Bob Boyle, Vice President and General Manager of Turtle Bay Resort, appeared today on KHON, the local FOX network station, as a follow up to the Ramirez story that was reported on both the Miami affiliate and the Honolulu affiliate of the Fox Network, to thank those who live in Hawaii for all that they do and to offer two romance packages to local Hawaii residents who have their own stories to tell. Here is the clip:
If you are currently a local resident or locally stationed military and you have a story to tell, send it to us in an email of 300 words or less to romance@turtlebayresort.com for a chance to win one of the two give-a-way romance packages. Whether you have a story or not and whether you are local or not, the North Shore Romance Package is available to all! Make your reservations today.
The town of La’ie, Hawaii, sits only a few minutes drive from Turtle Bay Resort. Nearly two years ago the La’ie Hawaii Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the “Mormons”) was closed for renovation work. The construction work is near completion and the church has announced that the La’ie Temple will be open to the general public for tours beginning October 22nd to November 13th (except on Sundays).
The temple has set up a website at www.laiehawaiitemple.org with detailed information about dates, times, process, etc.
If you are planning a trip to Turtle Bay Resort during this time period you might want to include this on your list of things to do. If you’ve always wanted to tour the inside of one of the temples, make your reservations to come to Turtle Bay Resort from October 22nd to November 13th and visit the open house while you are here!
The Lā’ie Lady is back…and this time…SHE MAY NOT LET YOU LEAVE…
Brave souls coming to Turtle Bay Resort during October are invited to get into the Halloween spirit early this year on Hawaii’s most popular haunted canoe ride, the Haunted Lagoon, at the Polynesian Cultural Center. This ride features a ghostly cast of over 100 people. The most daring passengers may even catch sight of visions of the under world and the Lā‘ie Lady is sure to make a comeback…with all her ghostly charms.
Two rides are available this year…one for the keiki (children) and the other for braver souls.
Dates this year are October 1st through the 23rd on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings and then every night, Monday through Saturday, October 25th through the 30th. As always, the center is closed on Sundays so there will be no event on Halloween Day. Call Turtle Bay Resort at (808) 293-6000 for your room reservation and go online at www.hauntedlagoon.com to get your event tickets…but make your plans today…before it is too late!
Kokua mai (help us) please to accomplish something very important for the oceans that surround Turtle Bay Resort.
A Hawaiian Monk Seal pup was born on the beaches of Turtle Bay Resort on June 29, 2010. The pup matured properly and has now been weened from her mother. The Hawaiian Monk Seal is a highly endangered animal and this pup is one of less than 1,100 Hawaiian Monk Seals that are alive today. With that small a number every seal is important to the survival of the entire species.
Turtle Bay Resort is working in partnership with NOAA to do something that years ago was only dreamed off. It is now believed that the species survival possibilities are beginning to maybe turn and that this pup, unlike her predecessors over the past multiple years, will not be relocated to what would be a “safer” location. This pup will be allowed to grow and flourish where she was born.
But to do so…she will need your help!
What can you do? Here are the guidelines:
Maintain a distance of at least 150 feet from the seal
If the seal approaches you, ignore it and quickly move away from it or exit the water
Do not make eye contact with the seal or try to get its attention with noises of any kind
Do not feed the seal
Local volunteers are on property daily to monitor and inform guests about this project. For more information go to www.fpir.noaa.gov. Fliers with this information have been placed in each room of the resort and this information is also available at the Concierge Desk.
Make sure to make your plans and reservations now for Turtle Bay Resort’s 6th Annual Seafood Festival to be held on October 1st and 2nd.
Events this year include the ever-so-popular Taste of the North Shore Shrimp Trucks, which will be held Friday night, October 1, 2010. This event gathers in from their various North Shore locations the best shrimp trucks, where for one price of $40 you can eat from them all…giving you the ability to chose for yourself the one you think is best.
Back after taking a year off, by popular demand, is the Sam Choy Poke Festival. This event runs from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon on Saturday, October 2, 2010, and showcases professional and non-professional chefs competing for prizes by making the best poke. For $25 you can sample from each contestant’s entry and determine for yourself who made the best poke!
