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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

May 31, 2010 – Memorial Day at the National Memorial of the Pacific – Punchbowl, Oahu, Hawaii

A visit to Punchbowl on Memorial Day on a sunny day,  brought a sense of awe and inspiration as you see the flags waving with the tradewinds blowing.  It is an unexplainable feeling as you stand and look around and know that with all that is happening in the world today, how [...]

Aloha Spirit

What exactly is “Aloha Spirit?” Did you know that there is actually a law that is written in the Hawai’i Revised Statutes on the Aloha Spirit (read HRS below) . So this goes a lot deeper than what we normally see written about the meaning of Aloha or the Aloha Spirit.  
 So here’s a story – [...]

Island Style Decorating Idea – Number 3

Hawaiian quilt designs – the Hibiscus.  Get this quilted pillow cover for your sofa, chair or bedroom decoration.   Quilting was introduced to Hawaii in the 1820’s by the missionaries, and the designs represent nature and plants in Hawaii.

Mele Kalikimaka

Mele Kalikimaka is a transliteration of Merry Christmas. The Hawaiian language has 13 sounds and 13 alphabets. We won’t go into the process of analyzing how “Merry Christmas” got to “Mele Kalikimaka” but as a simple example the Hawaiian language does not have the letter “R” so “L” is its subtitute and the “li” becomes [...]

The Hawai’i State Flag – Current and “Original?”

In 1816, Kamehameha the Great authorized the creation of the current Hawaiian Flag to represent the nation, Hawaii. Hawaii’s independence was challenged in 1843 by Lord Paulette but on July 31, 1843, Admiral Thomas was sent by Great Britain to officially restore and recognize Hawaii’s sovereignty and flag.
This was the birth of “Ua mau ke [...]

Aloha Jam Tribute Concert for Legendary Female Surfer – Rell Sunn

Plans for a full size statue of  legendary surfer Rell Sunn has been designed by artist Lynn Liverton on the island of Oahu.  Rell Sunn known as the Queen of Makaha died 12 years ago at the age of 47 from breast cancer.  Her daughter Jan Sunn-Carreira has been encouraged to dedicate a statue of Rell [...]

Hawaii’s 50th Anniversary

As we near the end of 2009 – this year marked the 50th Anniversary of Hawaii becoming the 50th State.  On August 21, 1959, President Eisenhower signed the proclamation to make Hawaii the 50th State.  Hawaii celebrated with many different events.  
Read the many historical moments that lead up to that day:   http://hawaii.gov/statehood/