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Hawaii Trips and Photos
by Kathie Walling
Reports and photos of Kathie Walling's Hawaii trips between 2005 and 2009.
2009 Hawaii Trips
2009 July Oahu Trip
I planned my July 17-31, 2009 Honolulu trip
around the Roy Sakuma Ukulele Festival in Kapiolani
Park, the Prince Lot Hula Festival at Moanalua Gardens,
the Darren Benitez and Hoku Zuttermeister concert
at the Bishop Museum, and Walter Rhee's all-day Saturday
Chinatown Food Tour. This turned out to be a great time
to visit Honolulu because plenty of other exciting events took
place during that same two week period.
2009 May Oahu Trip
My May 2009 Honolulu trip was a very special
trip focused on family (more about this later).
2009 March Oahu Trip
I planned my March 2009 trip around the Hawaii Academy
of Recording Arts HARA Lifetime Achievement Awards
Ceremony at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. I also watched
two parades that week: Honolulu Festival Parade
and the Waikiki St. Patrick's Day Parade, both on
Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki.d
2009 January Oahu Trip
I planned this trip around the Breathe Concert
at the Hawaii Theatre, the Ala Wai Challenge Canoe
Races and Hawaiian Games in Ala Wai District Park, and
the USS Missouri, 65th Anniversary, Might Mo Cookoff
and Concert in Pearl Harbor.
2008 Hawaii Trips
2008 October Oahu Trip
Events I attended during my October 2008
Hawaii trip included the Na Hoku Hanohano Aha Mele
Concert, Halloween night in Waikiki, and
an all-star jazz evening at Don Ho's Island Grill,
where I met Hawaii photographer Michi Moore
and 101 year old ukulele player Bill Tapia for
the first time.
EVENTS
Nov 2: Marriott: (Mahi, Kuo, Pahinui, Ingano
2008 August Oahu Trip
The highlight of my August 2008 Hawaii trip
was Amy Hanaialii's "Celebration Aumakua"
CD release party at the Aloha Tower Marketplace.
2008 July Oahu Trip
Events I attended during my July 2008 Hawaii
trip included the Roy Sakuma Ukulele Festival
in Kapiolani Park, a dinner concert at Chai's
Island Bistro featuring HAPA, and music
performances by Henry Kapono and Lopaka Colon
at Duke's Waikiki and performances by Jerry
Santos and Eddie Kamae at the Hilton Hawaiian
Village Tapa Bar.
2008 May Oahu Trip
My May 2008 trip was mostly devoted
to handling important family business.
2008 April Oahu Trip
During my April 2008 Trip I took
my mother to a fancy afternoon tea
at the Waioli Tea Room in the
Manoa Valley. I love that place!
2008 February Oahu Trip
I have to remind myself what I did
during my February 2008 Hawaii trip.
2008 January Oahu Trip
Activities and events I participated
in during my February 2008 Hawaii
trip included visiting the Aloha Stadium
Swapmeet, driving across Central Oahu
from Honolulu to the North Shore
surfing beaches.
2007 Hawaii Trips
2007 December Oahu Trip
During my December Hawaii trip I saw
Neal Sedaka on a live taping of the
Night Time with Andy Bumatai Show, which
had recently moved from the Hilton
Hawaiian Village Hotel to the upstairs
"Society of Seven" Showroom at the Outrigger
Waikiki on the Beach Hotel.
2007 September Oahu Trip
One of my sisters met me in Honolulu
in September of 2007 and we packed
plenty of activities into our week-long trip.
On my own I attended the Aloha Festivals
Falsetto Contest at the Sheraton Waikiki
Hotel, and spent an entire day at the beautiful
Abhasa Spa at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. I also
attended two tapings of the Andy Bumatai show
at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Resort and took
an architect's tour of downtown Honolulu.
I spent a night in my sisters vacation rental
in Waimanalo in East Oahu, and together we
attended the Sea Life Park Luau, ate at Buzz's
Steak House in Kailua, and visited the Byodo In Temple,
Kailua Beach, Lanikai, Hoolamaluhia Gardens,
the the Pali Lookout, and the Waimanalo Polo Fields.
(WASN'T THERE ANOTHER TRIP IN THE SUMMER OR FALL OF 2007?)
2007 August Oahu Trip
On my August 2007 trip I took the home of the Brave Tour,
and spent an entire day at the Waikiki
Plantation Spa.
2007 June Trip
I think on this trip I took my parents
out for a fancy afternoon tea at the
Halekulani Hotel.
2007 February Oahu Trip
On this trip my sister and I shared an
oceanfront suite at the New Otani Beach Hotel
for part of our trip and we shared a room
at the Ihilani Resort and Spa in West Oahu
for a few days at the end of our trip.
We also visited the Kualoa Ranch, the Dole Plantation,
and on the Dole Plantation Day we ate lunch
at the Grass Shack Grill in Haleiwa.
2006 Hawaii Trips
2006 October Oahu Trip
On this trip I stayed at four different hotels,
the Manoa Valley Inn Bed and Breakfast,
the Aqua Bamboo Hotel on Kuhio,
the historic Royal Hawaiian Hotel, and the
New Otani Kaimana Bech Hotel. I attended
the Aloha Festivals Falsetto Contest in the
Monarch Ballroom of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel,
took Matthew Gray's "Hole in the Wall" food
tour with my parents, and toured Doris Duke's
Shangri La Mansion with my mother after we
had a lovely lunch at the Honolulu Academy of
Arts. I also attended the Hispanic Heritage
Festival in Kapiolani Park and experienced a
significant earthquake on October 15, 2006!
(TRYING TO REMEMBER DATES OF OTHER 2006 TRIPS)
2006 January Oahu Trip
Activities included taking a circle island
flight above Oahu, drove around the island,
had lunch at Fumi's Kahuku Shrimp Truck,
visited the north shore surfing beaches,
at lunch at the Grass Skirt Grill, went sightseeing
at Hanauma Bay, the Halona Blow Hole, Moanalua Bay,
and the Pali Lookout. We visited the most popular
Pearl Harbor attractions: the USS Arizona Memorial,
the USS Bowfin Submarine, and the USS Missouri
Battleship. At this time, the Pacific Aviation
Museum had not yet opened on Ford Island.
We at at two Italian Restaurnats, one at the Koko
Marina Center in Hawaii Kai and one on the street
level of the Marriott Waikiki Hotel.
See also:
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Attractions in Hawaii
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Activities in Hawaii
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Events in Hawaii
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