The festival’s climax is Chef’s Seafood under the Stars, where top chefs are brought in to prepare their personal favorite seafood dishes. For $55, on Saturday night, October 2, 2o10, you can eat from each of the chef’s stations from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm.
On both nights a silent auction will be held on behalf of the Friends of the Library Kahuku.
Tickets are on sale now through Turtle Bay Resort’s Concierge at (808) 293-6000.
Friday night, August 20th, Turtle Bay Resort presents Lisa and Jeff Linsky in concert. Tickets are on sale now through Turtle Bay’s Concierge at (808) 293-6000.Tickets are $12.50 in advance and $15.00 at the door. Doors open at 6:00 pm and the concert starts at 7:00 pm.
For those who have never heard Jeff play or if you just want to hear him again, check this out:
And for those who have never heard Lisa play or if you just want to hear her again, check this out:
They started arriving an hour before the casting call even started…as the young, the old and everything in between…about 600 of them…came to Turtle Bay Resort yesterday, each looking for their shot to be in ABC’s upcoming series entitled “Off The Map“.
According to ABC’s website, this show, produced by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice) and created by Jenna Bans (Grey’s Anatomy) is expected to be an uplifting medical drama that explores how far you really have to go in order to truly heal. This is done through watching the lives of five doctors who have lost their way go to the ends of the earth to try to remember the reasons why they wanted to become doctors in the first place.
Off the Map stars Martin Henderson as Ben Keeton, Caroline Dhavernas as Lily Brenner, Enrique Murciano as Manny Diaz, Mamie Gummer as Mina Minard, Jason George as Otis Cole, Valerie Cruz as Zita (Zee) and Jose Julian as Charlie.
Filmed in Hawaii, the show will air “Later this Season” on ABC.
Turtle Bay Resort is pleased to announce that the third and final Summer Chefs Series event of this year will be held at Turtle Bay Resort’s Twenty One Degrees North restaurant on Thursday, August 19th at 6:30 pm. This event brings town and country together as Executive Chef Ron Nasuti of Roy’s Restaurants will join Turtle Bay Resort’s Executive Chef Hector Morales and Twenty One Degrees North’s Chef de Cuisine John Armstrong in preparing a special 6 course wine paired dinner.
The 1st Course will be Hudson Valley Foie Gras & Island Ahi Yukke with Sunny Side Up Quail Egg, Nitsume and Sesame Tuile paired with a Francis Coppola Sofia, Blanc de Blanc, Monterey County, 2009. The 2nd Course will be Hawaiian Ocean Farmed Moi & Melted Leek Risotto with Roasted Hamakua Mushrooms, Kabocha, Smoked Trout Roe and Moi Dashi paired with a Freemark Abbey, Viognier, Rutherford, 2007. The 3rd Course will be Keahole Lobster Coral Gratin Day Boat Scallop with Fresh Uni Butter Sauce, Caviar, Nalo Farms Shiso paired with a Cambria, Chardonnay, Katherine’s Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley, 2007. The 4th Course will be Forty-Eight Hour Sous side of Short Rib with Hawaiian Luau Leaf Veau de Glace, Hanalei Poi, Lomi Lomi & “WOW” Farms Tomatoes paired with a Obsidian Ridge, Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Hill Lake County, 2007. The 5th Course will be Hunan Style Colorado Rack of Lamb with Frosted Cilantro Leaves, Szechuan Peppercorns, Candied Kumquats, Braised Taro paired with a Ridge, Zinfandel, Lytton Springs, California, 2006. The 6th Course will be a Miniature Dessert Sampler with Melting Hot Chocolate Soufflé with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, Macadamia Nut Tart & Pineapple Upside Down Cake paired with a Taylor Fladgate, 20 year old, Tawny Porto & 100% Waialua Press Pot Coffee.
The price for all of this is only $95 and does not include tax or gratuity. Parking is always complimentary for restaurant patrons. Please note that a refund will not be issued if a reservation is canceled with less than 24 hours notice. Reservations for this prized event are highly recommended at (808) 293-6053.
Turtle Bay Resort once again made Travel + Leisure magazine’s list of Top Resorts in Hawaii. For the past 15 years, Travel + Leisure magazine has presented the “World’s Best” awards. The lists are compiled from surveys received from the magazine’s approximately 1 million subscribers where they report on their favorite hotels, spas, etc from around the globe.
