Ka'anapali Dreamin'

Happy Prince Kuhio Day! March 26th is only one of two U.S. Holidays that honor royalty, and has been on the books since 1949. I came across this very well done infographic on Twitter this afternoon and wanted to share before the day’s end. (Click for full version) See more Kanaiolowalu Infographics Mahalo to the [...]

The following post below comes to us from the Maui Hands mailing list. Mort Luby is a longtime friend of our family, and has been spending his winters painting in Maui for many years now. We had the great pleasure of having lunch with Mort and his wife in Haiku during our winter ’09 trip, [...]

I just received a note from subscribing to the Maui Ocean Center newsletter that they will be having a traditional Hawaiian blessing tomorrow, August 27th at 1pm to welcome a batch of 6 new hatchlings on loan from Sea Life Park on Oahu. We’ve been huge fans of these guys since we first saw them [...]

It was 50 years ago today, on August 21st, 1959, that the Hawaiian islands officially became the 50th state in the union. In honor of reaching the big 5-0, how about a little slice of celebratory Hula Pie? Some Suggested ReadingIn case you weren’t aware, statehood in Hawaii to some Native Hawaiians and their supporters [...]

Aloha Friday An old version of the sign out front of Whalers Village. Back today with another Aloha Friday photo after missing the last few weeks.  I like this photo, even though this sign has since replaced with a new one.  It’s a reminder that even though all of our past trips have essentially centered [...]

Came across this article from the Maui News this weekend and thought it would be something worth sharing. Maui News Article: County ‘drawing a line’ in sand with park rules Posted on: June 21st, 09 The short recap of the story and the issues at hand are new rules being proposed by the county’s Parks [...]