Brad’s tattoos. That’s the first thing I saw when I walked into the MauiTime office on North Main Street in the spring of 2008. I was fresh off a run as staff reporter at an alt weekly in tony Marin County and looking for a new challenge. Something completely different, but sort of the same. I’d heard about an editor opening at this newspaper in Hawaii, which sounded … [Read more...] about Jacob Shafer reflects on MauiTime’s 20th Anniversary
Travis Tiffin
2015 MauiTime Year In Review
Well, another year’s in the books. On the whole, 2015 wasn’t any more disastrous or violent than any other recent year, I suppose (we did get a new Star Wars film out of it), though at times it certainly seemed otherwise. Murder rates have risen in many large American cities, and a series of horrific mass shootings put everyone on edge. The great movie actors Maureen O’Hara, … [Read more...] about 2015 MauiTime Year In Review
MauiTime says aloha to former Art Director Travis Tiffin
And now for some bad news: former MauiTime Art Director Travis Tiffin passed away the other night. He had been living in Santa Rosa, California, and had been sick for some time. Apparently doctors had expected him to die a year ago, but Travis hung on. This didn't surprise me too much, because Travis was tough. He tore at life, biting off huge chunks. Everything he did, … [Read more...] about MauiTime says aloha to former Art Director Travis Tiffin
That time I went night kayaking with my friend Travis
I’d been in choppy seas before, but this was something else entirely. Every few seconds I’d feel air beneath the hull of my kayak, or get drenched as a wave crashed over the bow. A light but steady breeze was whipping up considerable swells. The kayak was pretty stable, but I pointed the bow into the waves just to be safe. I could hear the surf smashing into the big rocks … [Read more...] about That time I went night kayaking with my friend Travis