Michigan Vacation

The Mission Houses Museum’s new blog ThaddeusJournal.org provides insight into the journey of Protestant missionaries who traveled on the Brig Thaddeus to the Sandwich Islands now known as Hawaii in October 1819. The museum posts daily excerpts from a journal kept by the travelers during the six-month trek. The blog entries are a prelude to [...]

The Kau region on Hawaii’s Big Island is quickly becoming one of the premiere brands of the coffee industry and in celebration of its rising fame, local farmers and supporters are holding the First Annual Kau Coffee Festival April 24-26. The main event, the First Annual Kau Coffee Hoolaulea, offers plenty of fun for the [...]