At Ala Moana Park – have you noticed?

 
Just wondering how many of us who regularly drive past Ala Moana Beach Park ever really take notice of the trees, plants or flowers.  One day while walking through the park and through the distractions, traffic noise, and people bustling about, I noticed this banyan tree that fronts Ala Moana Blvd., that I never really noticed before –  it made me realize that [...]

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 [...]

Hawaiian Monk Seal

Why are these Seals unique? While most seals are found in colder waters, the Hawaiian Monk Seals enjoy the lounging on the warm beaches of Hawaii. While you may spot some on the Northern islands such as Kauai, there have been spottings on the other islands as well. Most of the Seals live in the [...]

8 Minute Sunset in 20 Seconds (video)

I wish my camera had a time lapse feature. But since it does not, I must resort to speeding things up on the time line in Premiere. Here’s what a sunset looks like at 30X normal speed.

Hawaii’s Epic Surf

Hawaii’s north facing shores has been experiencing epic surf this winter and it hasn’t let up yet!    This much great surf hasn’t been here for over a decade, with swells from 10 feet plus heights.  With the Eddie Aikau Invitational Surf Meet happening last December, the only time this surf meet happens is when the waves [...]

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 [...]

Sharks Cove Summer vs Winter Waves (videos)

If you and the kids want to explore tide pools to check out little fish, crabs and other creatures, Sharks Cove is good place to go (when it is calm). It features a huge tide pool shielded from waves by a natural outer rock wall making it ideal for kids. It’s also a pretty good [...]

“From Here to Eternity” Beach (video)

Remember that famous beach scene in the 1953 movie, “From Here to Eternity”? That scene was shot at Halona Cove Beach on Oahu. Halona Cove Beach is sometimes referred to as “Eternity Beach” because of that movie. Anyways, I’ve always wanted to visit that beach since I pass it every time I go to Makapuu, [...]

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