“We are extremely pleased to again make the Top 25 Resort’s in Hawaii list and the ranking we received makes it all the more special,” Bob Boyle, Benchmark Hospitality International’s regional director of operations stated. “We are grateful to Travel + Leisure’s readers who thought of us in such high regard.” Turtle Bay Resort was listed as number 22 in the list of the top 25 resorts.
After being held for 39 years on the mainland, Surfer Magazine is bringing their 40th anniversary of the Surfer Poll to Turtle Bay Resort, making the event part of the festivities surrounding the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. Surfer Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Joel Patterson stated that “Moving Surfer Poll to the North Shore is a no-brainer. Hawaii is the heart of the surf community and the Vans Triple Crown is the grand finale of our year…how could the “biggest night is surfing” not be December 6th at the Turtle Bay Resort?”
The Surfer Poll has been described as the surfing worlds equivalent of mixing the People’s choice Awards and the Academy Awards and turning it into one raging party. The event crowns the Top 10 male surfers and the Top 5 female surfers for the year as voted on by Surfer Magazine’s readers. Prior winners have included such names as Andy Irons, Stephanie Gilmore, Tom Curren, Lisa Anderson and 15-time number 1 winner Kelly Slater.
In addition to awarding the top surfers, the night also includes a video awards show that honors the best individual performances of the year, the heaviest wipeout, the film of the year and many other highlights of this year’s top surfers, including humanitarian efforts.
Attendance at this event is limited to specially invited guests only, but everyone with an internet connection will be able to watch it for free on the internet as Surfer Magazine will provide a live webcast with behind-the-scenes and red-carpet reporting as well as exclusive interviews with the winners.
Surfer Poll 2010’s presenting sponsors are Verizon Wireless and Samsung, and additional supporters are Suzuki Auto, Red Bull Surfing, Skullcandy, New Era, Peligroso Tequila,and the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing.
Poamoho Organic Produce is the largest certified organic farm on Oahu, overlooking the North Shore and nestled between Poamoho Gulch and Oahu’s highest peak, Mt Ka’ala. They specialize in tropical fruits such as mango, papaya, lychee, longan, avocado, breadfruit, jackfruit, herbs and most of the citrus and they have begun to work with small quantities of select vegetables. They are and have been certified on an annual basis to be in compliance with the USDA’s National Organic Standards.
First, check out the farm and see what makes organic Rapoza mangos the best:
The beginning of your fine dining experience at Twenty One Degrees North begins at local organic farms like the one above. Now check out what happens to those organic specialties once they hit our kitchens:
Fresh, organic produce, top chefs and fantastic recipes. Now check out Executive Chef Hector Morales as he and Grant Kawasaki sample the fruits of everyone’s labor:
As enjoyable as it may be to watch this on television, it just does not compare with the actual experience…so make your plans to come taste for yourself the organic farm to table goodness that is found at Turtle Bay Resort’s Twenty One Degrees North restaurant. Reservations are suggested at (808) 293-6000.
Turtle Bay Resort’s swimming pool is sporting a different look these days as the bright yellow shading umbrellas have been replaced with a thatched look that fits more gently into the local Hawaiian landscape. This is part of an ongoing program at the resort to continue to upgrade and beautify the area in order to provide the best guest experience possible.
Turtle Bay Resort’s Director of Facilities is especially proud of this latest upgrade because of the amazing visual impact of the change as can be seen in the pictures of the new umbrellas on the left compared to the old ones on the right. He and the Facilities Team, along with the Director of Security and the Security Team that oversee the operations of the pool, have worked very hard to make the pool area inviting and beautiful.
Other recent upgrades include the change over to a salt water based purification system that reduces the use of some chemicals and eliminates the use of other chemicals that could potentially harm the surrounding environment. This and other changes in the operations of Turtle Bay Resort were instrumental in the resort’s receipt of an environmentally friendly or “Green” distinction award…and this is just part of greater things that are expected in the future.
Next time you are in the area stop by and check out the new look at the pool!
