Archive | August, 2009

I Love Paia Town on Maui

By on August 29, 2009 in Community, Family Fun, Weekly Winners, What to do, Where Local Eat

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Paia is this cool little town in Hana highway between Baldwin Beach and Hookipa Beach. Once a large and busy sugar plantation town, the mill and the residential camps that surrounded it are gone. Now Paia bustles with botiques, coffee stores, art shops, health food stores and other shops. The place is also filled with casual eateries which is a great feed stop on your way to Hana.

Several weeks ago, the Maui Tweeps had our Maui Tweet Up at Anthony’s Coffee in Paia. I took the kids with me and decided to explore the town after our meet-up. At that time I was reminded of how much I love this little town.  I like the feel of it. It’s quite fun to stroll around and look at the little different shops with their unique merchandise. IMG_1015This place is unique. And the good thing about it now is that there is a public parking place near the shops.  It used to be so hard to find parking, but with the new public parking facility, it was a breeze.

Today I lovingly convinced my husband for us to drive to the North Shore so I can “scope” the leg 4 of Hana Relay which is what I am going to run on September 12th. I also convinced him to  stop by  Paia and eat lunch Paia Fish House.

There are so much to share about this cool little town where many Hippies still hang out.  When I came home and googled “Paia Town”, I was please to see that it actually has it’s own website.  So, for more information about Paia, go to Paiamaui.com

This is a photo of MauiTweetup  at Anthony’s Coffee in Paia:

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I highly suggest you check out the Paia Town website.  Actually, I highly suggest you come to Maui and visit this unique place :) Hey, @ShielaS and her son ate at this place when they were here :) Aloha!

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Aloha Friday – Favorite Flower: Pikake

By on August 28, 2009 in Aloha Friday, Nature

IMG_7123In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So Kalani thought that on Fridays she would take it easy on posting, too. On her blog she’ll ask a simple question for us to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response. Then if we would like to participate, we can do the same. I am participating this week and my question is: “What is your favorite flower?” I am working on a post about my favorite tropical flowers and thought I would like to hear what others’ favorite flowers are.

For me us, one of my favorites is Pikake. We call it Sampaguita in the Philippines but it is called Pikake in Hawaii. I love it’s fragrance and its dainty clean look. The buds are used for making leis, and if you receive one of these fresh Pikake leis, you are special. WATCH THIS song by Hapa in honor of Pikake, see a Pikake Lei and enjoy the song.

For visit more participants, please go to An Island Life and click on the linkies.

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