When a Home Is not a House
Maui folks have been known to live quite happily in trees, caves, yurts, teepees, tack sheds, camper vans and Matson containers.
The Opposite Attraction
Being willing to consider the opposite might just teach you a thing or two about yourself.
Terminal Nostalgia
Mauians and longtime visitors may recall sleepier versions of the Kahului airport.
The Monarch of the Midway
People once called E.K. Fernandez the Barnum of the Pacific, but he was beyond compare, a Hawaiian original.
Do What?
Jack Hagarty recently spent three days as an extra on Adam Sandler’s new romantic comedy Just Go with It, filmed in part on the beach at the Maui Grand Wailea Resort, and also starring Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Aniston.
Wherefore Art?
In big-city academic circles, this school is called “recycled,” “commodified” or “found object” art. Here on Maui, it’s usually just a case of somebody with too many old surfboards.
Pacific Rim
Held at the Lahaina Civic Center gym the week of Thanksgiving, the Maui Invitational has become the preseason showcase for top college basketball teams in the nation.
Et Tu, Julius?
Few know the role that the Orange Julius franchise played in Hawaii's admission to statehood.
Confessions of a Hotel Nanny
A nanny never knows whether she’ll spend her time coddling a cranky baby, playing Fish with a four-year-old, or reading a novel on an ocean-view terrace while her charge takes a nap.
What Goes Around
Find our how the writer's brown Nissan ended up with blue doors, blue hood, blue hatch and blue gas-cap cover.
Is that Legal?
One writer recounts the humorous scenario experienced by two tourists—in the lobby of Kaanapali Beach Hotel—while visiting during Makahiki Season.
Eh, Who Dat Ovah Deah?
As Maui moves into the twenty-first century, the unassuming nicknames of the past will likely evolve to suit our more frenetic and capitalistic times.
Shaken and Stirred
I was jostled awake by what I at first thought was a herd of Upcountry cattle rampaging through my living quarters.
A Taste of Reality
On Sunday morning last, I woke to find a breakfast tray on my bedside table with Giles nowhere in sight. It was most peculiar...
