Perhaps my boss put it best: When he looked at my photos of The Lodge at Koele, he could barely believe it was Hawai‘i.
It’s true: The Lodge really looks like, well, a lodge. In the woods. And that’s what it is: more beautiful inn than hotel, surrounded by acres of Norfolk pines (and other trees), [...]

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The Lodge at Koele is decked out for the holidays, which is an especially welcome sight after having spent an entire – oh, OK, it was only 45 minutes on the plane, but it seemed like a much longer flight because it was dark and rainy out. Anyway, the decorations . . .

Who could resist [...]

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Since Donna enjoyed the other Hank’s photos so much, here’s one of today’s lunch:

Hank’s Haute Dog’s No Dog.
The “No Dog” contains fresh local avocado, tomato, onion, cucumber, Chinese parsley, chipotle mayo and cheddar. I loved the crunch of the cucumber — if only the avocado hadn’t kept trying to slip out! A nice, refreshing post-yoga [...]

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Last week, I brought you fancy sushi, so the clear choice for today’s discussion was . . . hot dogs?!
Ahh, yes. But not just any hot dogs. Henry Adaniya, proprietor of Hank’s Haute Dogs in Kaka‘ako, is a Chicagoland restaurateur, and that means two things:

If you’re even going to ASK for ketchup, it better be [...]

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It no surprise that, given the big Japanese population here, we have quite a few options for sushi in Hawai‘i — but not all sushi is created equal. If you want the good stuff, you have to be willing to pay for it, you definitely have to know where to go and, perhaps most importantly, [...]

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