http://www.staradvertiser.com/travelpremium/hawaiisbackyardpremium RSS Feed for Hawaii's Backyard Premium en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 11:30:00 GMT http://www.staradvertiser.com/travelpremium/hawaiisbackyardpremium/20130519_Coffee_farms_among_highlights_of_Maui_ag_tours.html When Marilyn Jansen Lopes and her husband, Ricky, bought a used eight-passenger van at an auction in 2009, they intended to use it as an RV for camping and cruising. Little did they know it would inspire a business that draws people from all over the world. http://www.staradvertiser.com/travelpremium/hawaiisbackyardpremium/20130505_May_is_a_month_full_of_music_from_the_Garden_Isle_to_Puna.html Lea Uehara doesn't sing, dance or play an instrument. But she does love music, and she knows Hawaii's dynamic music industry inside out. http://www.staradvertiser.com/travelpremium/hawaiisbackyardpremium/20130428__Spotlight_shines_on_taro_during_Kauai_food_tour.html Through her writing assignments, Marta Lane befriended many movers and shakers in Kauai's food industry. A Taste of Old Kauai is the result of one of the valuable relationships Lane has fostered. http://www.staradvertiser.com/travelpremium/hawaiisbackyardpremium/20130421__Annual_Spam_festival_celebrates_meat_in_a_can.html Hawaii residents love Spam. In fact, we eat nearly 7 million cans of the versatile luncheon meat every year — more than any other state in America. http://www.staradvertiser.com/travelpremium/hawaiisbackyardpremium/20130414__Healing_energy_surrounds_clients_at_Maui_retreat.html When Xorin Balbes first saw the century-old Fred C. Baldwin Memorial Home in 2010, it exuded the sadness and despair of a neglected elder. Termites and dry rot had badly damaged its five wooden buildings. Its plumbing and septic tanks were corroding, and there were only a few trees on its 6-acre Upcountry Maui site. http://www.staradvertiser.com/travelpremium/hawaiisbackyardpremium/20130407_Experience_Waikikis_architectural_splendor_on_foot.html Tonia Moy loves buildings — not just because she's an architect and architects should love buildings in much the same way veterinarians should love animals and couturiers should love clothes. http://www.staradvertiser.com/travelpremium/hawaiisbackyardpremium/20130331__Make_polo_a_part_of_your_Sunday__aficionado_says.html Mike Dailey has broken his collarbone and a foot playing polo. He's also cracked and bruised a few ribs, has had wounds that required stitches and has suffered four concussions, one of which left him in a coma for five days. http://www.staradvertiser.com/travelpremium/hawaiisbackyardpremium/20130324_Coffee_company_is_family_affair.html One of the leaders in Hawaii's coffee industry didn't drink his first cup of java until he was 40 years old. In 1993, Waiele Drilling, a for-profit subsidiary of Bishop Estate (now Kame­ha­meha Schools), lured Bateman, a mechanical engineer, from Newport Beach, Calif., to Hawaii island. http://www.staradvertiser.com/travelpremium/hawaiisbackyardpremium/20130317_Revised_zipline_course_doubles_down_on_adventure.html Suspension bridges. Aerial walkways. Rivers and rain forests bordered by a 2,500-foot-high mountain range. The setting for Outfitters Kauai's Zipline Trek Nui Nui Loa seems like it was pulled from "Swiss Family Robinson"; it's a spectacular playground for adventurers. http://www.staradvertiser.com/travelpremium/hawaiisbackyardpremium/20130310_Arts_festival_aims_for_learning_experiences_that_last.html On the last day of the 2012 Celebration of the Arts, Clifford Nae­ole stood quietly watching the activity at the Ritz-Carlton, Kapa­lua's front desk. Checking in were new arrivals who had no idea they had just missed one of Hawaii's premier cultural events.