While mailing a few postcards home to the kids from Maui a few months back we stumbled onto the Saturday morning Swap Meet. We found out later the swap has been operating for more than 15 years near Kahului’s post office where it attracts residents and visitors alike.
Why is it so popular? Could […]
There’s nothing we like better than a good chocolate chip cookie. Add Macadamia nuts and we call them Maui Macadamia Nut Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Makes about 4 Dozen 3 inch cookies.
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
Ingredients
2 1/2 Cups all purpose flour
1 Teaspoon baking soda
1 Teaspoon salt
2 Sticks softened butter
3/4 Cup granulated sugar
3/4 Cup brown sugar
1 Teaspoon […]
We ran across an interesting website the other day and wanted to share it with you. It’s called EarthAlbum.Com and it essentially uses Google Maps to locate images on Flickr. In the image above we clicked on Lahaina (see the yellow box) and the pictures in the strip above were returned.
It’s in […]
Maui’s 10,000 foot tall dormant shield volcano Haleakala dominates the island. It is an extremely popular and easily accessible visitor destination. Watching the sunrise from Haleakala’s summit has taken on mythic proportions and is indeed spectacular and popular. The National Park Service estimates that of the parks 1.4 million annual visitors, two […]
You can save a few dollars while visiting Maui by renting your car from a local company instead of one of the national chains. May we suggest Word of Mouth Rent-A-Car. Word of Mouth is a 30 year old family owned company based in Kahului, that rents late model compact cars. Their […]
According to Arthur Formmer in an article in the Houston Chronicle, now’s the time to buy your tickets for fall travel to Hawaii. He points out that after the heavy summer travel season the airlines will be cutting back the number of flights throughout the US. This means that airfares will continue to […]
To save some money on your Maui Lodging try using www.vrbo.com (Vacation Rental By Owner).With VRBO you are renting directly from the owner of the unit, cutting out the middle man and saving a few dollars for your trouble. Additionally with the current decline in Hawaii tourism and downturn in the economy there are […]
