Kauai News

“Keeping Your Heart Open” on Kauai

April 21st, 2011
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If you’re taking a Kauai vacation in early May, check out this lecture and workshop by Nancy Slonim Aronie, author of Writing from the Heart and a frequent contributor to NPR’s All Things Considered.

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Kauai’s Bethany Hamilton in “Soul Surfer”

April 14th, 2011
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I’ll never forget the sinking feeling in my gut when I heard ambulance sirens screaming toward Princeville. It was a perfectly clear, crisp late October morning – way too beautiful of a morning for anything bad to happen.

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Kauai Beachfront Rentals + Hawaii Airfare Sale

March 15th, 2011
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Towering kamani trees, swaying palms, a sprawling front lawn… the Kauai beachfront homes at Hale O’ Naue are an escape to “old Hawaii.”

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Airfare Sale to Kauai from the Bay Area

March 1st, 2011
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Alaska Airlines has some great airfares to Lihue if you purchase your ticket by March 9.

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Kauai Events: Don’t Miss LOVELAND

January 16th, 2011
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It’s really surprising how much live entertainment we have on Kauai, despite being smack in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In just the last two months we’ve had concerts by Los Lobos, Leo Kottke, Maria Muldaur and Dan Hicks backed by the SF Jazz All Stars. And on Feb. 2, Grammy winning Asleep at the Wheel will perform at…

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Kauai’s Bali Hai is Calling…

July 14th, 2010
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Bali Hai may call you, Any night, any day, In your heart, you’ll hear it call you: “Come away…Come away.”

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Rock ‘n Rollin’ at the Hanalei Trike-a-Thon

June 28th, 2010
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Every June, the Hanalei Canoe Club sponsors an 8 Mile Run/Walk culminating with an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast. Of course that’s way too far for my two boys—Stone (5) and Tiger (2)—so we attended the annual “Trike-a-Thon” instead, a fundraiser for Aloha School.

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The Kauai iPad

June 18th, 2010
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So, we have no excuses… We just got the most fantastic new tool to keep all of our Kauai Blog Fans on tip top of the Kauai ‘scoop’ and important (and some ‘not so important’ but rather fun) information… Two words sum it up, ‘iPad’ and ‘WordPress App’! On the road, on the beach, from the mountains to the sea,…

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Monk Seal Reward Nearly Quadruples

June 14th, 2009
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LIHU’E – An outpouring of compassion from the community regarding the recent slayings of two monk seals has driven the reward offered for information leading to arrests and convictions from $3,000 to nearly $11,000 in the past week. “I’ve been tremendously surprised and grateful by the response,” said Steve Benjamin, membership coordinator and Web site administrator for Surfrider Foundation Kaua’i…

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Community Rallies to Repair & Re-open Polihale

April 21st, 2009
Polihale Bridge Re-Constructed by Volunteers

Polihale State Park has been closed since severe flooding destroyed an access road to the park and damaged facilities in December.  But the Kauai community has pulled together and donated the resources, man power and the equipment to repair the bridges, roadways and facilities at one of Kauai’s most loved beaches, Polihale.  Read the full article on CNN. The following…

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