Oh Wow Luau – VIP Treatment at the Royal Kona Resort

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Damon

On Friday evening, the Royal Kona Resort was kind enough to let me come check out their facilities and see their famous luau put on by their food and beverage department along with Tihati Productions. It was total VIP treatment from the moment I checked in to the moment I checked out!  I received a [...]

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Big Island Gets Hit Hard by Island Wide Black Out

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Damon

Well we had an island wide black out that affected a lot of events on the Island. Here’s a picture of the event: Over at Kona Bowl… they had to cancel “The Green” concert (update:  they were able to carry on about an hour later.) At Hilo Civic they had a big concert that was [...]

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New Zealands Fat Freddy’s Drop(s) in at the Royal Kona Resort

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Damon

“Fat Freddy’s Drop” was the headliner at last nights concert at KB Extreme over in Kona.  They are from New Zealand and considered one of the top groups over there right now. I was out checking out the Royal Kona Resort when I noticed 4 vans pull in.  I only recognized them from a flier [...]

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Just a Cool Picture From the Luau

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Damon

I took this with my cell phone and thought it was cool!

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Keep the Cup!

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Damon

Wow! Mahalo to the Food and Beverage staff at Royal Kona Resort. I was just sitting here and they brought me this Pina Colada…. and only now I found out I get to keep the cup!

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The Green Rocks Pahoa Village Cafe

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Damon

The reggae group “The Green” rocked Pahoa Village Cafe last night. Here are some pictures from last night.

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I’m Needing Another Staycation… No Place Like Home

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Damon

Well I was going to go skydiving tomorrow in Kona, but that has pretty much “Flown out the window” and “Gotten Grounded”.  So now I’ll be still heading over to the Royal Kona Resort tomorrow evening and checking some things out on the way. The nicest thing about getting over to the Kona side of [...]

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Maui Resident Appointed Next US Poet Laureate

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Damon

W.S. Merwin, who was appointed the next US poet laureate today, couldn’t get any less Washington. The 82-year-old Zen Buddhist lives in a rainforest in Hawaii, where he spends much of his time nurturing endangered plants. Merwin’s poems, which he still composes in longhand, are spare, unpunctuated, and ethereal. Often limning the immutability of nature [...]

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