You wake up on your wedding day, gaze out the window at the ocean, and still can’t believe you’re getting married on the island of Kauai. Though busy, you’ve been surprisingly relaxed during the week you’ve spent here leading up [...]
During an extra happy happy hour at your local pub back home in Chicago, you, your wife and two other couples all toasted your half-priced martinis to “Getting out to Hawaii together someday!” That “someday” has actually arrived, and you [...]
Your husband and son are off to Shipwreck Beach to shore fish with a couple of rented poles, some squid bait, and lots of enthusiasm. Neither of them has any idea what they’re doing and you can’t wait to [...]
You’ve decided it’s time to cross “Vacation in Hawaii” off your bucket list and book a trip, but you’ve never been before and are not sure which island to try. Your friends have serious opinions about their favorites, but all [...]
MORNING GLORY It’s your first morning on the island. You wake up comfy in your villa’s fresh white bed and glance at the clock: 6:11 am. You are just awake enough to calculate the time difference back home (8:11!) and [...]
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 [...]
You can think of few things more romantic than a destination wedding and thankfully your fiance loves the idea, too. Destination weddings can be expensive, however, and there are many moving parts, so choosing the locale wisely is vital for [...]
You’re daydreaming about Kauai . . . again. You’re craving the lazy warm days, turquoise waters, sea turtles, big mai tais, friendly locals and well, big mai tais. You think 2020 may be your year to return, but you naturally [...]
In an early scene in Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster, Jurassic Park, two official jeeps filled with visiting scientists pull up to the imposing fire-lit gates of, well, Jurassic Park. As the gates swing open to let the visitors drive through (and [...]
“Yahtzee!” your spouse yells -- his voice booming from your lanai up through the palm trees and into the blazing blue sky. And though you are sorry to lose this game, he pumps both his fists with such glee you [...]
