“The Polynesian voyages are probably the most epic journeys ever undertaken by man,” says Mike DeMotta, the assistant director of horticulture at the National Tropical Botanical Garden. We're in Kauai, and he says this by way of introducing Ryan and I to the two dozen...
The recent obsession with our tangerine tree got us to thinking about all the farmland wisdom we've received over the last year. In particular, we’ve been reliving our visit to the edible Shangri-La that is Kauai Fresh Farms. Located on the 500-acre Wai Koa Plantation on Kauai’s North...
“Nice weather for ducks, as they say,” Lee Roversi remarks, apropos of this rainy Hawaiian morning, and apropos of the actual ducks we're about to meet. Unlike the chickens that would wreak havoc in the garden, she says, “We can keep them free range —...
“This place is classic Hawaii,” the guy tells us from across the pool table at Stevenson’s Library at the Grand Hyatt Kauai. He’s a local and has been coming here for years. For Ryan and me, this is only our second trip to the hotel...
Boarding happened in record time. The first rows were called at 10 AM, and all passengers were boarded — with seatbacks and tray tables in their fully upright and locked positions — by 10:12. “This isn’t the flight you want to miss,” the gate agent said as she scanned...