Wailea Magazine Fall/Winter 2013

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Welcome to I can smile when it’s raining And touch the warmth of the sun I hear children laughing In this place that I love

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—Hawaiian Lullaby, Keali‘i Reichel

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40 F E AT UR E S

18 Winter Guests

THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE HUMPBACKS

20 Back from the Brink

SAVING HAWAI‘I’S NATIVE PLANT SPECIES AT THE MAUI NUI BOTANICAL GARDENS

BY BONNIE FRIEDMAN

26 Polynesia’s Ancient

EXPRESSING THE SPIRIT OF ALOHA PHOTOGRAPHY BY RACHEL OLSSON

40 Travelers on the Wind

MAUI’S DIVERSE NATIVE AND MIGRATORY BIRD POPULATION

BY SHANNON WIANECKI

Wayfinders

48 Paintings from the Loom

BY TERI FREITAS GORMAN

BY JOCELYN FUJII

SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF THE GREAT PACIFIC MIGRATION

32 Faces of Wailea

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THE GLORIOUS TEXTILES OF WEAVER CATHY DETRICK

52 Minimalist Essence

LINDA WHITTEMORE DISTILLS NATURE’S SHAPES, COLORS AND CONTRASTS

BY JOCELYN FUJII

58 Fall-In-Love Golf

THE POETRY OF ROBERT TRENT JONES JR.’S GOLF COURSE DESIGNS

BY GEORGE FULLER

68 Local Taste Makers

FOUNDERS OF HAWAI‘I REGIONAL CUISINE

BY VANESSA WOLF

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78 D E PA RT M E N T S 6 Welcome Letter from Bud Pikrone

76 Wailea Dining Guide

86 Wailea Gateway Center

FARE TO REMEMBER

RETAIL PARADISE

78 Resorts, Amenities and More

88 Shops, Galleries and More

CELEBRATE THE GOOD LIFE

A GUIDE TO RETAIL AND THE ARTS

82 Living, Wailea Style

96 Aloha Moment

16 Wailea Hall of Fame

ENTERTAINING IN THE ISLANDS

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DON WHITE

THE STARS COME OUT TO PLAY AT WAILEA RESORT

84 The Pleasures of Shopping and Dining

8 Contributors 10 Lei of the Land GETTING AROUND WAILEA

GREAT FINDS AT THE SHOPS AT WAILEA

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ON THE COVER

Photographer Dana Edmunds captures the beauty of the taro plant, or kalo (Colocasia esculenta), at the Maui Nui Botanical Gardens.

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What a wonderful spring and summer

we experienced in Wailea! The days were warm and the nights comforted with soft breezes as stars filled the skies. And once again other stars glittered at the 14th Annual Maui Film Festival at Wailea.

As fall approaches, we welcome the opening of our newest resort partner, the Andaz Maui at Wailea. Anchoring the north end of our spectacular beach walk, this hotel joins a one-of-a-kind grouping of some of the most luxurious properties you will find anywhere—just in time for the beautiful fall and winter sunsets in Wailea.

And our resort is preparing to celebrate the holidays in paradise. Holiday parties will be planned and celebrated with style, lights will illuminate the tree-lined entries to properties, entertainment will spread the cheer, and it can all be experienced without a scarf or mittens. There’s always something happening in Wailea!

It’s easy at Wailea to fulfill all the wonderful visions you have of Hawai‘i. Capture the stunning sunrise over Haleakalā while sipping coffee on a lānai; or take in a breathtaking sunset while strolling on the beach walk. Every day at Wailea is truly a dream come true.

Here, you can enjoy the warm and gracious hospitality of Hawai‘i while experiencing the rich traditions of the past such as ‘ukulele, hula, surfing and paddleboarding, all of which still thrive today.

This magazine has been created to take you on a journey through Wailea’s cultural past and into today’s special resort lifestyle. We hope you make it a part of your memories at home and that it brings you back soon.

Mahalo nui loa for sharing your time with us here in Wailea.

Kipa hou mai!

(Come visit again!)

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CONTRIBUTORS

Bonnie Friedman

Shannon Wianecki

Back from the Brink, p. 20 A native New Yorker, Bonnie has lived on Maui for more than 30 years. She is an oft-published freelance writer; her articles about food, travel, culture and contemporary art have appeared in numerous Hawai‘i- and Mainland-based publications. She is also the co-author of two cookbooks and in 2007 became a certified Pastry Cook.

Travelers on the Wind, p. 40 Shannon is an environmental educator and award-winning writer whose work has appeared in local and national magazines and books about the islands. She lives on Maui with her min-pin terrier, Spike, and a shade house full of untamed orchids. Shannon has always been fascinated by birds, especially those that spend their lives at sea.

Dana Edmunds

Teri Freitas Gorman

Back from the Brink, p. 20; Fall-in-Love Golf, p. 58; Living, Wailea Style, p. 82 Dana began his career on Maui as a surf photographer. As a Hawai‘i-based commercial photographer, Dana shoots for various editorial, advertising and action-sports clients here in Hawai‘i and throughout the world. He describes himself as “happily married, with two kids, a dog and a chicken.”

Polynesia’ s Ancient Wayfinders, p. 26 Teri was born on Maui, married in Tahiti and worked in Aotearoa (New Zealand). To complete her quest to visit the perimeter of the Polynesian Triangle, she plans to visit Rapa Nui to see the mysterious moai (stone statues). Each fall Teri teaches young indigenous leaders chosen for the First Nations Futures Fellowship at Stanford.

