MACARIO'S BIG ISLAND

HUAKA‘I MEA‘AI – Sky Garden Restaurant

macariotimbal — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:16:16 +0000

There’s a really good restaurant, Sky Garden, at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo. We went on a Friday night and the restaurant was hopping, even though ‘Imiloa was long closed for the night. There were seven of us; four adults and three kids. Everybody was happy. J: “I’m impressed with this restaurant. The view! In [...]

MERRIE MONARCH WEEK 2009: A Slice of The Goings On

macariotimbal — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:47:18 +0000

So many things happen in Hilo during Merrie Monarch week, aside from the Merrie Monarch hula competition itself. I will add new photos here every day throughout the Merrie Monarch Festival. Macario: All in all, it was a great week. We caught up with friends and relatives not seen for awhile, visited with our hula [...]

2400 FAHRENHEIT – The Art of Glass

macariotimbal — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:29:53 +0000

“You know what’s amazing?” says Michael Mortara. “Everybody’s got a drinking cup, but maybe only one out of a thousand, or maybe it’s only one out of 10,000, has seen it being made. You’ve got glass blowing, woodworking and ceramics, the three fundamentals of functional craft, and it’s shocking how many people have never seen [...]

HILO GUITARS AND UKULELES – The best little guitar shop in Hilo

macariotimbal — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:49:24 +0000

You can pretty much tell the story of Ken Cameron, owner of Hilo Guitars & Ukuleles in downtown Hilo, through guitars. Starting when he was about 4 years old, growing up in Motherwell, Scotland, and happened to hear his first Hawaiian steel guitar. He says he asked his mother what it was and he was [...]

HUAKA‘I MEA‘AI – Hilo Bay Cafe

macariotimbal — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:46:05 +0000

In Hawaiian, Huaka‘i Mea‘ai means “Food Journey.” Food is an important part of life here in Hawai‘i. You know the old joke: “Hawaiians don’t eat until they’re full; they eat until they’re tired.” We don’t really do that, most of us. But we do take our food seriously. We’re going to bring you the occasional [...]

CLEMSON LAM: DESIGNING WITH THE SENSES

macariotimbal — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:37:01 +0000

Waimea Architect Clemson Lam once designed a house on a beach where there were a lot of coconut palm fronds. “When I had a preliminary plan,” he says, “I went down there and laid out the whole house in coconut palm fronds. I took the clients down there and showed them: Now you’re in your [...]

GORDON LEE: LIVING WITH CLAY

macariotimbal — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:00:00 +0000

You know, I can look at photography, or ceramics, and I can pretty much see exactly where a person is. Whether they’re just starting, in the middle, towards the end, at the height of their careers. You just see those levels when you’ve been doing stuff as long as I have. You can just see [...]

Waipi‘o

macariotimbal — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:51:52 +0000