Feng Shui Hawaiian Style: Lighten Up Your Life With the Fire Element
By Marta Barreras, Master Feng Shui Practitioner Have the stresses of life got you feeling burned out? Has your passion for living, your joi de vivre, become a distant memory of the past? Would you like to rekindle a sense…
Building with Bamboo
By Noel Morata Of the fastest-growing and reusable materials, bamboo is becoming a viable building material to be utilized in a tropical environment. David Sands is one of those passionate individuals who advocates and evangelizes the use of bamboo for…
Plantation Era Is Gone, and Pahala Lives On: Historic Preservationist Julia Neal Uses Hammer and Wood to Pull the Community Together
By Ann C. Peterson When the Pahala Sugar Mill closed in 1996, after 135 years as the town’s major employer, the village of Pahala in the Big Island’s southern district of Ka‘u went quiet. Some folks moved, but many local…
Zen Hostess, Keeper of Sacred Spaces
By Kim Cope Tait If you are just looking for a place to lay your head for a night or two, Akiko Masuda might just send you on down the road. She will do it with love and a casual…
Building a Home Hawaiian-Style
By Mike Moore When someone dreams of living in Hawai’i, they usually picture a home overlooking a white, sandy beach and swaying coconut palms, with a view of sparkling, crystal-blue waters. In reality, Hawai‘i offers such a diversity of landscape…
