The dearth of classy, contemporary boites in Lahaina, Maui has long been a sore spot. You could belly up to the bar at a nice restaurant (Lahaina Grill, Pacific'O, Mala) but tipplers seeking appropriate launching pads for evening libations faced…

I blogged earlier about how some civic and native Hawaiian groups on Maui were looking askance at the risque activities which tend to transpire in Old Lahaina on All Hallows Eve. Meaning, chicks with scanty costumes, public drunkeness, and…

The raucous Halloween festivities in Lahaina (pictured here -- yes there are some risque costumes), the most touristy city on Maui, have long drawn comparisons to Mardi Gras and other gleeful street parties. This apparently offends Native Hawaiian groups, who…

Waikiki has been getting a lot of travel section and magazine press of late. A slew of hotels have rebranded, revamped, and renovated. A new, massive and quite attractive airy mall has opened, the Waikiki Beach Walk. The ugliest tourist…

This week the Hawaiirama call-out cocktail is hardly tropical in any real respect -- except that its a really lovely little libation and you can drink one in the Lobby Lounge of the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua,. The view, natch, is jaw-dropping.…

Sifting through all the garbage offerings from freebie publications on Maui is a major hassle. All masquerade as true editorial -- 101 Things to Do on Maui, or Maui Menu's or whatever. Maui Time, however, is a true-blue alt…