Jocelyn Fujii

Rachel Olsson

Paintings from the Loom, p. 48; Minimalist Essence, p. 52 Jocelyn has chronicled island life, art, travel and culture with a keen ear for the story often overlooked. In her more than a dozen books, the Kaua‘i native has explored the cultural and creative underpinnings of destinations as diverse as Hawai‘i, Costa Rica and Christmas Island. Her work has appeared in such publications as The New York Times and Condé Nast Traveler.

Faces of Wailea, p. 32; Travelers on the Wind, p. 40; Paintings from the Loom, p. 48 Rachel found her love of aloha working on Big Island coffee farms while on hiatus from Art Center in Pasadena, and recently moved to Maui’s north shore from Seattle. Rachel specializes in shooting advertising and editorial fashion and food imagery for clients such as Nordstrom and Food & Wine, and also shoots weddings and portraiture.

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Yvonne Biegel

Vanessa Wolf

Wailea Hall of Fame, p. 16; Living, Wailea Style, p. 82 Yvonne has lived the island life on Maui for nearly 20 years as a publicist for Hawai‘i lifestyle and travel clients, writing for local publications and raising three young sons in the surf.

Yvonne enjoys writing about food, the ocean and the many fascinating people one meets living on Maui.

Local Taste Makers, p. 68 After a failed stint in clown college, Vanessa Wolf put herself through school as a professional cook.

An MBA and corporate career later, she decided to give it all up to chase the dream of being a food and travel writer on Maui. Vanessa writes a popular blog about dining on Maui, helping readers discover places they might never find on their own.

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W A I L E A WAILEA is nestled on the leeward side of South Maui. Only 30 minutes from the Kahului Airport, just south of the town of Kīhei, Wailea is easily accessible by automobile. The main entrances to Wailea’s luxurious beachfront resorts are located along Wailea Alanui. All of Wailea’s resorts, along with golf, tennis, dining and shopping, are within a few minutes’ drive of your resort or condominium. The 1.5-mile Coastal Walk affords easy access to the beachfront resorts. During the winter months, the Wailea Coastal Walk provides the ideal location to watch the sun set into the Pacific Ocean. The sun melts into the tranquil waters... and if you watch closely, you may just catch a glimpse of the humpback whales playing in our inviting waters.

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Wailea Hall of Fame At Wailea Resort there isn’t a day without a celebrity spotting, just as there isn’t a day without sunshine.

Swimming Pools and Movie Stars There’s no better place to hide out from the paparazzi than a rented cabana amid the lavish resort pools. Newly married Hollywood couple Olivier Martinez and Halle Berry’s pick was a perch at the Grand Wailea where the shaded Super Cabana includes cushioned sectional lounges and rents for $1,500 per day. There are only two, so you’ll have to reserve early.

Whales may be frolicking near the shores of Wailea Beach, but when film star Ryan Phillippe strolled the Grand Wailea pool deck on a recent summer holiday, all eyes were on the actor. Golden Globe nominee Scott Caan (“Hawaii Five-0”) posted an Instagram photo on his feed from the adults-only Serenity Pool at Four Seasons Resort Maui, raving about the experience. Jessica Chastain (“The Help,” “Zero Dark Thirty”) and Brie Larson (“21 Jump Street”) were on island to attend the annual Maui Film Festival at Wailea and also found refuge in the infinity-edge pool with bubble loungers and swim-up bar overlooking the Pacific.

Year of the Athlete Professional athletes flock to Wailea for more than just time out.

They get in on the game, too. The green fairways of Wailea Golf Club can be irresistible, even to former Masters champion and golf course architect Ben Crenshaw, who enjoyed a few rounds without competition.

Come Nov. 23, Maui’s favorite local boy, Boston Red Sox Shane Victorino, hosts his sixth Annual Shane Victorino Foundation Celebrity Dinner & Golf Classic on the Wailea Gold Course, where some of his teammates, celebrity friends and family tee it up for charity on the 18-hole championship layout.

Even the coaches are playing. San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh enjoyed a game of the best golf in Hawai‘i while former tennis pro Michael Sell, who now coaches top American tour player John Isner, played at Wailea Tennis Club.

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and Andreas Hestler. Tyler Farrar, the fastest sprinter in the United States, has attended the camp the last three years and was quoted as saying it’s the best week of training he can get on a bike.

Dishing It Up Those well-tuned bodies need to fuel up for all that fun, so many find their way to the talked-about restaurants along the Wailea Alanui strip.

Kō at The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, has a list of celebrity admirers including Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels and one of the most recognizable names in football, retired quarterback Joe Montana.

One of the tonier Wailea restaurants, Nick’s Fishmarket, captivates a swanky clientele. Academy Award-winner Sir Anthony Hopkins is at the top of the A-listers that make a visit to Nick’s while on holiday.

If Nick’s Fishmarket can dish it up, then these well-known stand-up comedians and actors can dish it right back: Hank Azaria, Jeff Foxworthy and Daniel Lawrence Whitney (stage name Larry the Cable Guy) have all been spotted there on separate occasions.

Celebrity Chef Mark Ellman has his own fan club of notable visitors to his Māla restaurant, including musicians Sammy Hagar, Michael McDonald and Gary Wright and actor Tom Arnold.

