TJ Maxx is opening their first store in Hawaii in Ward Center.  The discount retailer is opening this Thursday a gigantic 35,000 square foot space at the beginning of Auahi Street next door to the Hokua and the Koolani and across the street from the IBM building.  This will be the first of three stores […]

After opening up extremely successful stores at Kahala Mall and over on Maui, Whole Foods (WFM) is in the process of opening up another store.  The new location in Kailua will be open on April 18, 2012 and will have a huge 32,000 square foot space.  Kailua Ranch, the landowner, has spent approximately $12million to […]

Hawaii is rich with life.  Per square foot we have the most endangered species of anywhere so it is wonderful to know more about those who live among us.  The Honu or Hawaii green sea turtle is one such example.  There are some places where I visit and I can always sea a turtle there, […]

Honolulu ranked very high on a study on air pollution by the American Lung Association.  Honolulu ranked third behind  number 1 :Cheyenne, Wyo., and number 2: Santa Fe-Espanola, N.M .  The 2010 study looked at certain fine particulate matter over a 24 hour period and took the year’s average.

Insure.com published a research report ranking each state as to how expensive their auto insurance was and Hawaii came out as having relatively low insurance premiums.  Hawaii ranked #36 on the list out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  The study found that it was in the influence of state and other […]

Hawaii topped the list as the happiest state in the country to live according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index poll for 2009.  The poll collected data from some 350,000 people across the country to arrive at a well being score for each state. The well-being score for each state is an average of six sub-categories, […]

Volunteers are needed to count our humpback whales.  The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary will use these volunteers to count whales from various shoreline locations on O’ahu, Kaua’i and the Big Island this Saturday, and on Feb. 27 and March 27.  All counts are to be in the morning hours beginning at 8am. […]

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is awarding a total of $6.5 million to maintain and increase internet access at libraries in 11 states including Hawaii. The money will be used to purchase or upgrade computer hardware according to the Seattle-based foundation at libraries under the Hawaii State Library system. The funding will be used […]

For the second year in a row, Hawaii leads the nation as the state with the most millionaires per capita.  According to Phoenix Marketing International of New York.  Company has also reported that the number of millionaires has declined by 14 percent over the past two years.  Still Hawaii has 6.4% of its households, or […]

We are always in the mood for a new restaurant, so we are excited about this opening even if it only serves lunch at this time.  But, we can hope for more. Bruno Iezzi, a Honolulu restaurateur originally from Italy, has opened a lunch spot in the space formerly occupied by Jamba Juice on the […]