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Maui Attractions Newsletter
November 2007
Don't forget to check out Debra's
Current Maui MLS real estate property listings!
Hi! You can tell fall is here - at least you can Upcountry. It's a little cooler and at my house we have lots of trees with leaves turning colors - it's a nice time of year!
There are some great concerts coming up at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center:
Cecilio and Kapono are performing on November 3rd (we've got our tickets already!)
Willie Nelson and Friends are doing their annual fundraiser for Montessori School of Maui on November 24th
And
John Cruz will have 2 shows - one on November 30th and one on December 1st.
We have a couple of beautiful new listings coming up this month! One in Haiku and one in Pukalani. Stay tuned for more information!
I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
And please remember, if you or anyone you know is looking to buy or sell real estate - or have questions regarding real estate - please feel free to contact me. My e-mail address is: deb@HomeOnMaui.com, my direct local number is 283-0049; and my toll free direct number is (888) 212-4626. I look forward to hearing from you!
Aloha,
deb
Featured Maui Real Estate Property Listings
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Sunnyside – Upcountry Real Estate
1900 Baldwin Avenue – click here for more info
You will feel like you stepped back in time when you enter this property! The 1930’s era house, cottage and studio are on over an acre of land that over looks miles of sugar cane fields to north and south shore ocean views.
$2,250,000
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Olinda – Upcountry Real Estate
25 Lumahai Place – click here for more info
This beautiful 4-bedroom, 3-bath home and detached 1-bedroom, 1-bath cottage are on 2.88 acres with great north shore views and tons of privacy!
$1,550,000
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Haiku – North Shore Real Estate
241 Waiama Way – click here for more information
Haiku Hill at its best! 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath, 4,500 square foot
home. Amazing attention to detail. Sweeping ocean views.
$2,850,000
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Kahului – Central Maui Real Estate
13 Ho’owehi Place – click here for more information
Like-new 3-bedroom, 3-bath home in a great new neighborhood!
$609,000
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Kula – Upcountry Real Estate
0 Kula Highway – click here for more information
7.9-acres with coast to coast views! New gated large lot subdivision with only 5 lots. Spectacular!
$1,300,000 |
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Kula – Upcountry Real Estate
15800 Haleakala Hwy – click here for more information
This 2-acre property is zoned rural .5 acre with a 1-bedroom, 1-bath cedar home.
$740,000
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Kula – Upcountry Real Estate
65 Maud’s Place – click here for more information
This is a beautiful 5-bedroom home with a wonderful floor plan! Located in the Keokea area on a 2-acre view lot – this is one of the nicest homes on the market in Kula.
$1,595,000 |
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Kula – Upcountry Real Estate
2936 Lower Kula Road – click here for more info
This 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath home in lower Kula has a detached cottage and sits on a level, half-acre lot. GREAT views!
$890,000 - SOLD |
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Kula – Upcountry Real Estate
295 Pulehu Road
Architecturally-designed home in desirable Lower Kula, surrounded by
multi-million dollar homes on 2- to 20-acre parcels.
$2,995,000 - SOLD
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Haiku – North Shore Real Estate
2080 Lilikoi Rd.
This C.W. Dickey-designed home and detached art studio was built in 1930 for Ethel and Harry Baldwin and moved to its present site in 1997. A “must see” if you are looking for views and privacy!
$1,225,000 - SOLD
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Makawao - Upcountry Real Estate
670 Hoene St., Maui Uplands
Beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with ocean views and detached 1 bedroom, 1 bath cottage on a half-acre.
$985,000 - SOLD |
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Olinda – Upcountry Real Estate
2188 Pi’iholo Road
Great cottage on a .5-acre in Olinda! Check it out!
$598,000 - SOLD
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Kula – Upcountry Real Estate
28 Ka Drive
Located in one of my favorite neighborhoods, Kula Kai, this single-level home sits on a private 14,255 sq. ft. lot with ocean view.
$698,000 - SOLD |
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Makawao - Upcountry Real Estate
111 Keleawe Street
This 4-bedroom, 2-bath home has a flexible floor plan, a detached 2-bedroom
cottage and a large workshop/storage building. It's a great value at
$779,000 - SOLD
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Kahului - Central Maui Real Estate
Kahului Ikena #40-221
1 bedroom, 1 bath condo with NEW: carpet, tile, paint, faucets, blinds refrigerator and closet built-ins!
Convenient location.
$239,000 - SOLD |
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Makawao - Upcountry Real Estate
50 Ahuwale Place
3 bedroom, 2 bath home plus detached studio/workshop with bathroom on 2 level, useable acres only 15 minutes to town.
$885,000 - SOLD |
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Pukalani - Upcountry Real Estate
320 Hololani Street
Impeccably maintained, 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on the 11th fairway of the Pukalani Golf Course.
