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My old friend Lesa Griffith went to Maui and uncorked a nifty find. Turns out a crackerjack resto team with a chef who formerly was a sous at the famed Union Square Tavern is doing locally sourced cuisine in hole-in-the-wall in Makawao. It’s nondescript name is Market Cafe. Lesa

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A message from the Oahu Visitors Bureau that I like — come to Hawaii this fall and support Susan Komen breast cancer research efforts. Here’s a deal from Aqua Resorts.

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This is the only Japanese style fish auction in the U.S. It’s also the premier national market for ahi (most of what you eat in NYC and LA comes from here) as well as swordfish. You can even bid if you want — though you’ll likely get spanked. For

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Totally insane. This summer has been completely on fire and lots of waves like this been had.

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The eye-popping bright colors and high winds make Hawaii a paragliding paradise. Witness this footage shot in 2008 over Koko Crater (in Honolulu near Waikiki) on Oahu. It’s enough to make you up your deductible. Gravity Hawaii has the paragliding goods on this on Oahu. Call them up, strap

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Wish she would post more often. Monthly is not enough as the reviews are better than most and often off-beat. Check out this piece on the nouveau Indian cuisine of the Halekulani Hotel’s Vikram Garg.

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I’ve been on the Pua Po’o Tube Hike in HAVO several times and just love the peace and fragility of these places. There are many paid tours but none are as good as the ranger-guided tours at the park, which are free (if you pay park admission of like

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Fyndhawaii.com is something we contemplated for a while. At first I was doing this as a Hawaii-centric search engine but had troubled tuning it the way I wanted. Then along came Twitter. I wanted to figure out a way to create a real-time stream of deals / things to

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Image by bobster855 via FlickrJoin the discussion ongoing at SoMuchMoreHawaii.com. Local bloggers talking about what makes their island unique — for me, Oahu where I live, the diversity is what makes my island unique. I can be hiking a waterfall trail in the morning, surfing at a secluded break at

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Image via WikipediaWho knows whether this is really true or just another lawsuit? Regardless, guests at the Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Mandara Spa may want to pack some Tilex on the way in, according to this article in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin covering mold lawsuits at the Hilton Hawaiian. The mega-hotel (the

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