If you’re dress shopping, that means you most likely already have the wedding date set, since it’s best to do your final fitting four to six months in advance of the big day. Lucky for you, Maui is brimming with fantastic bridal shops. Of course, it’s easier to say yes to the dress if you come prepared. Call ahead to make appointments. Peruse bridal magazines beforehand. If you … [Read more...] about 2013 MauiTime Wedding Issue Bridal Gown Guide
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More Than 100 Maui Residents Wrote Complaints Against Sugar Cane Burning But We Wonder If Anyone Will Listen
From March to November each year, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (HC&S) burns about 400 acres of its sugarcane every week. That comes to about 70 acres a day–roughly the size of the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. The burning takes place, according to the company’s website (hcsugar.com), because it is “the only economical means HC&S has found to-date” of removing … [Read more...] about More Than 100 Maui Residents Wrote Complaints Against Sugar Cane Burning But We Wonder If Anyone Will Listen
The Campaign New Movie Review
Recommending The Campaign to audiences is like telling a dirty joke in a crowded room. You nervously hope people will find it as funny as you did, even if the joke in question is cheap, off-color and completely tasteless. Will Ferrell stars as Cam Brady, a dim-witted, womanizing, and utterly insincere democratic candidate running for congress. Brady is a career-politician who … [Read more...] about The Campaign New Movie Review
Brave New Movie Review
A young Scottish princess named Merida is sick and tired of her Queen mother telling her the proper way to behave as a member of royalty. Even worse, she is expected to marry one of the young men from three neighboring tribes as a gesture of maintaining peace. What Merida wants is her freedom, which she experiences on her days off when she teaches herself to become a brilliant … [Read more...] about Brave New Movie Review
Amasia New Maui Restaurant Review
In a swift motion of edible kismet, Alan Wong's newest restaurant Amasia has opened on Maui in the Grand Wailea. I've been a fan of Alan Wong ever since my friends, Jane and Bob Brown, had their remarkable anniversary dinner at his King Street Oahu restaurant and brought me his cookbook New Wave Luau. Suddenly, I was onto Alan Wong. His fresh twists on island food were more … [Read more...] about Amasia New Maui Restaurant Review