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Maui Attractions Newsletter
July 2008
[Events] [Natural History] [Arts & Culture]
[Braddah-Nics] [Local Grinds] [Hawaiiana]


Featured Properties

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MLS: 340653
Pictures: 7 more.
Price: $950,000 Fee Simple
District: Kapalua
Type: Vacant Land
Top of the Hill in Phase 1 with sunset views, whale watching and can see both Lanai and Molokai Island. Very level lot easy to build. Create your dream home from one of 6 plans to begin your retirement on Maui and have the Kapalua lifestyle. Swimming pool area has been redone. Large recreation center. tennis courts, Barbecue areas. Only lot listed in Phase 1. Begin today designing your Maui home.
MLS: 340657
Pictures: 10 more.
Price: $1,099,000 Fee Simple
District: Kapalua
Type: Vacant Land
Excellent opportunity to begin the Maui lifestyle at the Plantation Estates Phase I in Kapalua. Lot 13 is very level for easy foundation work. The lot faces east for all of the early morning sunrises and the evening moon rise. On the right side sits a one story home on the gully between the lots for privacy on any home built on this lot. This lot is really a real gem for either a one or two story home. Close to restaurant and beach access and midst the Plantation Golf Course. This is a gem. This is the best priced lot in Phase I or II of Plantation Estates. See it today.
MLS: 340661
Pictures: 25 more.
Price: $875,000 Fee Simple
District: Wailuku
Type: Single Family
Beds: 3
Baths: 2.00
Bi-Coastal views of the harbor, Haleakala, Kahului lights at night. Spacious single level home that is being sold unfurnished. Enjoy the cool breeze and quiet cul -de-sac living in this newer subdivision above Wailluku. This home has many upgrades with solar hot water system, water softener with reverse osmosis purifier. GE Profile refrigerator and upgraded Microwave, new blinds throughout, designer colors on walls and trim, cherry wood flooring throughout. Total square footage = 2,770 with 1,887 interior space 482 Sq. ft garage 401 Sq. ft of covered lanais. Outside lanai has 3 glass doors for protection from wind. 40 yr. manufactuer's guarantee on roof and siding. Seller may consider some financing for 3 years with a good down payment.
MLS: 340654
Pictures: 14 more.
Price: $148,000 Fee Simple
District: Napili/Kahana/Honokowai
Type: Condo
Building: Honokowai East
Unit: 303
Baths: 1.00
Excellent starter home. Unit has been upgraded and nice views from this unit. Up high to get some breeze also. A very good complex that is near the beach and shopping at the stores with sidewalks for walking. Complex has a pool and tennis courts for easy relaxing. Quiet complex. Tenant occupied so must have 48 hours notice to show. Electric included in maintenance fee.
MLS: 340655
Pictures: 12 more.
Price: $290,000 Fee Simple
District: Napili/Kahana/Honokowai
Type: Condo
Building: Honokowai East
Unit: 112
Beds: 2
Baths: 1.00
Excellent home for first time buyers. Nice ground floor 2 bed 1 bath unit that is in very good condition with numerous upgrades. This is a nice quiet property with many home owners living here full time. Complex has a very nice pool and tennis courts and easy walk to shops and the beach is across the street. Tenant occupied so do need 48 hours to show. Electric is included in maintenance fees.
MLS: 340647
Pictures: 18 more.
Price: $570,000 Fee Simple
District: Kapalua
Type: Condo
Building: Kapalua Golf Villas
Unit: 12T2
Beds: 1
Baths: 1.50
Great Golf townhouse right on the golf course with mountain and sunset views. Excellent condition as not in rental. Easy to show. This unit is very close to pool, restaurant, beach across the street for an easy walk. End of cul de sac location for privacy. Unit has street access. for easy entry.
MLS: 340794
Pictures: 12 more.
Price: $690,000 Fee Simple
District: Kapalua
Type: Condo
Building: Kapalua Golf Villas
Unit: 16P3,4
Beds: 2
Baths: 2.00
Excellent Golf Villa right on the fairway. Great viewing for the LPGA game to be held next October. Lanai has been enclosed on dining side for more living area. Some oceanview. Unit has not been in rental pool. Golf Villas have 4 pools and easy walk to beach, tennis,restaurrants and all of the Kapalua amenities. Unit is in very good condition.
MLS: 338995 - Potential Short Sale
Pictures: 7 more.
Price: $700,000 Fee Simple
District: Kapalua
Type: Condo
Building: Kapalua Bay Villas I
Unit: 17B-4
Beds: 1
Baths: 1.00
Potential Short Sale: Yes
OUTSTANDING VIEWS FROM THIS BRIDGE LEVEL UNIT. EXCELLENT RENTAL UNIT DUE TO LOCATION AND CENTRAL AC. SPECTACULAR LOCATION AND VERY COMFORTABLE LIVING. ANY OFFER AND SALE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE CURRENT LENDER.
MLS: 340658 - Potential Short Sale
Pictures: 21 more.
Price: $700,000 Fee Simple
District: Kapalua
Type: Condo
Building: Kapalua Golf Villas
Unit: 26P1,2
Beds: 2
Baths: 2.00
Potential Short Sale: Yes
Great end unit at the top of the cul-de-sac for privacy. Four pools in Kapalua Golf Villas, short walk to tennis garden, restaurants, Kapalua Spa and beach. The unit is in good condition and in private rental program. Unit has central a/c and has some upgrades with the cabinets and tile. Fully furnished. Some view of the sunsets through the trees. Very nice for living as quiet and very private. Close walk to the new spa and shuttle will take you to all of the other Kapalua dining and beaches.
MLS: 340660
Pictures: 19 more.
Price: $715,000 Fee Simple
District: Kapalua
Type: Condo
Building: Kapalua Ridge
Unit: 1012
Beds: 1
Baths: 2.00
Very good views from living and dining area and kitchen. The Ridge has two very well located pools and also the big recreation room with kitchen and enclosed party room. The unit is well located to pool and short walk to office and beach across the street. This is a very good price for this unit. New carpet and has been kept up. Appliances are all in good working order. This is well priced for the market and you must see to appreciate living at the Ridge. Unit is being sold furnished with a few exclusions. This is a unit to see.
Events

