(This is my entry into the TOP 5 contest suggested by Jo-Ann Smith.) It's your wedding anniversary, and you want to celebrate a whole lot of years together, so what do you do? This year we treated ourselves to a trip to a Maui resort - the Maui Prince Hotel in Makena. It was a first for us, to st
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06/30/2008
The Palms at Wailea - a vacation resort in South Maui - what's selling? Current listings for sale: 5 one bedroom units - $649,000 - $875,000 - only 1 with an ocean view 10 two bedroom units - $759,000 - $1,500,000 - 6 with ocean view Pending now: unit 405 - one bedroom ground floor garden view
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06/28/2008
ALOHA SHIRT MUSEUM ~ GRAND OPENING ~ PAIA MAUI HAWAII 96779 June 27, 2008 There's a new shop in Paia - the Aloha Shirt Museum - and they specialize in vintage and collectible aloha wear and jewelry. The new store is in a great location at the center of town, with plenty of parking aro
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06/27/2008
Rammed Earth Building Our neighbors are building a rammed earth home on their Haiku Maui property and they built this little experimental project to test some techniques. It's not finished obviously, but it's coming along. The walls are made with mud and concrete in different ratios - that was
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06/26/2008
MAUI ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER - KAHULUI MAUI HI The 17th Annual Slack Key Guitar Festival - June 22, 2008 One Cameron Way (off Kahului Beach Road) This past Sunday was the annual Ki Ho'Alu (Slack Key Guitar) Festival on Maui. Every year a number of well known and lesser known artists come toget
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06/25/2008
(this is my blog version of my FREE email newsletter - if you want to recieve it in your inbox each month, just call or email me with your request) Paia/Haiku Real Estate Newsletter - June 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------ The month of June offers a reall
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06/24/2008
Maui Home Buyers - Congratulations on finding a home that fits your needs and budget. but please don't wait until the last week of your transaction to start shopping for your homeowner's insurance. Start shopping as soon as you open escrow. If you're getting a mortgage, the lender will require
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06/21/2008
Water = Beer Just want to say thanks to my hubby for helping out a neighbor... We live off the grid on Maui, which means there are no county services in our part of Haiku. For water, we use a catchment system where the rainwater ends up in this attractive Scafco (converted grain silo) water tan
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06/21/2008
(another weekend joke to lighten your day - unless you happen to be offended by this JOKE - it's just a JOKE) A guy goes to the Post Office to apply for a job. The interviewer asks him, 'Are you allergic to anything?' He says 'Yes - just caffeine.' 'Have you ever been in the service?' ‘Yes,' he
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06/20/2008
Here's some pictures taken at the George Manoa Sr. Polo match on Father's Day, June 15th 2008. The location was at the Manduke Baldwin Polo Field, on the slopes of Haleakala, Maui. I'm not sure if that's Kula, Pukalani or Makawao... it's sort of at the junction of that upcountry area. It was
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06/19/2008