Both Pat Riley (Miami Heat team president) and Don Nelson (former NBA player and coach) can be found tucked into the private banquette seating while on island.

The Wailea Gateway at the resort entrance is filling in with fine eateries including Pita Paradise, visited by Steven Tyler and his fellow musician friend Mick Fleetwood. The friendly pair are approachable and are known to pop into the stores there to chat with shop owners.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Follow the ladies and there is bound to be fun. It was Lucy Hale (“Pretty Little Liars”) and her gal pals who spent evenings during the July 4th holiday week at Mulligans on the Blue. Her beau, Graham Rogers (“Revolution”), and “Pretty Little Liars” co-star Keegan Allen chaperoned the ladies. Francesca Eastwood, daughter of part-time local resident and Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood, vacations on Maui and enjoyed dinner and the Willie K show at the Irish pub.

Steven Tyler has also made Mulligans one of his regular stops for live music, so the girls are certainly in good company.

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Maui’s most loyal visitors have always been the Northern Pacific

humpback whales. They return each November from their 3,000-mile-long migration to Alaska and the Bering Sea to mate and to bear and nurture their calves in the warm winter waters of Hawai‘i. Watching them splash and breach, sometimes so close to shore they cause a traffic jam, is an exciting experience.

While all that splashing may look like play, the humpbacks are here on serious business. Winter is mating season, and the males exhibit aggressive behavior in the competition to breed. It is also during their time here that males sing their famous song, long studied by scientists but whose significance remains a mystery. Pregnant females, that bred here the previous year, give birth after a gestation period of more than 11 months to calves weighing on average one ton. They will nourish their young here before returning north at the end of winter.

Humpbacks are found in all the world’s oceans, but the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands are among the most important humpback whale habitats.

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Lāna‘i and Kaho‘olawe; and the Penguin Banks, a tongue of shallow water extending 25 miles southwest of western Moloka‘i. Within the last decade, humpbacks have appeared in larger numbers off the Big Island, Kaua‘i and O‘ahu, between Koko Head and Sandy Beach, and to the North Shore.

Their population in the North Pacific was severely depleted by commercial whaling from the mid-1800s and into the last century. By 1965 the number of humpbacks was estimated to be fewer than 1,000. This startling statistic led the International Whaling Commission, in 1966, to declare a ban on the commercial whaling of humpbacks; and in 1970, humpbacks were designated a protected species under the Endangered Species Conservation Act. Through conservation efforts and education, their numbers are steadily increasing, though humpbacks are still on the U.S. Endangered Species List. In 1992, Congress recognized the importance of the Hawaiian habitat and designated critical areas as the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, providing protection by federal and state regulations for these gentle giants.

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Saving Hawai‘i’s Native Species One Plant at a Time

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(From left) Kō (sugarcane); loulu; seeds of the Kamani tree, used to make oeoe (whistles); distinctive leaf crinkles of the Piko Lehua api‘i cultivar of kalo (taro).

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plant. They’re talking about the best way to move it; how much more they might be able to build up the sides of its container; whether the roots will come through the bottom.

It’s not just unusual looking—it’s on the verge of extinction. There are a total of three of these…on the planet. Its handlers are so protective of this extraordinary specimen, they won’t even reveal its name.

These volunteers and staff members of Maui Nui Botanical Gardens are determined to bring this species—as well as others—back from the brink. A considerable challenge, to be sure, but an integral part of the Gardens’ mission. Its stated purpose is “to foster appreciation and understanding of Maui Nui’s plants and their roles in Hawaiian cultural expression by providing a gathering place for discovery, education and conservation.” It is the only botanical garden in Hawai‘i located on a coastal dune system.

Plant Collections Manager Tamara Sherrill first became acquainted with native plants at the Wailea Point Seawalk, an environment very similar to this one. Now, she works every day with Maui’s largest collection of endemic, indigenous and Polynesian-introduced plants. She moves through the seven-acre property purposefully, speaking enthusiastically about each and every specimen.

At the top of the list both in cultural importance and number of varieties is kalo (taro). “We have 10 new varieties of kalo in addition to about 60 old Hawaiian varieties—from well before Western contact—and 10 more old Polynesian and Japanese varieties,” explains Sherrill. They are all beautiful, each with different colors and distinctively shaped leaves. Particularly fascinating is the ‘apuwai; the leaves form little bowls. “We have kalo sales several times during the year. Kalo lovers stand at the gate waiting to get in. And they know each kind and exactly which ones they want.”

Also among the Gardens’ collection are virtually all of the “canoe crops,” about two dozen species believed to have been brought by early Polynesian settlers to the islands. There are 40 varieties of kō (sugar cane), 20 of old Hawaiian ‘uala (sweet potato) and 20 of old Hawaiian bananas. A tall ‘ulu (breadfruit) tree is in bloom and soon the fruit will be ripe and ready to eat. There’s plenty of noni, kukui, hala, all meant to be used. “Hawaiian cultural practitioners know they can come here for the things they need,” Sherrill says. She points out a bed of Portulaca molokiniensis, named by the Smithsonian as a new species of ‘ihi based on a taxonomic description

by Gardens board member Bob Hobdy. “This is one of our ex situ populations— (From left) Volunteers from the Weed & Pot Club; pōhuehue (Beach Morning Glory); ūlei (Osteomeles anthyllidifolia); hoi (Dioscorea bulbifera).

