Top Row: Farewell to our house, Kirsten at 4 am Second Row: Off the plane in Kona, celebratory mai tais A mere 366 days ago, we said goodbye to our house and headed off on our Hawaii adventure.  It’s time to reflect a bit on how we feel, what’s gone…

We’ve received this question via our e-mailbox quite a few times so rather than a traditional blog post, we’ll answer it here for everyone.   Question: Chuck and Kirsten, I wanted to get some more information about schools in Hawaii. I know that you have said that your kids attend…

Plenty of readers email us with their stories and questions and it’s great to hear what people are thinking.   We get plenty of practical questions, such as what it costs to ship cars and what we think of the schools. One of the top questions works out to be some…

Hawaii has a reputation for being expensive, and we’ve found that be true.  We definitely got sticker shock on a few items (electricity in particular), but also had a few pleasant surprises. House:  It’s hard to generalize about housing costs, but the Big Island is more expensive than most of…