Hanalei Bay

Hawaii's Hanalei Bay Tops List of 10 Best Beaches in 2009
HANALEI, Hawaii — Here is the list of top 10 beaches for 2009 from Stephen P. Leatherman, director of Florida International University's Laboratory for Coastal Research, also known as Dr. Beach. He has compiled the list annually since 1991 using 50 criteria, including water quality and temperature, cleanliness, weather, sand, safety and facilities.

1. Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii

2. Siesta Beach, Sarasota, Fla.

3. Coopers Beach, Southampton, N.Y.

4. Coronado Beach, San Diego.

5. Hamoa Beach, Maui, Hawaii.

6. Main Beach, East Hampton, N.Y.

7. Cape Hatteras, Outer Banks, N.C.



California visitor critical, Washington man drowns
A 69-year-old visitor from California was in critical condition after he was pulled from Moloa'a Bay on Kaua'i yesterday afternoon.
The man, a resident of San Clemente, Calif., was swimming with a friend about 100 yards offshore when they got into trouble about 12:30 p.m. The men attempted to swim to shore, but the current was very strong, Kaua'i County officials said.

The older man, 73, made it back and a bystander jumped in and attempted to help the other man, but was unsuccessful. Hanalei firefighters brought the man to shore and began CPR....


Yuja Wang conquers Prokofiev's mighty Piano Concerto No. 2 in S.F.
As Blu-ray is to VHS, Yuja Wang is to most other pianists. This 22-year-old phenom's performance Wednesday at Davies Symphony Hall was a dazzler, leaving nearly 2,700 concertgoers playing the role of voyeur. It was like watching a tiger devour — blow by blow, with utmost clarity — an elephant, the elephant being Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor.
Cut it off at the knees! Off with its head! It was a clean, controlled, unrelentingly physical performance — or, shall we say, a bloody, savage and exhilarating one? — that Wang gave with the San Francisco Symphony. After each movement, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas turned toward the pianist to smile or give a little gasping "wow."
There are no breaks for the soloist in this behemoth of a concerto, which Prokofiev began composing when he was a conservatory student in St. Petersburg almost a century ago.
Only one year past her own graduation from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Wang, a petite woman, not only took it on with the insouciance of a seasoned marathon runner. She smartly shaped it, too, especially from a rhythmic standpoint, illuminating and bringing into focus — once again, blow by blow — the work's huge, intricate, fantastical structure....


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