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“Just about every plant here had something to do with the survival of the Hawaiian culture.

Now it’s our turn to help the plants survive.” —TAMARA SHERRILL, PLANT COLLECTIONS MANAGER (From left) Noni (Morinda citrifolia), a tropical evergreen that can grow to approximately 10 feet tall; kō (Saccharum officinarum cv. “Pakaweli”), or sugar cane, believed to have originated in New Guinea; kalo (Colocasia esculenta cv. Uahiapele), or taro, used in the production of poi.

plants that are away from their natural wild populations. We’re trying to get as much genetic differentiation as possible to keep the species alive and well.”

It is hot on this Wednesday morning in Central Maui. But never mind. The dozen or so volunteers of the Weed & Pot Club (seriously, that’s what it’s called) certainly don’t. They’ve finished an hour of weeding and an hour of potting, helping the Botanical Gardens in any way they can. But some of them simply cannot tear themselves away from their precious charges. Mālie Unabia-Verkerke, who has been dancing for decades, has been volunteering here for several years. “I get to be with these beautiful hula plants,” she says. “It’s inspired me to make my home garden more Hawaiian.”

Janet Allan is a well-known presence on Maui, giving back to the community in more ways than seem possible. “I’ve been here since the beginning of the club, 10 years,” she says. She became involved after going on a hike with the Gardens’ founder, Rene Sylva (who passed away in 2008). “He made mental notes and remembered where all the native Hawaiian plants were. He would collect seeds and start plants in his own garden in Pā‘ia. He planted all the trees in the (former zoo) amphitheater. He was the ‘god’ of Native Hawaiian plants,” she recalls fondly.

As we’re chatting, we’re joined by Connie Luk, the Weed & Pot Club’s newest member. She moved to Maui three years ago and says she has little horticultural ability. But, “I came on Arbor Day last year and they gave me a noni tree. I’ve been volunteering ever since.” Her noni, incidentally, is thriving.

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Part-time Wailea resident Renee Leiter is more than an enthusiastic volunteer; she serves on the Board of Directors, too. “I found myself in a very unfamiliar ecosystem and decided the best way to learn about it would be to try out the Weed & Pot Club. I’ve been working in the Gardens for 10 years, and it just gets better and better. There have been many changes but it’s always beautiful. And best of all, it’s been a wonderful way to learn more about the Hawaiian culture and people. I’m proud to have been a tiny part of our growth, and really look forward to our future,” she says.

This is exactly the result Executive Director Joylynn Paman hopes and strives for. Raised in Ke‘anae, she has a strong Hawaiian cultural background. “As a native Hawaiian, preserving and perpetuating the culture is most important,” she says. “We need to honor the past and care for it to make sure it’s alive for future generations.”

She realizes that many visitors have misconceptions about what native Hawaiian plants are. They expect to see colorful exotics. The plants here are not “showy” or “vibrant.” They are much more. They are culturally critical. “The stories behind the plants are important,” says Paman. “The outer bark of the hau, for example, was used for cordage to lash tools and houses. And native plants help save water, which is so important when you have limited resources.”

“Our job is to save as many Hawaiian cultivars as possible and get them into production,” adds Sherrill. “Just about every plant here had something to do with the survival of the Hawaiian culture. Now it’s our turn to help the plants survive.”

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i ka Lā hiki ku; (in the sunrise)

Ea mai ke kai mai!

(Arise from the sea!)

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Wailea sits within the ancient Hawaiian land division known as Pae‘ahu,

“You only know where you are by remembering where you have come from.”

(This page) “We Are in Another Sea.” Ancient wayfinders could determine proximity to unseen islands by the quality of the waves striking their boats.

(Opposite) “Ru Selects a Star.” Polynesian voyagers could sense their position by the stars, wind, clouds and light.

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the “altar of embarking and disembarking.” Because Hawaiian place names almost always tell stories, we know that Wailea’s shores were significant sites for Maui’s first settlers. These fearless voyagers crossed thousands of miles of open ocean on masted canoes powered only by wind and waves, guided only by nature. The ancient wisdom of Polynesian seafarers is one of the great cultural wonders of the world.

If the Polynesian Triangle were a nation it would be the world’s largest. With Hawai‘i at its apex, Aotearoa (New Zealand) to the south and Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to the east, this vast blue continent would measure roughly 16 million square miles, about four times the size of the contiguous United States. It seems improbable given the area’s sheer size, but the original inhabitants of these three far-flung corners of the triangle were members of the same extended family.

Archaeologists, linguists and ethnobotanists have spent decades pondering how humans reached these distant Pacific islands. Scientists have relied mostly on artifacts, plants and linguistic similarities to reconstruct the Polynesian migration. During the mid-20th century, archaeologists, including Thor Heyerdahl, advanced the theory that Polynesians traveled from east to west because of strong equatorial headwinds, and therefore Polynesians must have originated from the Americas. In an attempt to prove his point, in 1947 Heyerdahl sailed the raft Kon-Tiki from Peru to a small Polynesian atoll.

In 1976 the Polynesian Voyaging Society solved the mystery once and for all.

