I recently spent five days on the island of Kauai as a guest of Hawaii tourism. The first two days of my trip I was on a pretty tightly managed itinerary, for the remainder of my time, I got to wander about on my own with no particular requirements to be anywhere. This is my …
It is awesome to have friends who will take you to weird little turnouts on the side of the road just so you can walk along a gravelly trail in search of a handful of birds. I visited the island of Kauai on a recent press trip and on my free day, Kim Rogers (she …
The woman at Yumi’s smiled, a lot, and she was so welcoming. I was thinking I’d take my breakfast to go, but the room was lime green and orange and even though it was too hot in there, I wanted to stay. I got coffee, which was better than I’d expected it to be given …
There were seven of them, two women, five guys, total. They poured out of the big white pickup truck and ran down the beach. The guys were all wearing those funny fishing socks, the ones with the toes in them, and some of them were carrying masks and snorkels. One of the guys had a …
Dear Andrew; I have a confession. I kind of hated Waikiki the first time I was there. That’s not an unusual sentiment — I’ve heard lots of tourists dislike it, the shoulder to shoulder hotels, the terrible traffic, the shopping mall feel… if you’re not a fan of crowds or cream colored designer store fronts …