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Half price sushi on Maui earlier than 10:00 p.m.

My favorite restaurants on Maui.

What to do on Maui.

The day of a possible Tsunami-February 27, 2010.

Sometimes, even a local needs to visit places on the island where he/she has never been. I was one of them a day ago.
Lynn, a friend from Iowa, suggested going to the other side of the island to find a blowhole. I’ve seen many blowholes-here if not there (not Iowa). OK, I thought. It should [...]

No, it’s not for your nose. Snow on Haleakala occurs maybe once a year, if ever. During a morning walk one year, I pointed to the 10,000 ft. mountain peak to some visitors. “Look at the snow,” I said.
At first they didn’t get my drift, but after the shock of a local actually talking to [...]

Here it is already 2010, and this is my first post of the year. Yes I’m slow, but when I remember to blog, I’m there.
There was another event yesterday that was my first for the year. A friend invited me on a whale watch.
The vog (air scum from the volcano) didn’t help the sky’s color [...]

Hardly any one of us own raincoats or umbrellas. So when the rain comes, we go into shock. We don’t like to get wet either, so we make use of what we have around to keep us from the rain.
A thick section of an old Sunday paper is good to hold over your head when [...]