Bath Salts from Hawaii (last in this series about salts)
Bath Salts Hawaii - provides a premium, all natural bath salt made from the finest grade sea salts, natural skin conditioners, vitamins, moisturizers and 'essential oil' blends. These tropical scented bath salts are manufactured in Hawaii. About Bath Salts Hawaii - "As a young boy, my grandfather (a conservationist, fisherman and waterman) taught how to gather sea salts from the tidal pools on the beaches of Makaha, on the Island of O'ahu. Today to continue his tradition and legacy we provide these high quality bath salts to purify your well-being." Purchase bath salts at: www.wishiwereinhawaiishop.com
Ukulele Lesson by Bruce Shimabukuro
For those of you who are thinking about learning to play the ukulele but don't know where to start, here's a video to give you a starting point. Bruce Shimabukuro, an ukulele instructor and performer, was gracious enough give us a quick lesson on strumming and picking. It's not really a lesson on how to play the ukulele but more of just an overview of some of the basics. One of the places where he teaches is at Ukulele Pua Pua in the Sheraton Waikiki. The store is managed by Tyler, who is also an ukulele player. In fact, I believe ...
Beach Sunset (video)
It takes patience and luck to film stuff where weather is involved. This sunset video was planned for about a month but rain, clouds, wind, vog, traffic,...you name it...delayed filming until this week. I even drove out to the North Shore on a semi-cloudy day hoping that the weather out there would be better than it was in town. And even if it wasn't better, maybe, just maybe it would get better later in the afternoon. I was wrong. This first video is the actual sunset video with nice weather and everything. This second video is from that day that I ...
Aloha Wear
How Aloha Shirts are Made
Local clothing manufacturers have been making Aloha shirts and dresses in Hawaii...
Piko Clothing Line inspired by the Spirt of Surfing
To the ancient Hawaiians, the piko, more commonly known as the navel, was seen as...
Hawaiian Clothing Photo Shoot
We always have fun at our photo shoots. Over the years, we noticed that there is...
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History
Bath Salts from Hawaii (last in this series about salts)
Bath Salts Hawaii - provides a premium, all natural bath salt made from the finest...
A History Lesson about Salt – Part II – Sea Salt in Hawaii
The ancient Polynesians used bathing and soaking in the ocean to cure and ease everyday...
A History Lesson about “Salt” – Part I
Throughout history salt has been widely used and known by every civilization. The...
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Culture
PilauAlthough this word is not used as much as before most local people will know what this word means, used mostly when someone swears a lot or does something ethically wrong. Used in context: You went go see da pilau ting that bugga went go do? That bugga get one pilau mouth! Or, as we use it when someone else something that isn’t quite right – “One... [Read more]
Bath Salts from Hawaii (last in this series about salts)
Bath Salts Hawaii - provides a premium, all natural bath salt made from the finest grade sea salts, natural skin conditioners, vitamins, moisturizers and ‘essential oil’ blends. These tropical scented bath salts are manufactured in Hawaii. About Bath Salts Hawaii – “As a young boy, my grandfather (a conservationist, fisherman... [Read more]
A History Lesson about Salt – Part II – Sea Salt in Hawaii
The ancient Polynesians used bathing and soaking in the ocean to cure and ease everyday common calamities. To this day the ocean is a great rememdy for cleaning and purifying sores, rashes, and other skin ailments. Salt was also used to cure and preserve their food, and they would put it on their mead and fish as they prepared to leave on long journeys... [Read more]
A History Lesson about “Salt” – Part I
Throughout history salt has been widely used and known by every civilization. The earliest documented use of salts and methods of its extraction was first published in China around 2700 BCE. Roman soldiers were partly paid in salt money, salarium argentium, it is said to be from this that we get the word solider – ’sal dar’, meaning... [Read more]
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