On a family trip to Kauai in 2019, you woke up on the first morning in your comfy resort and sauntered down to the rental desk to book a car. You had many choices but opted for the bright green [...]
You’ve just flown into Lihue Airport from the mainland with your family, and as you steer your rented Jeep through Maluhia Road’s spectacular Tunnel of Trees, you find yourself turning up the volume on the Bluetooth. Your Ziggy Marley tune [...]
Any time is a wonderful time to visit Kauai. Identifying that elusive “best” time can be tricky because it is dependent on so many factors: What are you hoping to get out of your trip? Are you planning a wedding? [...]
Few actions provide more giddy anticipation than uncapping a Sharpie and scrawling “O N V A C A T I O N” across an entire week of your wall calendar. Having a tropical getaway to look forward to puts a [...]
You approach the lovely woman at the front desk to check in to your Kauai resort, and nearly faint on the spot. All she has done is smile at you and say, “Aloha, Mrs. Jones.” For an instant your brain [...]
As a little girl, you loved to drag your tattered white veil out of the dress-up box, run to your backyard sandbox and hold your daddy’s giant hand as he’d pretend to walk you down the aisle. He’d hum the [...]
“He almost looks like a puppy with all those whiskers,” you murmur to your friend. “A really HUGE puppy. . .” she whispers back. Neither of you can take your eyes off the enormous monk seal napping oh-so contentedly on [...]
Let the rain sing you a lullaby. - Langston Hughes You have been anticipating your trip to Kauai with the family for months. You’ve booked your ocean-view villa, dropped your beloved bulldog at the puppy palace, and kissed the mainland goodbye. [...]
You don’t like to take sides but . . . your family had debated which side of Kauai is the best to stay on -- the North Shore or the South Shore. You love the North because it manages to [...]
You and your spouse decided to truly unplug: You cleared your calendars, silenced your phones and went off the grid -- all in the name of reclaiming your inner calm. And what better place to do so than on Kauai’s [...]
