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Did This: Spend a day in Kona

By Catherine Toth Fox • September 21, 2012 • #CatTravels

Any excuse I can find to jet to a Neighbor Island, I’ll take it.

I love that we can jump on a plane and, in about half an hour, be somewhere a little different for the day.

On Wednesday my mom and I flew to the Big Island to spend a day in Kailua-Kona, my mom’s hometown. And we had a full schedule of hiking, shopping and, of course, eating.

My only goal for the trip was to hit Manago Hotel in Captain Cook for dinner — and pork chops. Believe it or not, my mom, who hails from Honaunau, has never eaten there.

That’s just not right!

So here’s what our 12 hours in Kona looked like:

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I love visiting Kona. Both my mom and husband are from this coastal area on the Big Island's west side. And we lucked out — the weather was perfect.

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6 Comments

  • Reply M September 21, 2012 at 10:23 am

    Hello Cat!

    The Pork Chops at the Manago Hotel is winnahs! We went to about a dozen coffee farms in Kona earlier in the year and Greenwell had the best tasting coffee according to my wife, I don’t drink coffee.

  • Reply Rob Pacheco September 21, 2012 at 1:55 pm

    Catherine it was so fun taking you and your mom up Hualalai! What a foodie you are. Sounds like you had a great day in Kona–so happy. I’ll check out Oven & Butter, had no idea it was there. Come back again!

  • Reply David Jackson September 21, 2012 at 4:47 pm

    Kona is a cool town, think it is a good place to retire.

  • Reply Jaydee September 23, 2012 at 12:38 pm

    Thanks for sharing Cat.

  • Reply Annoddah Dave September 24, 2012 at 7:41 am

    CAT: Aaaiiiyyyaaahhh! Fuud Pix! Tenks! Haven’t been back to Kona in centuries. Thanks for the pix trip.

  • Reply HansPeter September 28, 2012 at 5:46 am

    Great trip report of my old home. Glad you stopped at Greenwell’s Coffee – old family friends.

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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