Located just 10 minutes from the airport on the North Shore of eccentric Paia Town, Café Mambo is the perfect place to treat an out-of-town friend on a layover for a drink or three without worrying about denting your recession rebooted budget. Because seven days a week from 3pm-6pm Café Mambo boasts a tasty happy hour, offering a delicious assortment of margaritas and beer in … [Read more...] about Ballin on a Budget at Cafe Mambo
Getting Ready For Red Bull Jaws Paddle At Peahi
Twenty-one of the world’s most fearless big wave surfers have been invited to take on the notorious giant wave break in the inaugural Red Bull Jaws Paddle at Pe‘ahi event on Maui’s North Shore this winter. During the holding period of Dec. 7, 2012-Mar.15, 2013, competing athletes will drop-in on a monstrously ideal day with no assistance from motorized watercraft. That’s … [Read more...] about Getting Ready For Red Bull Jaws Paddle At Peahi
Aloha No Poohala Atay
(April 5, 1985- August 5, 2012) Po‘ohalakawilip‘h‘naum‘lamalamaakap‘mahina Bryson Atay, 27 was born in Kahului, Maui. But if you asked him, he’d say, “I from Hana!” Po‘ohala had a way about him, a way his Hawaiian ancestors referred to as “pa‘akiki” or unyielding. Unyielding like that of a confident warrior, he was steadfast in his own convictions and fiercely passionate … [Read more...] about Aloha No Poohala Atay
Pleasuretime by Afrolicious Album Review
Afrolicious’ Pleasuretime sounds like a questionable massage parlor package deal, but it’s really the latest EP by a band helmed by brothers Joe and Oz McGuire (released Mar. 27, with a full album due out later this year). Weaving squeaky clean Afrobeat, drawn-out dub and exotic vocals, Pleasuretime’s a fine follow up to Afrolicious’ 2011 success with their debut LP, Dub For … [Read more...] about Pleasuretime by Afrolicious Album Review
Coconut Wireless Remastered by Kepa Kruse Album Review
There are rare moments in life when you stumble on a diamond in the rough. For me, one of those moments was hearing the smoothly crooned lyrics, “I heard about you through the coconut wireless / I heard about you, know the things that you did,” in Kepa Kruse’s song “Coconut Wireless” (off his latest, likewise named album). I urge anyone who’s ever lived in Hawaii and … [Read more...] about Coconut Wireless Remastered by Kepa Kruse Album Review