$819,000 - SOLD
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Haiku - North Shore Real Estate
373 Ulumalu Road
Tucked back from the road among beautiful big trees is this 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath home with 3 large bonus rooms.
$750,000 - SOLD |
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Makawao – Upcountry Real Estate
1000 Ukiu Rd.
Classic 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath ‘plantation’ home in perfect condition on a 10,000+ sq. ft. lot. Large kitchen and bedrooms; private backyard.
Perfectly priced at $550,000 - SOLD
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Kula - Upcountry Real Estate
11 Welina Place
This is a beautiful 4 bedroom, 3 bath, 4,364 square foot home on 2 acres in Kula 200. It is all on one level with the exception of the 816 square foot master bedroom suite which has a bi-coastal view. Fabulous!
$1,685,000 - SOLD |
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Kula - Upcountry Real Estate
297 Kulamanu Circle
This like-new home has great curb appeal. Very nice landscaping and sideyard. Private and tranquil inside the home. Upper and lower decks overlook ranchland and Maalaea. Beautiful ocean view from living room and master BR. 9' ceilings upstairs. Fireplace (with blower) in living room. Double-pane windows throuighout. Built-in Bose sound system. Stainless steel appliances and Corian countertops. Walk-in closet in master BR. Whirlpool tub in master BA. Big family room with half-BA (and closet )downstairs. Easy to show.
$860,000 - SOLD |
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Pukalani - Upcountry Real Estate
157 Pi'imauna Street
Kua'Aina Ridge: This gorgeous 3-bedroom, 2-bath home has amazing attention to detail (crown molding, plantation shuttered windows, bead-board wainscoting, etc.), a gourmet kitchen, perfect landscaping and nice north shore ocean views.
$760,000 - SOLD |
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Kula – Upcountry Real Estate
1576 Lower Kimo Drive
Immaculate 4-bedroom, 3-bath (OR: 3-bedroom, 2-bath with attached 1-bedroom, 1-bath ohana). Newly painted inside and out, brand new flooring and new appliances. Nothing left to do but move in and enjoy the great south shore ocean view and the fabulous Kula climate!
$715,000 - SOLD
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Pukalani - Upcountry Real Estate
256 Hololani St.
Beautiful 3-bedroom, 2-bath home with 1-bedroom, 1-bath ohana on the 12th fairway of the Pukalani Golf Course.
$929,000 - SOLD
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Kihei - South Maui Real Estate
Menehune Shores #416
Oh what a view! Walk in the front door and all you see are islands and ocean! This 1-bedroom, 1-bath, 4th floor, ‘front & center’ unit was completely renovated in 2001 – new EVERYTHING!
$650,000 - SOLD
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Haiku - Upcountry Real Estate
2080 Lilikoi Road
This is the classic C.W. Dickey-designed home on 2-acres with an amazing view!
$1,550,000 - SOLD |
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Kula – Upcountry Real Estate
28 Mano Drive, Kula Kai
Nice, big, comfortable 4-bedroom, 3-bath home in Kula Kai with a very flexible floor plan. This would be a great house for a large or extended family as the downstairs offers independence from the rest of the house.
$825,000 - SOLD
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Pukalani - Upcountry Real Estate
350 Lokelani house
A cute 3-bedroom, 2-bath home with 2-car garage and panoramic north to south shore views!
$700,000 - SOLD
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Makawao - Upcountry Real Estate
This is the classic “old plantation house” that everyone wants! Complete with glass door knobs, French doors, a big porch and an old “wash house” out back! Located across from pineapple fields this is a great buy at
$495,000 - SOLD
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Events
Natural History
Jade Vines
(Strongylodon spp.)
 The blossoms of the jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) are shaped like the head of an island bird or a helmeted warrior and are the most astonishing color - a blue-green like the water around the islands.
The vine is a climbing pea vine with flowers hanging in clusters like great hanging tassels, some as long as four feet. A native of the Luzon forest in the Philippines, it is a rampant climber, growing high into trees or densely covering a trellis with its three-parted leaves, which are purplish or pale green when they first appear, becoming a darker green as they mature.
Some vines bloom as early as February, others as late as June for just a few weeks. The 3-1/2 inch long flowers emerge from the woody stems and hang down in large clusters, each one pea-type in appearance and an extraordinary blue-green in color. They have no fragrance. The lei can last for two or three days, but the flower turns lavender after a while so a fresh, (very turquoise) lei is a prize.
