36 Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou!

Exploding firecrackers, strung from a bamboo pole. Photo by Nicolas Los Baños

Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou! It’s Hawaiian for “Happy New Year!”

Although we get a little side-tracked with a pro-Kathy Griffin rant, we also manage to stay on topic long enough to cover our favorite aspects of a fresh New Year, many of them from our time growing up in Hawaii:

• a new planner

• watching the ball drop

• fire crackers (not to be confused with fireworks)

• traditional Japanese New Year foods

• cleaning the house

• and more