Natural History


Cup Of Gold, Chalice Vine
(Solandra maxima)

The spectacular Cup of Gold (called "Copa de Oro" in Spanish), is a rambunctious ornamental vine that is a native of Mexico, Central America and northern South America.  It is common throughout Hawaii, where its rampant growth and extravagant blooms are very much appreciated, and has escaped and become naturalized in some places. 

In the wild the plant is a scrambling jungle climber and woody creeper that can grow to over 30 feet or more with large, glossy, elliptical leaves that are slightly pointed at the end. The plant is a member of the potato family and belongs to the same family as the Deadly Nightshade and the Tomato.

The vines are often used in gardens as rapidly growing hedges and as specimen plants. They like full sun and need a strong support to show off their blooms to best effect.

Cup of Gold tends to flower during the winter and spring, and sometimes into the early summer. The waxy blossoms form cups that can measure six inches across and up to nine inches long. The flowers are more properly called "chalices," they are so huge. They are especially fragrant in the evening and smell like ripe apricots. Most people enjoy the fragrance of the flowers, but some people feel slightly ill after sniffing these flowers deeply, developing headache, nausea, dizziness and weakness.

The flowers bloom for four days, changing color from light cream when in bud to a golden banana color when in full bloom, to a rusty, orangish-apricot before dying. The huge waxen-textured buds unfold so rapidly that the backward curving movement may be easily observed. They seem to unfold before your eyes. Inside the flowers are five distinctive purplish lines that radiate from the center.

Be aware that the plants contain toxins (either solanin or atropine, and sometimes both) that affect the central nervous system and can cause hallucinations. In fact, the Aztecs once used the flowers to induce sacred hallucinations. It is wise to avoid touching your eyes while you are handling the plants and to thoroughly wash your hands afterwards.


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Arts & Culture


Iao Theater

A landmark in old Wailuku town is the Spanish Mission-style theater on Market Street.  It opened in 1928, in Wailuku and originally was a place where movies were screened and live onstage performances hosted.  It fell into disrepair in the 1980s, faced possible demolition in 1994. 

