[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/05/hoopuka.mp3″ text=”Hoʻopuka”] Graduate Hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻopuka ʻana e ka papa o 2011. Congratulations on graduating, class of 2011.
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/05/pau.mp3″ text=”Pau”] Finish, terminate, end Wahi a kekahi mau Kalikiano, pau kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaii. Friday, May 20 HMC East Book and Gift Fair – To support the Aloha United Way (AUW), the Hawaii Medical Center is putting on its annual “Books are Fun” Book Fair. A portion […]
[gn_frame align=”left”][/gn_frame] Meaʻono Puaʻa (Manapua*) Chinese pork buns, Char siu bao Aia nā meaʻono puaʻa ʻono ʻiʻo nō ma Char Hung Sut. A ua manapua lā ka hoʻōla awesome no koʻu poluea. The truly delicious manapua is at Char Hung Sut. Also, they’re an awesome cure for my hangovers.
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/05/kikiki.mp3″ text=”Kikiki”] To cheat Mai kikiki! ʻO ia ke kumu au e pāʻani pepa ʻole ai me ʻoe, e Kūkū Lady. Stop cheating! That’s the reason why I don’t play cards with you, Grandma.
Hāmeʻa Doohickey, whatchamacallit, gadget, gizmo, thingamajig Inā ʻoe kākau Hawaiʻi, or even if you don’t, can you use today’s Hawaiian word in a sentence? We’d love to see your concoctions. If you’re up to the challenge, leave a message here, write on ʻŌlelo of the Day’s wall on Facebook, or tweet your sentence using the […]
Last week, HBB was featured (sort of) on the local lifestyle website Lei Chic. They’d asked for our help in compiling a list of the top five current local books we’d recommend for summer reading. This was a tough question for us, we could have easily given them five picks each in fiction, non-fiction and keiki […]
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/05/kiaaina.mp3″ text=”Kiaʻāina”] Governor Na wai i ʻike ʻē i ka ʻino o ke kiaʻāina? Who foresaw the evilness of the governor?
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/05/oiaio.mp3″ text=”ʻOiaʻiʻo”] Truth Ma ka ʻōʻioʻio ʻana ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Where there is tweeting, there is truth. He ʻonipaʻa ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.* Truth is unchangeable.
The Hawaii Book and Music Festival is all pau! What a great event—the weather was beautiful, the authors were numerous and friendly and the books and music were extraordinaire! Here’s some photos we captured on the second and final day of the Festival. Pardon some of the facetious captions. All in good fun. 🙂 Hope […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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