One of the best things about living on Maui is the year-round growing season – a fact brought home to me the other day when James made a pohole fern salad. In the New England of my childhood, we could only get tender, slightly chewy fiddlehead ferns in the springtime–and because these fern shoot–baby ferns–were […]
Famous Dave’s is coming to Hawaii, and they’re firing up the barbecue pit in Lahaina. The ribs are “legendary” on the mainland, although our experience is that they’re less memorable than good to very good. We’re not going to be able to get to the restaurant for awhile, but if you visit, please let us […]
After three spectacular birthday meals for James, it was time for some down time … so I booked us massages at the Grand Wailea’s Spa Grande. After over an hour in their spectacular terme, and a relaxing massage, James eyes were no longer tight and stressed out looking. In fact, he looked pretty happy.
We celebrated James’ birthday with three different meals this year. (He likes to be “festooned” on his birthday, and he deserves it!) The last (and best meal), was at our favorite sushi place, Koiso, in Kihei. Hiro-san, the owner and master sushi chef who makes magical food at a twelve-seat sushi bar, is a an […]
We officially celebrated James’ birthday at that most Maui of Maui restaurants: Mama’s Fish House. We gathered with a few of our very favorite people for a meal fit for a king. And what did we wear? Purple velvet crowns. Naturally! (Those smiley faces on the right of the picture, by the way, belong to […]