In December, 1927, Manuel Paschoal and H. B. Weller broke ground for the Iao Theater.  (The theater, they said, was named after the small bait fish, and not the Iao Needle, the other famous Wailuku landmark.)  The building was designed by architect Edward Walsh and after nine months and $40,000 in construction costs, the 75-seat theater opened on August 22, 1928.

The first production was a local play featuring local actors as well as a showing of "Sporting Goods," a movie starring Richard Dix.  In the ensuing years, it was a major entertainment center for Maui.  Local Hawaiian artists performed at the Iao and many community events were held under its tiled roof over the years. The first talking movie "Rio Rita," a musical comedy based on a Ziegfeld production, was shown at the Iao Theater on March 30, 1930.

A snack concession called "Harry's Sweets" was located just outside the main theater entrance.  It was run by Harry Kaya for almost forty years, from 1930 to the mid-1970's.

Movie glams Bob Hope, Betty Hutton and Frank Sinatra appeared at the Iao for USO shows during World War II.  In 1953, the Hawaii premier of "From Here to Eternity," a movie made in Hawaii, was screened at Iao. 

Twenty years later, in 1973, as the theater and the town went through a seedy phase, it was a major scandal when a showing of the X-rated film, "Deep Throat" led to the arrest of the manager.

By the early 1980's after the theater closed down, the threat of demolition loomed.  Community efforts helped save the theater.

In November, 1984, Maui Community Theater produced Gilbert and Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" after they lost their playhouse at the Kahului Fairgrounds in a fire.  The group occupied the theater for $200 a month. 

In July, 1993, Maui County paid $882,000 to buy the one-acre lot and the theater from the Lyons family trust.  On March, 1996, a blessing was held to celebrate the completion of $734,000 in renovations.  Eventually, they spent $1.8 million on partial restoration. 

The Hawaii State Register of Historic Places listed Iao as the oldest theater building in Hawaii on June 24, 1994.  It was placed o the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Currently, it is the home of Maui OnStage, a community-based theatrical organization.


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Hawaiiana

Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono

The Hawai’i State motto is “Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono,” which means “The life/sovereignty of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.” This motto has been the motto of Hawai’i for over 160 years, but in 1959 “Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono” became the official motto for the state of Hawai’i. It is often said that this became the motto of the kingdom of Hawai’i when Kamehameha III (also known as Kauikeouli) spoke the words. In 1843, a British commander named George Paulet pressured Kauikeouli into surrendering the Hawaiian kingdom to the British monarchy, which was a bit beyond his authority. Kauikeouli contacted London and informed them of the captain’s mischievous actions. About 5 months later a British admiral named Richard D. Thomas rejected the actions of the commander and the kingdom was restored to Kauikeouli. It was during this time of confusion that Kamehameha III voiced the phrase “Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono.”

 

 

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Braddah-Nics Lexicon


STANDARD:  No, really....I'm not angry.
BRADDAH-NICS:  Not!  I no stay habut!

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STANDARD:  I see.  Now you have time for us.
BRADDAH-NICS:  Oh.  Now you like see us now!

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STANDARD:   What's the matter? Why are you acting like that?
BRADDAH-NICS:  'Samattah you?  Why you make li' dat?







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Potugese Bean SoupLocal Grinds


Portuguese Bean Soup

Ingredients:

  • 1 Cup Red Kidney (Uncooked) Beans
  • 4 Cups Boiling Water
  • 1 Pound Portuguese Sausage
  • 1 Onion (Sliced)
  • 2 Carrots (Diced)
  • 2 Potatoes (Diced)
  • 1 Small Cabbage (Chopped)
  • 1 Can (8 oz.) Tomato Sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon Salt

Procedure:

Wash beans in a large saucepot. Cover with boiling water and let stand for one hour, add in Portuguese sausage and onions and let stand over night (in refrigerator).

Next Day: Cook on medium heat for one hour. Add in remaining ingredients and cook until vegetables are soft (approximately 1 or 11/2 hours).
(For a little extra spice add a dash of red pepper)
Best enjoyed with a side of Portuguese sweet bread.


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