"Grab a swing around Waikīkī’s coolest pool bar, a palm-thatched gazebo in the courtyard of the vintage White Sands Hotel. You won’t find any cheap well liquors here—the focus is on locally-made rums and higher-end spirits. Build your own daiquiri, with your choice of Hawai‘i rum mixed with Maui-made falernum or tropical gomme syrup. Or if that requires too much thought, go for the piña colada slushy. But if you end up drinking more than one, maybe settle into a more stable seat by the waterfall-fed koi pond." - martha cheng