Featured Recipe: Pineapple Date Bars
by Shelah Jean Abubo | Aug 22, 2010 | Featured Island Recipes
A dear friend of mine recommended that I check out this cookbook , ‘Hawaiian Style Cooking’, by local Kauai resident, Rhonda Lizama. I have not had a chance to purchase the cookbook which includes over 600 Hawaiian Food Recipes, but I have checked it...
Hanalei Bay Beach House
by Shelah Jean Abubo | Aug 9, 2010 | Featured Kauai Vacation Rentals
I like every detail of this Hanalei beach house: from the antique pine floors to the wraparound lanai…and it’s in one of my all time favorite locations: Hanalei Bay, where I learned how to surf. The owners gave a lot of thought to this house, and it shows: white...
Kokua: That’s the Spirit
by Shelah Jean Abubo | Aug 30, 2010 | Daily Dose of Aloha
International Forgiveness Day was celebrated in over 80 countries in August – and that got me to thinking about kokua, the Hawaiian word for aid, assist, and cooperate. It also means “extending loving help to others without personal gain.” Kokua is why...
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