That year, the full-scale replica Hawaiian voyaging canoe Hōkūle‘a successfully sailed from Maui to Tahiti and back without the use of modern navigational instruments. Micronesian navigator Mau Piailug guided the canoe on its 6,000mile round-trip journey using only ancient wayfinding methods, teaching the Hawaiians the lost art of their ancestors. Hōkūle‘a has since made nine similar voyages to other Pacific ports, including Japan.

Archaeologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dr. Wade Davis was so taken by this achievement that he later sailed with Hōkūle‘a’s crew on a training mission. His experience inspired a chapter in his book “The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World.” Davis describes the extraordinary wayfinders who were crossing thousands of miles of ocean as early as 1500 B.C.: “They can sense their position by the stars, by the way the sea, wind, clouds and light appear at any point in time. They know when they are near a group of islands beyond the horizon of sight just by the quality of the waves that are hitting the boat.”

“The most amazing thing about this tradition is that Polynesians did not have the written word and their entire system of navigation was based on dead reckoning,” Davis explained in a recent interview. “What this means is that you only know where you are by remembering where you have come from. It was the impossibility of dead reckoning on a long ocean voyage that kept European ships hugging the shorelines of continents for centuries after Polynesians had mastered the Pacific.”

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The Ku‘ula Stone On the northern end of the Wailea Coastal Walk makai (toward the ocean) of Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa’s lū‘au grounds stands an oblong gray stone in the middle of a platform made of coral and stone. Known as a ko‘a, or fishing shrine, it is a symbol of the growing interest in Hawaiian culture throughout Wailea.

Ancient Hawaiians knew Kū‘ula as the deity who presided over all the fish in the sea.

His son ‘Ai‘ai miraculously turned stone into bait to help feed the family that adopted him following his parents’ murder. In honor of his parents, he built a ko‘a kū‘ula (fishing shrine) near the shore. He instructed his adoptive father to place two fish on the platform as an offering to his birth father to guarantee an abundant catch.

The late William “Uncle Bill” Keka‘a Boyd, the Marriott’s former Director of Hawaiian Cultural Activities, and Rob Hoonan, now Director of Facilities for the Grand Wailea, unearthed this distinct stone under a nearby tree more than 10 years ago. Realizing it was no ordinary rock, they asked respected Maui elder Kahu Kapi‘ioho‘kalani Lyons Naone for guidance. He quickly recognized it as a kū‘ula stone and he presided over necessary cultural protocols for its current location.

Fishermen in Hawai‘i today still use similar ko‘a, or fishing shrines. As a symbol of gratitude, the first two fish caught are left on the altar for the gods, especially for Kanaloa, god of the ocean.

views. “Western philosophy says, ‘I think therefore I am,’ while indigenous people believe, ‘I belong therefore I am.’ Belonging means you are never lost because you exist in relationship with all that is,” said Taum. “Our ancestors knew the earth was a sphere, so by aligning their canoes with the night sky and staying on course, the land would eventually come to them. Their internal compass was informed by their deep relationship with the wind, waves, birds, fish and the cosmos. You can never be lost if you know where you come from.”

This philosophy is evident in the tales Polynesians tell of their origins, oral histories that are supported by the modern science of genetic research. After analyzing DNA of Polynesians, geneticists found ancestral ties to the aboriginal people of Taiwan. Popular theories suggest these people left Southeast Asia to colonize Near Oceania between about 30,000 and 50,000 years ago, having reached Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon and Bismarck Islands at a time when Neanderthals still lived in Europe.

With time, the Lapita culture, precursor to Polynesians, developed on islands off the coast of New Guinea. By 826 B.C., the Lapita people had migrated over an area of 2,000 miles, stretching through Vanuatu and New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. For reasons not fully understood, migration halted for 1,000 years. Then, around 300 A.D., something prompted them to travel eastward again, launching the second wave of the Polynesian Migration.

Their extraordinary journey took them first to the Marquesas, which became the dispersal point to Rapa Nui (Easter Island), then to Hawai‘i, Tahiti (Society Islands) and eventually to Aotearoa (New Zealand). Their inter-island movements continued for about 500 years and then stopped inexplicably around 800 A.D. Whether indeed the Marquesas were the dispersal point is still a matter of scholarly dispute, but retired Bishop Museum Senior Anthropologist Dr. Yosihiko Sinoto has a theory.

While visiting Tahiti in 1962, Dr. Sinoto befriended the captain of an old copra boat. After learning of his occupation, the captain offered to take him to Ua Huka, an island in the Marquesas, to visit an old village called Hane. It was there that Dr. Sinoto discovered sand dunes that would become the timeline against which all other digs in Eastern Polynesia would be measured.

Dr. Sinoto explained his uncommon luck: “Archaeologists had excavated the same site in 1918, and found nothing. But in 1960, a huge tsunami generated by the earthquake in Chile carried a lot of submerged artifacts from the reefs onto the dunes. When we excavated in 1964 we found six deep layers with fishhooks, harpoon heads and other artifacts. Depending on the location and size of each layer we could estimate how long people had lived there.

The artifact typological sequence and radiocarbon dating proved that people left the area and came back again and again, so I concluded that the Marquesas were the dispersal center.”

If Dr. Sinoto is correct, then the migration was not simply a west to east settlement of people, it was more of an oceanic transport system between islands.

Heyerdahl’s theory of American origins for Polynesians was wrong, but it turns out he was right about a long-standing relationship between the Americas and Polynesia. Recent research indicates that a strand of DNA commonly found in Polynesian populations is also found in the First Nations People of coastal Alaska and British Columbia.

