs. Pigs are culturally significant to Hawai’i, as you may know from attending a lu’au. But did you know they roam wild in and around civilization?

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Hawaii’s St. Damien

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Mon 10/12/2009

Destination: Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui, Oahu

Pope Benedict XVI canonized Jozef De Veuster yesterday, Rosary Sunday, October 11, 2009. In Hawai'i, we know him as Father Damien. He arrived in Hawai’i on March 19, 1864 as Brother Damien. Two months later, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace ordained him a priest. In 1873, Father Damien asked to be assigned to a peninsula on the north shore of Moloka’i, known as Kalaupapa, where he could minister to the 816 Hawaiians who had been exiled there, because they suffered from Hansen’s Disease.

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Multi-Cultural Healing on Kauai

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Wed 10/7/2009

Destination: Kauai

For centuries Hawaiians traveled to a healing heiau (sacred site) in Lawai valley. Then, in the late 1800s, Asian immigrants arrived to work on sugar plantations and erected Taoist and Shinto temples. In 1904, a series of eighty-eight small Shingnon shrines--miniature temples with figures of wood and stone--were crafted and set along a path to replicate a traditional temple pilgrimage route of more than 1,000 miles in Shikoku, Japan, that was established more than 1,000 years ago.
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Possibility is Alive on Kauai

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Mon 9/14/2009

Destination: Kauai

Earlier in the day, as I chatted with the gas station attendant who pumped gas into my Jeep, we both commented on the day. Only a few clouds mingled above the mountaintops in the center of the island. The sky and the ocean gleamed a brighter blue than normal. It felt like a chocolate sundae kind of day.
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