A MAUI LIFE:
I hope you enjoy the following musings about living a Maui Life: musings about Maui, towns, favorite beaches, recipes, restaurants, events, and Maui real estate news.
The 22nd annual Wendy’s Champions Skins game takes place this Saturday and Sunday, January 17-18th, at the Royal Kaanapali Golf Course. Golf legends Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Gary Player, Fuzzy Zoeller, Peter Jacobsen, Jay Haas, Greg Norman and Berhard Langer will compete in this two day tournament. If you can’t make it, the…
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New Price Reductions for the Luxury Collection at the Kapalua Bay Villas! Perched above Oneloa Bay, these one bedroom villas have all been upgraded to the exacting standards of the Kapalua Villas Gold Program. Sold fully furnished and turnkey, these are amongst the best locations at the Bay Villas. MLS …
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The Maui News is reporting today that Maui Land and Pineapple and its partners have found funding to replace Lehman Brother’s position as a lender for The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Kapalua Bay. After news surfaced that Lehman Brothers had declared bankruptcy back in September, the partnership continued financing the construction of the project themselves. …
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Sponsored by the Dowling Company, this lecture series features presentations from America’s Leading Environmentalists. Center. January 15: Kevin Fletcher Executive Director of Audobon International. January 22, Mark Plotkin Explorer, story-teller, and Tim Magazine “Hero for the Planet.” January 29, Hunter Lovins President of Natural Capitalism, Inc., known as a cutting edge environmental thinker.…
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January 11, 2009, The Plantation Course, Kapalua, Maui: Jeff Ogilvy is the new 2009 Mercedes-Benz Championship winner. However, after stellar play all week, it wasn’t a breeze on Sunday: the 31-year old player started the day with a six-shot lead, only to find it whittled away to just one stroke after eight holes. …
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The Kapalua Cultural Education Program begins this month. Two series of classes will be led by kumu Kahu Kapi’ioho’okalani Lyons Naone of Kipahulu, who is a leading practitioner of Hawaiian cultural healing arts and a leading expert on indigenous calendars. Hawaiian Culture and Language Class: Every Thursday, January 15-March 5 (8…
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Maui County has released the November Tourism and Economic Data: Tourism: Visitor arrivals declined 17% over last November. Year-to-date arrivals were down approximately 13% since the same period last year. West Coast visitor numbers were flat. While there were declines in the East Coast and Japanese visitor arrival rate, Canadian visitor arrivals…
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I thought you might enjoy this article by Jocelyn Fujii that appeared in the New York Times on January 4, 2009: 36 Hours in Maui Jocelyn Fujii also wrote “Kapalua Nui: Place of Life”. This lovely book integrates history and interviews with people who live and work in Kapalua with breathtaking photos of the…
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Maui’s Mayor, Charmaine Tavares, signed Maui’s new Bed & Breakfast bill into legislation on January 7, 2009. This new bill establishes a new permitting process for B&B’s. The Maui County Council submitted the bill as the result of the public support that was shown at several community forums. Transient Vacation Rentals (TVR’s) and…
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