Tag: hilo
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June 15, 2007 07:24 PM EDT --
In the early 1900's, the last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Queen Lili'uokalani, gifted Hilo with 30 acres of land on Hilo Bay to be used as a park.
Started in . . .
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October 08, 2008 04:53 PM EDT --
My son Anthony had an appt in town at 3:30 pm yesterday.
We also had a couple of errands to run beforehand so we left home a bit before 2 pm
We ran the errands and still had a bit over an hour left . . .
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May 26, 2007 08:43 PM EDT --
The first time we visited this tiny little spot in downtown Hilo several months ago was at the urging of a friend who knew my son Anthony and I write restaurant reviews for The Hawaii Island Journal for . . .
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June 17, 2007 03:44 PM EDT --
Recently I wrote about "Shoroan" - Pine Ocean House, the Japanese style tea house located within the grounds of the Lili'uokalani Gardens.
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June 17, 2007 04:23 PM EDT --
As we continue to stroll through the beautiful Japanese Yedo style gardens, we pass lanterns and cross bridges
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July 08, 2007 02:28 PM EDT --
Jacy Oshiro & Sushi Chef Roy Kaneka holding a Chirashizushi Bowl -Nihon Restaurant-Hilo
One of the `long-time' landmarks in the Hilo area is the Nihon Restaurant located in one of the most . . .
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November 24, 2007 05:58 PM EST --
Mark Matto's Coconut Grill
By Sonia Martinez and Anthony Mathis
(c) February 15, 2006 - for The Hawaii Island Journal
After hearing from a friend about the Mark Matto's Coconut . . .
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November 25, 2007 08:31 PM EST --
Diane, Richard, Sam, John, Anthony, Jane & Tom - Craig had not arrived yet and I took the picture.
We had originally planned to spend Thanksgiving with a bunch of friends at . . .
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January 09, 2008 06:31 PM EST --
My son and I write reviews for one of our local papers. Sometimes the places we visit are considered fine dining, sometimes they are snack shops or eateries.....but we always go in unnanounced and . . .
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January 18, 2008 05:24 PM EST --
Our island is home to several quilting groups. Some of them concentrate mainly on traditional Hawaiian quilting designs, which are quite unique (I will do a post sometime soon about this beautiful . . .
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November 05, 2007 07:11 PM EST --
The pleasant custom of taking a leisurely tea in the afternoon was adopted by Hawaiian Royalty between the mid and the late 1880's even though it had long been the practice of the British families . . .
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January 12, 2008 04:37 PM EST --
Continuing to map out my articles in Gather by categories here are the TROPICAL TASTE series of articles I've been submitting twice a month as a Gather Food Correspondent
Starting . . .
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September 03, 2008 08:11 PM EDT --
Continuing to map out my articles in Gather by categories here are the TROPICAL TASTE series of articles I've been submitting twice a month as a Gather Food Correspondent . . .
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December 16, 2007 12:47 AM EST --
Our Hilo Farmers Market is a wonderful place to visit anytime of the year, but there is something special about visiting in the weeks just before Christmas.
The colors of the season were . . .
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February 17, 2008 11:38 PM EST --
Flying red banners announcing "Kung Hee Fat Choy" or Happy New Year in Chinese; Taiko Drums; Lion Dances; a children's Chinese costume contest; traditional Chinese dancers performing . . .
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July 13, 2008 03:12 PM EDT --
As I was flying in on Thursday, the usual clouds were a little bit less dense than usual and I could get fairly clear views of our island's coast...I started snapping away from the time we started . . .
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August 22, 2008 06:01 PM EDT --
Today's Tropical Taste is a little bit different from my usual.
During these hot days of late summer we have . . .
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February 17, 2008 11:48 PM EST --
The Chinese New Year starts on the first evening of a new year's month with a new moon and lasts for 15 days. It is also celebrated in China as the beginnings of Spring.
A traditional . . .
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August 19, 2008 10:37 PM EDT --
I posted the following in my blog on Saturday, August 16 - the 14th anniversary of my move to Hawaii. There is supposed to be an RSS feed that transfers my blog postings to Gather, . . .
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March 07, 2009 05:28 PM EST --
I'm continuing to catalog and list all of my articles in series by subject - hofully I will not duplicate some that appear already in any other of my 'collections'
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