Human DNA is not the only evidence. A French-based research team also concluded that the genetic trail of sweet potatoes suggests that early Polynesian explorers visited South America and brought the staple back from their long voyages, a story further supported by linguistic evidence. Archaeologists have also unearthed Polynesian chicken bones in Chile’s Arauco Peninsula. Based on these findings, it (Opposite) “The Pathfinders.” Genetic evidence seems the Polynesian Triangle may actually be a quadrangle that encompassed the suggests that ancient Polyshorelines of both North and South America. nesians traveled to South “Indeed, if you took all of the genius required to put a man on the moon and apAmerica, British Columbia plied it to the ocean, what you’d get is the Polynesian migration,” concludes Dr. Davis. and Alaska.

“Belonging means you are never lost because you exist in relationship with all that is.”

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You see it everywhere at Wailea Resort— the spirit of aloha. It’s the warmth of the islands captured in a friendly face.

A playful grin. A smile that says,

‘Welcome to my home, welcome to Wailea.’

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Discover the diversity of Wailea’s native and migratory birds

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Birds once ruled the Hawaiian Islands. Land mammals,

reptiles and amphibians couldn’t survive the 2,400-mile trip across open ocean to colonize the isolated string of volcanic masses. So birds had the archipelago to themselves: a predator-free paradise.

Seabirds flew here on their own power. Shorebirds, forest birds and raptors were blown by storms from distant continents. Upon making Hawai‘i home, many bird species began to change, adapting to their new environment. Over millions of years, their descendants evolved into unique species that existed nowhere else on Earth.

Subfossils discovered in lava tubes and sinkholes revealed that longlegged owls, giant flightless ducks, ibises and bird-eating eagles stalked ancient Hawai‘i. Some had large, tortoise-like beaks. Others sported teeth. These strange birds filled every ecological niche left empty by the missing animals. One species, christened the Very Large Hawai‘i Goose, stood nearly four feet tall and weighed over 100 pounds. This elephantine bird foraged for berries in the forest, which stretched from the mountain to the sea.

Unfortunately, many of Hawai‘i’s astonishing avifauna are now either extinct or rare. When humans arrived in the islands, they monopolized critical habitat. They introduced predatory rats, cats and mongooses, as well as diseases for which the native birds had no immunity. Many species perished.

But the birds that did survive are truly fascinating—well worth the effort of seeking out.

The easiest native Hawaiian bird to spot around Wailea is the kōlea, or Pacific golden plover. This tawny speckled bird favors grassy expanses. Find it on resort lawns and golf courses, balancing on one leg, then running to peck at a tasty grub. Kōlea are quite territorial; if another bird impinges on “their” grass, a noisy confrontation ensues. The birds molt in spring: casual khakis give way to formal black and white. On the same day in late April, the entire population alights for the Alaskan tundra. Amazingly, the birds fly at top speed for two full days to reach their summer mating grounds. When fall comes, they return to their favorite Maui patch of grass.

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(This page) Hawaiian coot, or ‘alaeke‘oke‘o.

(Opposite, counterclockwise from top left) Hawaiian stilt, or ae‘o; Pacific golden plover, or kōlea; Keālia Pond.

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The wedge-tailed shearwater, or ‘ua‘u kani, is another native Wailea resident.

This cryptic bird spends most of its life at sea, feeding on squid and baitfish.

Each spring it returns to nest in burrows hidden in the vegetation along the coast. Shearwaters are easier to hear than to see. After sundown, take a stroll on the Wailea Coastal Walk. Listen for these birds’ otherworldly cries as they zoom home under the cover of darkness.

Just 10 miles northwest of Wailea, the Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge is a terrific birding spot. “It’s one of the largest natural wetlands in Hawai‘i,” says refuge wildlife biologist, Mike Nishimoto. The 691-acre site includes a large open pond, tidal mudflats, a boardwalk with interpretative signs and a visitor center with engaging, interactive displays. It’s best to visit in the early morning, when birds are more active and before the wind picks up. During summer, Hawksbill turtles nest in the adjoining expanse of sugary sand.

During winter, the beach is a prime place to watch humpback whales breach and slap their tails in Mā‘alaea Bay. Throughout the year, tuxedoed Hawaiian stilts, or ae‘o, can be seen wading in the shallow waters at Keālia. These graceful birds pluck aquatic insects, fish and mollusks from the mud with their long, ebony beaks. They function as the pond’s alarm system. If disturbed, they fly in circles, squawking loudly and trailing their extra-long Day-Glo pink legs comically behind.

The stocky black-crowned night heron, or ‘auku‘u, is less likely to budge for intruders. Perched at the edge of the water, the grey-mauve bird sits motionless until it thrusts its yellow beak into the water to snatch its prey. It barely acknowledges the dark Hawaiian coots, ‘alaeke‘oke‘o, that paddle past.

Coots sport white frontal shields, which resemble Venetian carnival masks. These water-bound birds rarely fly. Look for their curious lobed feet, which allow them to navigate muddy waters.

Get a close peek at the heron and coots from the boardwalk before heading to the beach to see the sanderlings. Hunakai, which means “sea foam” in Hawaiian, is an appropriate name for the tiny opportunists that find their food in the tide.

Up and down the beach they run, scurrying after each receding wave to peck crabs and other critters from the wet sand.