(Pictures: Top Left: Close up shot of the new beach umbrellas; Center Right: A look at the replaced bright yellow umbrellas; Bottom Left: The new view of the pool area with the new umbrellas)
I was sitting in my office recently when I received a call from Paradise Helicopters. They run the helicopter service at Turtle Bay Resort. They had room for one more person…did I want to go up? Are you kidding! They said I only had a few minutes to get over there so I grabbed my camera and headed out the door, arriving just in the nick of time. Was I ever glad I did!
Every once-in-a-while you just get lucky. Just after takeoff I hurried and turned on my camera and pointed it out the window and shot away. I was lucky to get (seen here) a phenomenal picture, especially for an amateur, of Turtle Bay Resort from the air. I was then able to enjoy a wonderful around the island tour. We saw sacred falls and then a series of water falls along the windward ridges. We then went up over the mountains over the H-3 Freeway and down to Pearl Harbor (looking down on the sunken ships from the air gave me an entirely different perspective than I had before), up over Mililani and the Dole Plantation to Haleiwa and then up the coast past Waimea Valley and Sunset Beach back to Turtle Bay Resort.
I highly recommend the ride! For more information go to www.paradisecopters.com call (808) 293-2570.
A record setting group of people joined Turtle Bay Resort in celebrating the 4th of July this year. The gates opened Sunday at 5:30 pm with free parking and free admission. As soon as the gates opened, people started pouring in, and pouring in…by the thousands.
Turtle Bay Resort executives estimated the attendance at close to 3,000 people. The local community food booths enjoyed tremendous success. Live entertainment, from the Ka’ala Boys and ending with Kapena, thrilled those who reclined on blankets, sat in beach chairs or just wandered around. The highlight of the evening was the fireworks display, put on by Hawaii Explosives & Pyrotechnics. Check out the video clip below for a sampling of the much longer show!
On Friday night, August 20th, for one night only, Jeff and Lisa Linsky will appear together in concert in the Kuilima Ballroom at the Turtle Bay Resort. General Admission Tickets are available for $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Ticket sales will begin Monday, July 19th.
Jeff Linsky began his career at the age of ten and his natural abilities, along with his dedication and willingness to work hard, brought him into the inner circle of the great studio musicians such as Laurindo Almeida, Johnny deRose, Ron Anthony and Jimmy Stewart. He was also able to study privately with both Spanish guitar virtuoso Vicent Gomez and jazz great Joe Pass. At seventeen Jeff shared the stage with pop groups like the Grass Roots and the Standells but by nineteen years of age he was determined to find his own way. The world has ever been better for it.
Jeff Linsky’s talent has been recognized world-wide. He is a Voting Member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (the Grammy Awards). Acoustic Guitar stated “This astonishing guitarist seems to have bridged entirely the troublesome gap between brain and fingers.” Guitar Player Magazine wrote “His talent is the stuff guitarists’ dreams are made of.” The Los Angeles Times described Linsky as “Simply the finest fingerstyle guitarist you will ever see or hear.”
Lisa Linsky comes from a musical family. Both her grandmother and great grandmother were concert pianists. Lisa discovered the piano at the age of four and immediately felt a passionate connection with the instrument. The piano gave voice to the creative energy within her and Lisa was composing music from the very beginning.
Family friend Henry Mancini, upon hearing Lisa at the piano as a child, recommended she attend the Juilliard School of Music. However, “Lisa Jill” was already a child actress at this time so she simply played the piano at every opportunity, including some memorable duets with Jack Lemmon on the set of “The Fortune Cookie,” in which Lisa played Walter Matthau’s daughter. Legendary writer and director Billy Wilder described Lisa as “a combination of Marilyn Monroe and Carol Burnett, with musical talent, as well.” Although Lisa’s formal music training was limited, her musical passion and imagination is unlimited.
The beautiful music that comes from Lisa’s heart sounds much different to her than it does to everyone else. Lisa Linsky suffers from otosclerosis, the condition that is believed to have caused Beethoven to lose his hearing. Surgical implants in her ears have been able to postpone deafness and just like Beethoven, the music within her continues to flow despite her disability. Those who get to hear her music are truly blessed. Lisa Linsky’s “Sanctuary” CD has been recognized with the 2009 Parents’ Choice Award.
Laurindo Almeida
