Posts Tagged ‘Hawaii Kai’

For those who call Hawaii Kai home and have furry canine friends have definitely been to the Hawaii Kai dog park located on Keahole Street across the street from Hawaii Kai Towne Center.  The park is open from dawn to dusk and only closed on Tuesday mornings from 7 am to 12 pm for park maintenance.  This dog park also has a small dog area for dogs that are 18 pounds or less.

This large all grass dog park was founded by local group of Hawaii Kai dog owners called Hui ‘Ilio Hawaii.  This active group of dog lovers are dedicated to “promote safe and friendly places for dogs and their people to play, and to promote responsible dog ownership.”  In this mission they helped organize and establish Hawaii Kai dog park.  Hui ‘Ilio Hawaii also organizes a group of volunteers to help maintain the rules, order, and up keep of the Hawaii Kai dog park.

Hawaii Kai dog park is best about 4 pm when the sun has started to go down, since there aren’t many shaded areas in the park.  Usually, about 4 pm and on you can find this park packed with pooches.  To enjoy this free dog park you must abide by a few rules.  These rules can be found on the Hui ‘Ilio Hawaii website:  http://www.hui-ilio.org/DogParkRules.php .  The Hawaii Kai dog park is a beautiful Oahu off leash dog park, but owners beware the rules are strictly enforced by park volunteers.

If you’re wondering why you can’t go east of Waikiki on H1 very fast, or at all, you’re not alone.  Early morning traffic jams are frustrating quite a few drivers as thousands of runners weave their way through Waikiki, Diamond Head, and out to Hawaii Kai.

And already, before eastbound lane closures reopen, we have you results for the 2009 Honolulu Marathon.  Those leaders are fast finishing in just over 2 hours.  See below for a full list of marathon results, but most notable is the mens repeat winner of Patrick Ivuti from Kenya.  Following him to round out the top 5 were 4 more Kenyan runners.

The first USA male finisher coming in 6th with a time of 2:25:41 was Honolulu local Brandon Laan competing in the 25 – 29 year old division.  Congrats Brandon!  Top female finisher was Svetlana Zakharov of Russia followed by a slew of Japanese woman and finally an American, Amy Wilson, in 10th place.

Mens Results

Womens Results

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Last night, my girlfriend and I went over to Hawaii Kai where my parents live to celebrate the 4th of July and eat some BBQ in the meantime. Driving on Kalanianaole Hwy, I noticed a ton of tents and police cars with LOTS of people at Maunalua Bay (across Roy’s Restaurant). I wondered what was going on there, so I looked it up on the internet, and lo and behold, Hawaii Kai was having their OWN Fourth of July celebration! This rocks! We were planning on driving back to where we work, where we could have a good view of the fireworks that were going to go off at Ala Moana. Now, we didn’t have to drive back, and we could have a great view of the festivities only 3 minutes away.

Well, the fireworks started at 8pm, but since the place was PACKED, my dad gave us a drive and dropped us off right in front of Roy’s. The fireworks show was magnificent, and it was the closest view I’ve ever had in seeing fireworks. They basically took out a boat with all the fireworks, drove it out a little bit, and started the show. For a good 15 minutes, we were mesmerized by the different types of fireworks with the array of colors and patterns. Of course, they had to throw in the infamous smiley face fireworks. Overall, it was a great time. The only two drawbacks were parking, since it seemed like everyone who lived in Hawaii Kai came out, and how loud the fireworks were since we sat so close to the action.

But I’m really glad they are doing this for the Hawaii Kai residents. They just recently opened the dog park for residents here (with resident money), and now they even brought over a fireworks display. I’m beginning to see why my parents lived here for so long. Hopefully I can move here someday and enjoy everything that is Hawaii Kai.