Hot. Hip. Happening. Usually not words associated with me. But DEFINITELY accurate descriptions for The Modern Honolulu hotel in Oahu, Hawaii. There are a lot of older, well-established hotels in Waikiki, and then there’s the Modern. A single location...
Corks and Forks with Hawaiian Airlines
After an outstanding morning drinking world-class wine with Colgin Cellars and Kermit Lynch and an afternoon partially sleeping off all that outstanding, world-class wine, I was super excited for the weekend’s main (sold out) event, the Hawaii Food &...
From HFWF14 – Kermit Lynch
Kermit Lynch is a Berkeley icon. A San Francisco Bay Area icon. A wine icon. So with Bruce Neyers of Kermit Lynch as host/panelist for the Masters of Chardonnay session at the Hawaii Food and Wine Festival, it was...
From HFWF14 – Colgin Cellars
Colgin Cellars is one of those elusive wineries in Napa Valley. A vineyard with history, a winemaker with passion, and limited supply. They produce just shy of 3000 cases a year, half of them sold to wine club members...
Lunch at Hawaiian Airlines
Today I flew from Oakland to Oahu to attend the 2014 Hawaii Food & Wine Festival. In the San Francisco Bay Area it is so convenient to fly to the Hawaiian islands! And there is no other way to...
Interview with Hawaiian Airlines Chef Chai
Last time I went to Hawaii in March I flew Hawaiian Airlines for the first time and had a really great experience. One of the things I was completely unaware of was the fact that I would be served...
Hawaii Food & Wine Festival 2014
The photo above is from the 2013 Hawaii Food and Wine Festival. I am thrilled to have just finalized plans to attend the 2014 event! This amazing food and wine festival starts this weekend on the 29th of August,...