The jade vine came to Hawaii in the form of two plants in 1950. (Previous attempts to introduce the seeds or the plants failed.) These plants were brought to Hawaii by Robert and John Allerton. The plants came from Los Banos Government Nursery in the Philippines. The Allertons gave one plant to Foster Gardens on Oahu and kept the other one. Their plant died, but the one at the Foster Gardens flourished. The plant went unnoticed until 1955 when the sprays of flowers were used in a flower arrangement for a dedication of a building in the Gardens. People were entranced by the flowers and encouraged the Gardens' Dr. Harold Lyon and Colin Potter to make a series of air-layers and distribute them.
Master lei maker Betty Lou Ho astonished judges and won first prize in the 1956 May Day lei competition with the first jade vine lei ever seen. Ho used about 200 blossoms to make her lei. She used five flowers pierced and tied together to make circlets which were then strung through the center on a thick cord. The following year, she won the contest again with another lei of jade vine blossoms. For this contest Ho developed a different style of lei-making involving threading the blossoms they formed a flat lei.
 A newer arrival of the species is a vibrant coral red-orange. Though a different genus, the New Guinea Creeper is a rampant climber that belongs to the same botanical family as the Jade Vine. It has similar three-parted leaves and pea-type flowers that hang in clusters from the woody stems. Instead of being blue-green, however, they are a vivid red-orange and they are often called "Red Jade."
This vine was introduced to cultivation only in 1940, when seeds collected in the New Guinea jungle were successfully germinated at the Singapore Garden. From there, it was introduced around the world and became a popular specimen plant, grown over pergolas or other supports where the flowers can be enjoyed form below.
The lei made from the Jade Vine and the New Guinea Creeper flowers can sometimes stain clothing or cause a rash on bare skin.
There is also an endemic vine (Strongylodon ruber) that grows wild in the wet and dry forest areas of all the major islands except Lanai from 500 to 2,400 foot elevations. This vine, which has red-orange flowers like the New Guinea Creeper, is the nuku 'i'iwi (beak of the 'i'iwi honeycreeper bird) vine.
The leaves also are composed of three leaflets that are from 2-1/2 to five inches long, and two to three inches wide. The flowers are red and shaped like narrow beaks, hanging in narrow clusters. The vines have thick, smooth, flat pods that are about four inches long and two inches wide. Inside these pods are one or two black round seeds.
The vine was cultivated by the Hawaiians for lei exclusively worn by the ali'i. The plant was said to be sacred to the hula goddess Laka and, perhaps, to her sister Kapo. According to folklorist Martha Beckwith, the flower was sacred to the gods and the lei made from them could only be worn by those loved by the gods (royalty). She mentions one belief that if anyone not loved by the gods dared to wear a nuku 'i'iwi lei, he or she was likely to be haunted by a headless woman carrying her head under one arm!
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Arts & Culture
The Sacred Burial Cave Of Chiefs
 Historian Samuel M. Kamakau wrote about "the famous secret cave of Maui," the cave called "Kapela," located in 'Iao Valley, "close to the cliff of Kakae at Kalahiki." The exact location of the cave has been lost. No one now knows where this noted burial place for the chiefs can be found.
The main entrance of the cave was underwater, with a second entrance set on the sheer precipice on the south side of the valley and to the left of the cave, it is said. All of the ruling chiefs who were noted for their mana and strength, as well as various powerful sorcerers and legendary heroes and men of exceptional skill who were attached to these chiefs were buried there.
Kamakau said the first of all the well-known chiefs to enter the famous cave was Kapawa, a famous chief of Waialua, Oahu. The last was Kalanikuihonoikamoku (The chief-standing-on-the-peak-of-the-island), who died in 1736. According to various sources, several hundred ruling chiefs were placed in this secret cave with all their regalia.
King David Kalakaua, who was king from 1874 until his death in 1891, ordered an extensive search to find the cave's entrance. By his time, this knowledge had already been lost. The investigators failed to find the cave.
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 Braddah-Nics Lexicon
STANDARD: Why say anything?
BRADDAH-NICS: What fo' you gotta talk?
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STANDARD: Saying nothing saves you from stress, I think.
BRADDAH-NICS: I figgah da bes' way for no get all anxiety attack is jus' fo' no talk.
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STANDARD: They won't listen. Just forget it.
BRADDAH-NICS: Them guys dey def-eyah (deaf ear). Mo' bettah jus' turn around.
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 Local Grinds
Pickled Mango
Ingredients:
- 2 cups vinegar
- 4 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 1/2 cups Hawaiian salt
- 1/2 ts spices
- 2 tb red coloring
- 6 cups water
- 1/4 lb li hing mui or 1 bag li hing powder
- 5 cups sliced green mangoes
Procedure:
Combine and boil vinegar, salt, spices, sugar, and water. Pour mixture in jar, add red color and li hing mui/powder. Dump in mango slices. Let sit for 2-4 days and enjoy!
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