Strini was introduced to the project through (name to come from Rick), vice president of Forecast Lighting, a company that had worked with Extreme Makeover on 28 other shows. The show’s designers and producers liked his work so much they invited him to participate in the Akana makeover.
Mmmm…As I park my car and walk down the path to the Kona Historical Society’s outdoor forno (Portuguese oven), the irresistible aroma of Portuguese sweet bread wafts over me.
It was one of those dazzling October days in Maui filled with cloud-sprinkled blue skies and sun-drenched rainbows. I was taking a ferry from historic Lahaina to the island of Lanai on a photo shoot.
For a couple of days I‘d seen the koa canoes being gathered at Kailua Beach for the weekend canoe regatta. My anticipation of the event was high as I knew how close canoeing is to the heart of the Hawaiian culture and how thrilling it would be to see and photograph the event.
Kahe ka wai…Ola ka i`a… Ola ke Kanaka (When the waters flow…life thrives…and man lives.) Rain, tear drops from heaven, nourish the aina (land), from which springs and rivers flow with life.
Hawai`i, we are blessed with many different ethnic celebrations throughout the year. This year is the Chinese Year of the Boar, a festive time marked by lion dancers, firecrackers and other spirited revelry. But the pig, or pua'a, is appreciated by many cultures in Hawai`i…particularly on the table.
As a child growing up in Waipahu, Oahu, I spent many hours playing in the lo’i kalo (kalo patch) that my grandmother nurtured. We grew up eating the foods from the land, but none were as important as...
Strini was introduced to the project through (name to come from Rick), vice president of Forecast Lighting, a company that had worked with Extreme Makeover on 28 other shows. The show’s designers and producers liked his work so much they invited him to participate in the Akana makeover.
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Mmmm…As I park my car and walk down the path to the Kona Historical Society’s outdoor forno (Portuguese oven), the irresistible aroma of Portuguese sweet bread wafts over me.
It was one of those dazzling October days in Maui filled with cloud-sprinkled blue skies and sun-drenched rainbows. I was taking a ferry from historic Lahaina to the island of Lanai on a photo shoot.
For a couple of days I‘d seen the koa canoes being gathered at Kailua Beach for the weekend canoe regatta. My anticipation of the event was high as I knew how close canoeing is to the heart of the Hawaiian culture and how thrilling it would be to see and photograph the event.
Hawai`i, we are blessed with many different ethnic celebrations throughout the year. This year is the Chinese Year of the Boar, a festive time marked by lion dancers, firecrackers and other spirited revelry. But the pig, or pua'a, is appreciated by many cultures in Hawai`i…particularly on the table.
