The Only Show In Town
There’s a scene in the movie Shrek in which Shrek tells his sidekick Donkey, “Ogres are like onions.” “They stink?” asks Donkey. “No,” retorts Shrek. “Onions have layers. Ogres have layers.” This...
View ArticleDIY/HI Aloha Friday: Free Hula Lesson
a photo by josie’s 3rd { sheila } on Flickr Face it. You’ve always wanted to dance the hula and now’s your chance to learn. In the privacy of your own home. Follow the video instructions and don’t...
View ArticleDIY/HI Aloha Friday: Lounge Wizards
I used to listen to Martin Denny when I was a kid. Really. It was a safe way to visit the jungle. No snakes, no giant spiders, no prehistoric, man-eating pirhanas. Denny was an originator of “Exotica,”...
View ArticleDIY/HI Aloha Friday: Why? No Ass Why.
This weekend’s assignment. Learn a little pidgin. Not this pigeon: This pidgin (From “Pidgin to Da Max”) A pidgin ( /ˈpɪdʒɪn/), or pidgin language, is a simplified language that develops as a means...
View Article6th Annual Celebration of the Arts – Hawaii’s Modern Masters
This article comes from Janice K., one of mvnp’s traffic managers who keep this agency moving. The Annual Celebration of the Arts kicked off it’s opening reception near the entrance of Coach Waikiki....
View ArticlePow Wow Hawaii 2012
What do you get when you harness the collective creativity of Hawaii’s graffiti artists together in about four urban blocks? You get Pow Wow Hawaii 2012. It’s the second annual celebration of urban art...
View ArticleHawaii Artifacts by Mike Wagner
Look around Honolulu and you’ll find colorful reminders of yesteryear when Honolulu was a young city in bloom. Geometric lines of Art Deco and Art Nouveau curves converged with America’s neon optimism,...
View ArticleKamehameha Day Parade: Worthy of a King
Hawaii’s King Kamehameha (c. 1758 – May 8, 1819) was known by many names, Kamehameha I, Kamehameha the Great, and his Hawaiian name, Kalani Pai‘ea Wohi o Kaleikini Keali‘ikui Kamehameha o ‘Iolani i...
View ArticleOh! Bon at the Moiliili Summer Fest
Last weekend we ate, drank and danced ourselves silly at the Moiliili (pronounced Mo-illy-illy) Summer Fest in the center of Honolulu. Billed as part obon festival and part street fair, there were food...
View ArticleGong Xi Fa Cai(Mandarin) & Gong Hey Fat Choy
Welcome to new Nat Hi contributor, Michellee Phelps, Senior Project Manager (she’s still nice and polite—we’ll give her a few more weeks). Thanks Michelle for the pics and all. My husband Will and I...
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