In the heart of Big Island’s Waimea town is a newly listed home in the Lualai neighborhood. This warm, inviting home has nice curb appeal with architectural character. This home has the most spacious, largest square footage of any floor plan built in the Lualai community, with 1,950 square feet of interior space. Great room Private [...]
The neighborhood of Makiki, stretching east to west from Punahou Street to Pensacola Street and north to south from Round Top Drive/Makiki Heights Drive to Lunalilo Freeway, is a desirable Honolulu community to live in. Makiki's night sky is beautiful and there are many things to do here Located near schools, world-class shopping, recreation, and [...]
Everyone always asks me to look for a good school in a good area on Oahu. Rightfully so. Everyone always wants to send their children to the best school possible to give their kids the best fighting chance and a step up in the “real world.” It is hard when you’re paying for the price of [...]
Mala`ai, The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School, recently received a Grant from The Richard Smart Fund of the Hawai’i Community Foundation to host a series of workshops around local food sustainability issues. A fun way for old residents and potential new residents to have an authentic experience and get to learn a little about one of [...]
Perched atop the ridge separating Manoa and Palolo Valleys is one of Honolulu’s often-overlooked neighborhoods of great merit, St. Louis Heights. A community of single-family homes with panoramic views of Diamond Head, Waikiki, the Pacific Ocean and sunsets, St. Louis Heights offers extremely convenient access to Waikiki and beaches, fine and casual dining, the H-1 [...]
If you know me, I like reading and learning (culinary school for 2 years, energy management now master gardening). I’ve decided to renew my California Real Estate license, so I’ve been frantically taking some continuing education classes online. The “school” that I’ve enrolled in, First Tuesday, has some interesting articles that I found myself perusing. I [...]
The Big Island of Hawaii is home to one of the state’s top prep schools, Hawaii Preparatory Academy. HPA offers K-12 education on two campuses (K-8 are located at the Village Campus and 9-12 are located at the Upper Campus), which are located about a mile apart from one another in the heart of Waimea [...]
Note: This blog was originally published on July 29, 2009 In honor of the successful closing by Hawaii Life clients on a very special oceanfront parcel in North Kohala, a blog post on what you need to know about buying oceanfront property in Hawaii seems appropriate. Most of this information is true on all the [...]
Spotting these Albatross the other day led me to explore a bit more about these majestic creatures of flight. Here’s a bit of what I found out… Known mostly for living on the uninhabited (by humans) Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, in the past couple decades, a small amount of Laysan Albatross have used their six-foot wingspan [...]
Mauna Lani Resort, Kohala Coast, Big Island, Hawaii One of my favorite things about the Mauna Lani Resort is called Twilight at Kalahuipua’a – Talk Story Under a Full Moon. Each month, on the Saturday closest to when the full moon rises, Mauna Lani residents and guests are invited to attend an evening of Hawaiian [...]
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