The Pineapple Project

Sometime last week I went up to the North Shore with my co-worker and his girlfriend to hang out at the beach, go surfing, and just cruise a...

When friends come to visit, it gives me the excuse to go out and explore places that I haven't been to yet.  I have a couple friends vi...

I'm not one to toot my own horn, but in this particular instance, it appears that a recent study has backed up what I have been saying f...

Kāneʻohe Bay is the largest sheltered body of water in the main Hawaiian Islands. This reef-dominated bay constitutes a significant scenic a...

As I wrote about earlier, I went to Kaua'i recently for a short trip of hiking, coffee drinking, and  kayaking .  It was the second time...

I realize this is a little bit of a ridiculous and "slow news day" type of post, but everyone who has visited has asked me the sam...

It has been brought to my attention that the East Coast and Midwest are being absolutely pounded by winter storms .  Weather.com is reportin...

The Judiciary's annual report - entitled Justice in Jeopardy - details the current state of the Hawaiian Judiciary and discusses the im...

As I have written about numerous times HERE and HERE, the State of Hawai'i is having budget issues (to put it mildly).  The annual budge...

Today, the Governor released his proposed operating budget for the next two years.  I have some thoughts on this, and I will share them even...

No, this post is not about the movie celebrating stoners.  Instead, it turns out that there is a weather phenomenon known as the Pineapple E...

Law school and the legal profession are unique beasts.  If you're not engaged in it, you really don't understand it.  My mom, even a...

Thursday night through Friday afternoon saw a major thunderstorm for the first time since I've been in Hawaii.  It made for a very wet f...

I grew up in Delaware . This has proven to be great fodder for comedy among my friends in college and law school.  The most common phrase I ...

It's easy to forget sometimes just how young Hawaii is as a State (1959).  Today, I remembered when I found out that Neil Abercrombie wa...

History Lesson When we went to Kaua'i last week, I wrote about how we went to the Waimea Brewing Comany and sampled their beer.  Aft...

Earthquakes on the Big Island 1962-1985 Growing up in the mid-Atlantic region and going to college in Washington, DC, I am not accustomed...

Waimea Canyon, on Kauai's  West Side , is described as "The Grand Canyon of the Pacific." Although not as big or as old as the...

The Na Pali Coast, which is officially a State Park, may be one of the most breathtaking things I have ever seen.  It's hard to describe...

This weekend I went to Kaua'i (it's easy to go for a weekend when you have Furlough Fridays off).   Kauai is Hawaii’s fourth largest...