Winter is the best time to visit Keālia. That’s when migratory species and random visitors join the resident birds. Migrants from North America and eastern Asia begin arriving in fall, when rains swell the pond. Look for striking northern shovelers, with heads that flash iridescent from emerald green to dark purple, in the pond’s deeper waters. You might spot northern pintail, common merganser, lesser scaup, American and Eurasian wigeon and teal ducks. “From August to April you can see species that are rare or unusual in ‘Hawai‘i,” says Nishimoto.

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“Once in a while we have peregrine falcons and least terns.” Ospreys and gulls— uncommon in the islands—also sometimes visit during the winter months.

Sea birds and shorebirds are only half the story; to really get a sense of Hawaiian avifauna, a trip into the forest is required. The drive to Haleakalā National Park is long and winding, but the views only get better as you ascend. Just inside the park’s boundary, Hosmer Grove offers a glimpse of some of the world’s rarest birds: the Hawaiian honeycreepers. This diverse family descended from a single flock of Eurasian rosefinches that found its way to Hawai‘i 5 million years ago. The flock’s offspring evolved into over 50 species, each with a different beak shape and behavior.

The inquisitive ‘alauahio (Maui creeper) serves as the welcoming committee at Hosmer Grove: this greenish yellow puffball greets visitors as they exit their cars. From the parking lot, a short trail winds past eucalyptus and The Instructive ‘Elepaio pine trees into native shrubland. A lookout Ancient Hawaiians relied provides a bird’s-eye view of a gulch, where on native birds for many Hawaiian honeycreepers dart from ‘ōhi‘a tree things: food, feathers and to ‘ōhi‘a tree. The scarlet ‘i‘iwi can be seen dipin some instances, instrucping its sickle-shaped bill into the blossoms. tion. The pretty little ‘elepaio (Hawaiian flycatcher) is a Listen for its metallic call, which sounds like a prime example. Considered squeaky door hinge. an incarnation of Lea, the The ‘apapane, another red Hawaiian goddess of canoe builders, the insectivorous bird dwells forest bird, can be distinguished by its darker in the wet forests of O‘ahu, shade of red, black bill and white underKaua‘i and the Big Island of tail coverts. For a longer hike—and better Hawai‘i. When wood carvers entered the forest in search chances of seeing the large, charismatic ‘akoof a large koa tree worthy of hekohe (crested honeycreeper)—sign up for becoming a canoe, they paid a guided trek through the Waikamoi cloud special attention to the active forest. Park rangers regularly offer excursions and gregarious ‘elepaio. If the bird pecked at a trunk, the into this pristine, restricted wilderness. wood was likely riddled with The largest forest bird has vanished from insects and unsuitable for the canopy—but may soon return. The ‘alalā, carving. Hawaiians pass their knowledge down through or Hawaiian crow, possesses a remarkable generations using proverbs, vocal repertoire and is an important disperser including this one: Ua ‘elepaio of native seeds. Extinct in the wild, ‘alalā are ‘ia ka wa‘a, “the canoe is marked by the ‘elepaio.” raised in captivity in Keauhou on the Big Island and in Olinda on Maui. Determined biologists working with the Hawai‘i Endangered Bird Conservation Program have brought the ‘alalā population from 23 individuals to more than 100. They are preparing to release birds back into the wild—a marvelous success story.

Hawaiian birds, once lords of these islands, now depend on humans for survival. They are a window into the past, a living history that is both a privilege and a responsibility to witness.

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INSPIRATION

Cathy Detrick works on one of four looms in her Wailea studio.

She discovered the art that would define her life while a student at the University of Massachusetts.

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“I saw these huge machines,” said Cathy Detrick, recall-

ing a pivotal moment in her life. “No one was working at them. I thought, ‘Look at these things, what do you do with them?’”

Those “things” were looms—the sad, abandoned remnants of a once-humming weaving department at the University of Massachusetts, where Detrick was a student. She inquired with the head of the department. The program was axed.

But Detrick found a master to teach her—with college credit—and became a teacher herself, all the while breathing life, color and form into the art that would define her life.

Today Detrick, a Wailea resident, is a staple in the Maui art scene, a textile artist of the highest order. Every Detrick piece—a jacket, shawl, wall hanging, diptych or triptych—is flawlessly woven and saturated with color, its every warp, weft, hue and shape given life from her loom and hands.

Working on four looms, Detrick can create wall hangings in varying widths, up to 60 inches wide, with diptychs expanding the width. She uses her own dyes, painting the fibers directly on the textile as it emerges on the loom. “All threads go on the loom white,” she explained. “I start painting them as I’m weaving, then I blow them dry. It’s such a long, painstaking process.

But I love its slowness—it’s a kind of magic.”

The vertical threads, the warp, are dyed before the weaving starts. “The next part is the most intriguing, weaving in the weft,” she offered. “You never know what it’s going to look like. It’s always a surprise.”

Every artist has a source of inspiration, and for Detrick, it’s Wailea’s ambient light. A morning beach run and the colors of water, sky and changing light directly inform her art. “I’m constantly taking photos of the sky,” she noted, “especially between 6:00 and 8:00 in the morning, when it is really spectacular.”

Cape Cod, where she lived and taught for many years, is historically full of artists because of its light and surrounding water. Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Edward Hopper and a spate of other masters have been lured through the years by the Provincetown light. Maui, she continued, “is the same, but more so, because the weather here is so easy.”

