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In Kihei Town … We’re Gonna Have A Party!

By on December 26, 2012 in Aloha Friday, Blogging, Community, Events, Family Fun, Food Trucks On Maui, Holidays on Maui, In the News, Photos, What to do, Where Local Eat

Kihei Town Party

Have you heard that there is going to be a huge town party happening in Kihei on December 28 (yes, this Friday!) starting at 6m at the Azeka Shopping Center Mauka Side? I bet you already have, but if you haven’t you do now.  I encourage you to come, it’s going to be a lot of fun for everyone!

Our friend Erik Blair is the social media coordinator for this event.  Since the social media peeps on Maui support each other, here I am blogging about Kihei Fourth Friday …

And it’s all good. 

So, why should you come to this Kihei Fourth Friday event? There are 101 reasons why. Let’s discuss a few: (if you are not n Maui right now, I request that you share this on your Facebook page as well so your friends who are here can will know about this.  Mahalo!)

  • For the residents of Kihei Town, you’d want to come out to show support of your town. It’s that simple. It’s the inaugural event and we are hoping to make an impact. It’s a great way to support your community.
  • For the non- residents of Kihei – we invite you to come and party with us – make it your Pau Hana event for Friday. There will be 3 designated “beer gardens” if you like to chill out with a couple glass of beers.  And for those with family, there is a designated safe  ”Keiki Zone” with loads of fun activities to do!
  • For the  tourists and visitors, you’d want to come to experience  a local event.  There will also be Hula for you to enjoy and  locally made arts and crafts will be available.
  • For the  family oriented, this is a great event to go to on your family night.  Kihei Town Party will have  a Keiki and Youth Zone – a safe zone for them to enjoy. A lot of surprises and fun activities are planned! (Photo from The Kihei Fridays Public Event Invitation on Facebook)
  • For the Foodies, you’ll be in heaven!  The Kihei Town Party has a wide selection of  Food Vendors with a variety of food to choose from!
  • For the Music Lovers, and for those who enjoy live music, Erin Smith and The Throwdowns, and The House Shakers, featuring Lenny Castellanos from Mick Fleetwood’s Blues Band,  will rock the event!  You won’t want to miss this! (Credit: Photo of Erin and the ThrowDowns is from their Facebook Page)
Our friend Peter Liu blogged about Kihei Fourth Friday too. Go check it out on this link to  Peterliu47.com
Worried about PARKING?
Pi‘ikea Avenue will be closed from the traffic circle down to South Kihei Road (between Longs Drugs and Stella Blues Café), providing plenty of room for the festivities. Plenty of parking is available at Azeka Shopping Center – Makai, Kihei Plaza, and St. Theresa’s Church.
 
UPDATES and LIVE STREAMING
This Kihei Town Party will be live streamed at http://www.kiheifridays.com/live/
For quick Updates, make sure you LIKE the Kihei Fourth Friday Facebook Page 
 And other information can be found on the Kihei Fourth Fridays Website
Kihei Fridays is also on Twitter and the official HASHTAG for the event is #Kihei
I heard there are over 50 volunteers right now spending an enormous amount of time planning and organizing this event to make it  successful. People like Pat and  Sol from Kre8tive Khaos,  Jen Tempchin, and many more.  We appreciate them all, and we appreciate all the sponsors too, like Java Cafe who will provide the wifi of the social media peeps :)
Here’s are the video and  copy of the Kihei Fridays poster for more information:

I would truly  appreciate it if yu can help spread the word about this event.  You can hit one of the buttons below – LIKE on FB, Google Plus, LinkedIn or Pin it on your Pinterest.  Mahalo and see you there!
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A Merry Maui Christmas To You

By on December 20, 2012 in Beach, Family Fun, Holidays on Maui, Photos

 

 

 

 

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Plumeria Christmas Tree On Maui

By on December 16, 2012 in Family Fun, Holidays on Maui

This post is the first of the many Merry Maui Christmas post I am hoping to do this year.  I plan to feature some of the unique ways Maui celebrates Christmas and I thought these Plumeria Christmas Tree is a great start.

It’s actually our neighbor’s tree.  This was taken a couple years ago. The neighbor who decorated this plumeria tree had moved and the new tenant do not decorate their plumeria any longer so I am glad I took these snap shots back then.

Do you have a plumeria tree in your yard? Maybe it’s time to put some Christmas balls in them and make then you very own Plumeria Christmas Tree.

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Holiday Problems & Solutions – Can You Say Travaasa?

By on November 30, 2012 in Blogging, Community, Events, Family Fun, Holidays on Maui, Photos, Products And Services Review, What to do

Can you believe it’s December 1st already (almost, just a few hours away)?! It’s the last month of the year! 2012 is almost over! Surely time flies so fast, especially when you are so busy with so many things … like, you know … Facebook and stuff … ha! Seriously, I do a lot more than Facebook, and Twitter, and blog … but I digress …

The holiday spirit is in the air and I love every bit of it! I love the Christmas trees, the decorations, the cookies, and the Christmas carols! And I even love the shopping of gifts, the mailing of cards, the cooking for pot lucks, and so on and so forth.  I am sooo into Christmas! no , really … I am so into it! Are you?

However, with the excitement and fun that the holiday brings comes holiday stress and problems: not enough time to do all the preparations and decorations; not enough money to do the shopping and gift giving, not enough … oh not enough.  And then add to the the “missing” of family and friends far away …. Ahhh, Christmas, althought the most wonderful time of the year can also be the most stressful time of the year!

Now here’s the good news. We don’t have to be stressed! The secret is preparation, and then letting go of the things we truly have no control of. As for me, when I am feeling that stress is creeping in, I try my best to step back and relax, like what I am doing here:

Most of you know that I am an advocate of  ”quietness” and “re-charging”. I love retreats as a way to re-energize.  Remember my most favorite trip to Hotel Hana (now Travaasa)  a few years back?   Remember how I said I wish I can take all of you?  Well, I was just informed by Travaasa that you can have a chance to relax at Travaasa too, not in Hana but in Austin – for free! That sounds wonderful isn’t it? I searched up Travaasa Austin and it looks like a great place to relax!

So not only is Traavasa Experiential Resort helping us to prevent or solve holiday problems, it is also giving us a chance for a wonderful revitalizing mini-vacation. Click on the photo below and it will take you to the Traavasa Holiday Page.  There, you can enter to win:

 

And here is a photo of the Spa entrance at Travaasa Austin – isn’t this so enticing? Join the contest now and I really hope you win!

Spa Entrance at Travaasa Austin. Courtesy of Travaasa Austin Website

 

ALOHA FRIDAY MEME:  This post is also entered in Aloha Friday Meme. My question is “What stresses you the most on Holidays?”  OK, I will go to  An Island Life now and see what others have posted! Blog hop time!

 

* by sharing (through Blog, Facebook and Twitter)  this great news about your chance to win a trip/stay to Travaasa Austin, I get to stay at Travaasa Hana for a night! I hope an “A Maui Blog reader will win” the Travaasa Austin stay for 2!

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