Aloha: The Island of Lanai

Taking a Zodiac Super Raft out to snorkel the waters off the tiny island of Lanai wasn’t even on my radar when I left home. The word “raft,” in my previous experience, conjured up only thoughts of “emergency water landings” and floating down the Yakima River back in...

Aloha: The Healing Place

  Whether it was Confucius or Yogi Berra or a host of others who claimed to have said it, it’s disgustingly true: “Everywhere you go, there you are.” Running away to Maui didn’t mean I was able to leave all the pain and grief from the last few months back on the...

Aloha: “The Feast at Lele”

Lele (pronounced “lay-lay”) is the ancient name for Lahaina. Yet the exquisite sunset-timed feast/luau, including both food and entertainment, quickly became one of my present-day favorites. For starters, it’s held right on the beach; the first performers arrived via...

Aloha: Fleetwood’s on Front Street

Mick Fleetwood, yes, of the rock band Fleetwood Mac, is alive and well and when not out on tour, resides in Maui, where he owns a very classy restaurant. We were privileged to accidentally be there one night when he was on hand, and listened as he not only welcomed...

Me and Bobby G.

I called him “Bobby Glenn” when I was miffed at him. But that was rare, and even when we had our differences, I never resorted to calling him Robert, because I never thought of him as a Robert. In public he was Bob or Bobby, but at home I usually referred to him as...