What could you do in Kaanapali and Maui before having a milestone birthday?
Kaanapali, Feb. 25–FB is celebrating a milestone birthday today and may not want the blogger to say which one. So you will just have to guesS. Even so here is what she has been doing on Maui over the last ? years.
And one guess who this beautiful daughter takes after. Her only fault is when you point a camera, she automatically strikes a pose but sometimes does not like the result, like most women I have photographed over the years (MUCH MORE BELOW..SCROLL)
ABOVE: ages 2–3 in Ka’anapali and Chicago; BELOW: At Easter Egg hunt in Lahaina with brother, breakfast someplace, with son, and with Hula Pie at Leilan’is
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
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
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.
- HYATT RESIDENCES
- LEILANI’S
- WHALERS VILLAGE
- LEILANI’S
- CHICAGO
- CHICAGO
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
Above: Kaanapali Beach: a friend (left) dancers with a local
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 after
Above. Dancing on the Celebrity Solstice in Polynesia
Below: an interlude on the Beach Walk, Kaanapali Beach..
WHICH IS THE BEST TATOO OF THE YEAR? Retrospective on the Best of the Bloggers 6000 DIGITAL 2014 PHOTOS.
- HYATT RESIDENCES
- 3
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.
Or one of these?
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: 
FIRST PHOTOS: BREAKING NEWS…KAANAPALI GETS MAGNIFICENT RESIDIENCES
Kaanapali, DEC 13– The Hyatt Residences Club resort, adjoining the Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa opened its doors Friday. The addition is the first new resort complex to open since the expansion of the Maui Marriott a number of years ago. NORM BEZANE/VOICES OF MAUI TALK STORY, LLC
The first owners checked in and lolled about a series of pools overlooking the ocean. Locals tried out the new Tiki Bar that frames beach and ocean.
The unusual design of the resort dotted with extensive foliage and large trees that took months to install showcases the beach and ocean, with all venues within the resort including a spectacular lobby, towel kiosk, food store Jacuzzi and having a full frontal view of the beach and ocean.




































