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Kapaa's Small Town Coffee

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Thu 6/30/2011

Destination: Kauai

When Anni opened Small Town Coffee five years ago, the free WiFi was a big deal. Now, WiFi’s not the only thing Small Town Coffee has going for it. The coffee must be pretty good. According to her website, Sunset magazine thinks her lattes could be the best in the world. A barista behind the counter pumps out iced and hot coffee drinks—from the aforementioned lattes to mochas, cappuccinos, macchiatos and Americanos to espresso and regular, old-school brewed coffee.
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Mark Twain's New Stamp

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Wed 6/29/2011

Mark Twain visited Hawaii in 1866 and fell in love. And yet these were his words on first sighting the Hawaiian Islands, which he insisted on calling “The Sandwich Islands,” after Captain James Cook. Oahu loomed high, rugged, treeless, barren, black and dreary, out of the sea, and in the distance Molokai lay like a homely sway-backed whale on the water.
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Maui Man Paddles SUP Board from Big Island to Kauai

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Tue 6/28/2011

Destination: Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui, Oahu

On Tuesday, June 21, just before 9:00 p.m., Bart de Zwart stepped off land at Keokea Bay on Big Island. Five days later, just before sunset on Sunday evening, he took his first steps on ground again at Kalapaki Beach on Kauai. He took 215,000 paddlestrokes to navigate his 14-foot stand-up board on what he called the “ultimate crossing,” a 300-mile journey.

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Hanging out with Sharks

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Mon 6/27/2011

Destination: Kauai

“If you come across a shark, don’t look it eye to eye and maybe it will hang around a while,” said Wayne, our dive master before we descended head first into a slot cavern at Kauai’s best summer shore dive—Tunnels. On a recent outing, Wayne had encountered a shark here—in this very same dive spot—and human and shark hung out for a while.
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Maui Snares the Sun

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Wed 6/22/2011

Destination: Maui

Someone asked me last year what my preferred super powers would be if a trail of smoke spiraled up from a bottle and materialized into a genie. And my answer, my super hero of choice: Maui, the Hawaiian demi-god who is credited with many feats. Using his magic hook, he fished up the Hawaiian Islands out of the sea. He carried the sky on his back up all 10,023 feet of Haleakala on the island that bears his name and pushed the sky higher. He discovered the secret of fire making from a bird. But that's not all.

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Fly Away Home Big Little Short-Tailed Albatross

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Mon 6/20/2011

Destination: Kauai

On Saturday, I headed to the North Shore of Kauai to check on some Laysan Albatross chicks. There are a total of 11 that I monitor on behalf of several wildlife agencies. Already, their wings have filled out from their stubby hatchling days. Brownish-grey down has given way to clean and white contour feathers covering their bodies. Primary and secondary flight feathers on their wings and tails are in—and groomed regularly by these chicks.
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Let's Try That Again

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Wed 6/15/2011

This photo was a mistake. If the image was clear, you’d know the fish was a classic reef fish, known as kihikihi in Hawaii and Moorish idol elsewhere in the world. They grow to about 8 inches in length, and use their pointy, orange and white snouts to find food in small crevices, as their signature trailing filament wafts in the water behind them.
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Let's Talk Story

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Thu 6/9/2011

This August, my high school graduating class will celebrate the 30th anniversary of our high school graduation. Really? 30 years? Can’t be. There’s something about living in Hawaii, the land of perpetual summer and nine-hour flights to the heartland, that freezes time in my mind. I cannot grasp the reality that I have high school classmates with children in college, getting married and, in some cases, having their own babies. I can’t be that old, can I?

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Kapalua Spa: My New Happy Place

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Tue 6/7/2011

Destination: Maui

Last week, amid the sounds of water trickling through bamboo rafters and the cool touch of polished countertops made of beach glass, I joined the pampered people at the 3,000-square-foot Kapalua Spa, a ritual in which I strongly believe.
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Hawksbill Sea Turtles in Hawaii

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Sun 6/5/2011

Destination: Maui

It’s turtle nesting season in Hawaii. There are eight species of sea turtles in the world’s oceans. Five swim in the waters of Hawaii and yet only one—the green sea turtle—is commonly spotted in the near-shore waters of all the main Hawaiian Islands. Another, the hawksbill, is critically-endangered and nests on the beaches of Maui and Big Island, primarily.
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