The World Surrounding Me

I’ve been rendered immobile one again this week with bursitis in my heels (yes, both heels now!). Even though I haven’t been able to walk around much, I was able to finish my second-ever Hawaiian applique block. Head on over to flickr to see it larger. This one is about 18″ square and I designed [...]

Finally, here is part 6 of our Hawaii trip summary. Sorry for the delay; being back at work takes time I could spend blogging! Part 6: South Maui South Maui has some great beaches, some decent restaurants, and nice hotels. We stayed on the border of Kihei & Wailea. Kihei is marginally a residential area [...]

Part 5: Haleakala (By the way, I figure this will go to just 6 parts.) I think Haleakala is the feature that sets Maui apart from most pacific islands (the ones we’ve visited, at least). Haleakala is an actual mountain growing up out of an island, and you can go to the top. It’s not [...]

Part 4 in the trip summary: West Maui Areas in West Maui offer some diversity. On one hand, you have Lahaina, which was a town at least as far back as the 1820′s. On the other hand, you have areas like Ka’anapali or Kapalua, which have only been around since the 1960′s or so (at [...]

Part 3 of trip summary: Central Maui: If you visit Maui, you’ll have to visit the central area for a few key things: The airport (or if you arrive via boat, I think many boats come here as well) Walmart, Kmart and other non-touristy shopping I think a lot of tourists overlook Central Maui’s other [...]

Part 2 of my trip summary: Hana, Maui From Sunday in Maui: Road to Hana If you’ve ever driven to Hana, the mere mention of “Road to Hana” probably either makes your stomach churn or brings to mind more shades of green than Crayola has heard of (or maybe both). And, if you’ve ever stayed [...]

Almost every time we met somebody in Maui and they asked where we were from, they’d say something like “Wow, Austin’s such a great town!” or “I hear that’s the best town in Texas” or just get all dreamy and say “Austin…” Inspired by those comments, and with much love for my adopted home town, [...]

I didn’t live-blog our trip, but I do think I’ll do a series reviewing our Hawaii trip. So, watch over the next week or so for posts about our recent visit to Oahu & Maui. Today’s topic: Honolulu But, before we get there, a word about American Airlines. I’m seriously considering, if we ever fly [...]

We’ve returned home from Maui! I plan to post more about our trip, but I may need a few days. I go back to work tomorrow (first day since April 3rd), I’m 5-hours behind the time zone, and I’m also sleep-deprived from a red-eye flight. So, no good blogging in me today. Instead, check out [...]