Living on the Big Island

A gift from our ʻohana to yours! Hawai‘i loves all the holidays. We pop firecrackers, uncork champagne, carve turkeys, hand out candy, light candles, wave flags and kick off parades…

We’ve been talking a lot about “Mālama Hawai‘i,” the new initiative from Hawai‘i Tourism Authority that is about so much more than tourism. It’s kind of an education program, focused…

Are you buying a home on Hawai‘i Island? Congratulations! Like we do, you love the Big Island, and you want to sink your toes in the sand, and embrace your…

This place is Kauna‘oa. It shares the name with a fabulous plant, the orange dodder, a tangle of threads which thrives in salt air and lives without roots in the…

Aloha and congratulations! You’ve made the decision to make Hawai‘i Island your home. Our island is a uniquely wonderful place to live, and we hope you enjoy your new life…

Moving pets to Hawai‘i is a lot easier than it used to be. Until a few years ago, the state’s quarantine program required cats and other pets to be quarantined…

It’s the season of gratitude. And although it looks different this year thanks to COVID, here in Hawai‘i we have plenty to be thankful for—blue skies and sunshine, beautiful nature…

As Hawai‘i begins welcoming people back to the islands, the Hawai‘i Visitors & Convention Bureau (HVCB) and other organizations are working hard to “grow” Hawai‘i as a more interactive, more…

If you’ve spent any time in Hawai‘i, you know that food is everything. You’ll share ample potluck tables at social gatherings, snacks at meetings, beach picnics, church BBQ’s, food festivals,…

“On the Beach 2020”Courtesy Brian E Powers, Hawaiian Images Photography & Video These strange days the world looks different, but it doesn’t all look bad. As birds return to cities…