Tag Archives: 365 DAYS OF KAANAPALI

If YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE THE SUPER BOWL IN THE LAST 30 SECONDS, best to able to:

..walk 2 steps to Kaanapali Beach  afterwards  on Maui. Much more photo coverage to come. VOICES OF MAUI TALK STORY, LLC photo

Fans from Seattle. There was more to watch there than the game.

Fans from Seattle. There was more to watch there than the game.

What were these people doing about this time last year?

Kaanapali, Maui, January, 31–Basking in the sun, imbibing, cheering at the Westin on North Beach. See you there tomorrow where the nation will celebrate my birthday with a big extravaganza in Arizona. Your blogger will here watching the so-called super bowl VOICES OF MAUI TALK STORY PHOTO, 2014

Super Bowl Viewers on Maui, 2014

Super Bowl Viewers on Maui, 2014

PROGRESSIVE CONDO PROGRESSIVE IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE

Ka=anapali,, Maui–Jan. 28–Want to turn your Maui condo into a real community? Take your cue from the Vintage of Kaanapali above Whales Village, organize a community ohana, and spnsor a progressive  dinner.

VOICES OF MAUI TALK STORY, LLC PHOTOS                                  On the way to one of three homes.

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BLOCKBUSTER POST OF THE YEAR: 106 VOICES OF MAUI BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OF MAUI AND ELSEWHERE OF THE YEAR, WHO WHERE AND WHEN, LAST POST OF 2014. HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM VOICES OF MAUI

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Ka’anapali, Lahaina, Hawaii Dec. 31–When traveling to Maui, you think of majestic beaches, the deep blue ocean, azure skies, lush rain forests, and flowering plumeria. What you don’t often think of are the beautiful people, beautiful in appearance and beautiful in spirit. Meet them below in the annual Joys of Kaanapali wahine recap (with some guys too). See the well coiffed, the colorfully dressed, the well endowed, the indifferently endowed, the multi-tattooed, the locally well-known and not so well-known, the residences and visitors to the greatest place on earth.


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MIKE WHITE WITH AMY, one of Maui/s best femalte vocalists

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JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE BEACH

JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE BEACH

Leilani's last Saturday

Leilani’s last Saturday

At Relay for LIfe tent

At Relay for LIfe tent

 

 

  

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On the Move: WHAT DOES A BLOGGER DO AFTER SPENDING 8 HOURS PACKING BOXES

Chicago, Dec. 28– After eight  hours packing on the big move out of the apartment project, your Joys of Kaanapai bloger goes to the Redhead Piano Bar on Ontario Street a block away.  And in the morning, celebrates the completion of 200 posts on this new version of the blog by showing more to his favorite place.    Voices of Maui Talk Story,LLC, Norm Bezane, columnist and author of Voices of Maui Natives and Newcomers, Maui for Millions, and Voices of Aloha. 
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Which of these is the VOICES OF MAUI PHOTO OF THE YEAR from a selection of 6,000? Vote in comments.

Lahaina, Dec. 27–Which of these is the VOICES OF MAUI PHOTO OF THE YEAR?  Comment to Vote. Count from the top 1,2 etc. copyright, Norm Bezane, Voices of Maui Talk Story.

Below:  Joyous ukulele player with 70 other players at Maui Arts and Cultural Center

                                                Below: Chicago festival
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 Above:  Kaanapali Beach: a friend (left) dancers with a local 

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 Leilani’s day: she has three kids

A beautiful blue Maui sky as backdrop

 A beautiful blue Maui sky as backdrop for the launching of the voyaging canoe.

                                                  Above:  Race to Lana’i from Kaanapali Beach                                                 Honulu Bay: A voyager offers traditional island hello between Native Hawaians

Below: Spring break on Kaanapali Beach the night aftershipIMG_2743                                                Above. Dancing on the Celebrity Solstice in Polynesia

                                                Below: an interlude on the Beach Walk, Kaanapali Beach..

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WHICH IS THE BEST TATOO OF THE YEAR? Retrospective on the Best of the Bloggers 6000 DIGITAL 2014 PHOTOS.

Lahaina, Dec. 26; Beautiful tattoos on beautiful  people  are one of the photographer’s favorite subjects as they stroll or sit along Kaanapali Beach and elsewhere. Make a comment on your pick of the year by indicating a number and see if you agree with the blogger. Win one of my books.  COMING THIS YEAR: annual porfolion of more than 100 wahines and kanas. Other best photos of the year. copyright Norm Bezane/VOICES OF MAUI TALK STORY LLC. 

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MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM VOICS OF MAUI TALK STORY, LLC

Lahaina, Dec. 25: Santa has put his canoe away for another year but the Christmas lights still glow in paradise.  TOMORROW: Best of 6,000 digital photos of the year begins.

WHERE SHOULD YOU GO FOR ALOHA AT CHRISTMAS? 12 Days of Christmas Holiday Photo Spectacular


Kaanapali Beach, Dec. 24–One guess. The Most Hawaiian Hotel, the Kaanapali Beach Hotel, where carols have been/were sung in the lobby this week and carolers will be on the lawn Christmas morning. One year Santa even showed up to dance at the Christmas brunch. Voices of Maui photo archives, posted from Chicago.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>AND WHY IS THE BLOGGER NOT ON MAUI at CHRISTMAS:

GIVE THE GIFT OF ALOHA: 12 days of Christmas Holiday Blog Spectacular

Dec. 21, First Day of Winter–I Before enjoying the spectacular, if you like my photos, you will love my books that profile the remarkable people of aloha.

 

 

On Maui,  find Voices of Maui Natives and Newcomers, Maui for Millions, or Voices of Aloha at Friends of Library bookstores in Queen Kaahumanu Center and Wharf Cinema center third floor, the Kaanapali Beach Hotel deli plus interior shop (signed copies) tool, and the coffee stack at the smokestack in Lahaina. Also available on amazon.com by  search for author Norm Bezane. 

Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in the next 12 days enjoy a feast of photos next   including by second annual year end wahines and kanes featuring more than 125 beautiful people on the beach, beach path, at Leilani’s, at KImo’s,  almost everywhere.  See if you made the cut. This site copyright, Voices of Maui Talk Story, 

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Dec. 21, First Day of Winter