When Detrick and her husband, Alex, moved to Maui in 1999, it was to bring an end to “the most frigid year” of his life, the year they spent together on the Cape as he waited for her to finish teaching and move to Maui. “I loved it here but didn’t know if I could live here,” Detrick confessed. “I was worried about living in a vacuum, that there wouldn’t be the kind of intellectual artistic support that you have in a place like Cape Cod. I don’t feel that anymore. Hawai‘i is a culture of its own, inspired by nature and also by its relationship to Asia.”

The lavish textiles of Asia, culturally and geographically more accessible in Hawai‘i, further fueled her passion for the Asian aesthetic.

Now, says Detrick, if someone had her choose between Hawai‘i and Giverny, Claude Monet’s garden home, “I would choose Hawai‘i.”

Every Detrick piece is woven and saturated with color, its every warp, weft, hue and shape given life from her loom and her hands.

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M i n im a li s t E s s e n c e

Inspired by all that surrounds her, Linda Whittemore distills nature’s shapes, colors and contrasts in her expressive art.

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Early-morning walks are a ritual with Whittemore and allow her time to observe the interplay of light and the relationship between shapes, evident in such works as “Beach Day” (above) and “Let There Be Light” (right).

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She expresses the world in two dimensions, the monotype prints that have made her one of the acclaimed artists of Hawai‘i.

At 5 o’clock most mornings, you can find artist Linda Whittemore

walking on Keawakapu Beach, the wide strand of white sand that straddles north Wailea and south Kīhei. She calls them “long observational walks,” the same kind of transcendent ritual that nurtured many great artists, from Diego Rivera to Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Mahler. But the walks, to Whittemore, mean much more, especially in recent months, when she had to experience them virtually while undergoing chemotherapy at the City of Hope in Los Angeles.

“At home, in the early morning when we walk, the light is just coming up over Haleakalā,” said the Maui artist. “Sometimes I walk with a sliver of the moon on the western horizon. It’s quiet. It inspires me.”

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Her walks give her the ability to observe life, she continued, and the relationships between shapes, the interplay of light and the broad and fine details of her environment. “There’s also the mundane part of it,” she adds, “the people and what they’re doing, the activities of life.”

Birds, whales, dolphins, distant shapes, the sun rising, the moon setting—the entire panoply of life reveals itself on her daily walks. She takes it all in, feeds her soul, then expresses that world in two dimensions, the monotype prints that have made her one of the acclaimed artists of Hawai‘i.

The complex process begins by applying oil-based paint onto a zinc or Plexiglas plate. Brushes and rollers, called brayers, create the image in up to 25 layers, until

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Linda Whittemore in her Kīhei studio.

(Below) “The Will of Art” combines soft and hard edges, bright and dark colors.

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‘My work is who I am. When you’re looking at one of the pieces, you’re seeing who I am.

What I can’t put into words, I put on paper. My work is based on my truths.’ eventually it’s ready to be transferred to damp paper using a steel press bed at high pressure. Despite the demands of the technique, Whittemore creates images from 12" x 12" to 40" x 90" and larger. More recent works are even more complex, combining pastel, watercolor, pencil and other mixed media. If there is art in her DNA, it’s because she comes from a long line of painters and printmakers, among them her mother, the renowned artist Margaret Bedell.

Whittemore’s palette, inspired by nature and natural phenomena, reflects a dynamic sense of wonder. “I’m at the base of a volcano, and I’m right there at the ocean,” she said. “When I paint the ground, I have to remember that the ground was thrust up and then flowed down. Not only do I use a palette

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“My work is who I am. When you’re looking at one of the pieces, you’re seeing who I am,” she continued. “What I can’t put into words, I put on paper. My work is based on my truths.” With passion and energy, even in the midst of her chemo treatments in L.A., she offered a profound observation. There’s a connection, she noted, between her medical treatments and the manner in which she seeks out new color experiences. “Both keep me going. And I’m not done yet!”

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Above: “Navigating the Currents.” Whittemore believes her most successful artworks are those that distill organic shapes into a minimalist essence.

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The poetry of Robert Trent Jones Jr.’s Golf Course Designs ♥

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merges them into a grandly satisfying third, as seen in the following example by the Japanese poet Basho: “In the twilight rain/these brilliant-hued hibiscus-/ A lovely sunset.”

As a golf course designer, Robert Trent Jones Jr. does much the same, combining the natural features of a piece of land with the nuances of its setting to create a unique third element: a grand playing field for golf. Whether the course is located in California or Hawai‘i, Greece or Russia—he has created golf courses in 32 U.S. states and 40 countries around the world—his approach is the same. “I like to write poetry and I think lyrically when I am designing a course,” he says. “I’m not one of these people who like to move land all around with a bulldozer and put catch basins all over the course. I try and route the course according to the land. I think there is more of an art to it if you do it that way.

“The formal requirements of a golf course demand intense discipline in the execution. It’s very similar to poetry.

The sestina, for example, or the haiku form can be seen as ways of placing very strict demands upon the poet. The discipline of the form in golf design resembles the formal requirements of poetry. I believe my work as a golf course architect has benefited from my experiments with poetry, and vice versa. There is poetry in the land, as there is music in the spoken word, which can only be revealed by sensitive inquiry and careful study. We seek to discover what the En­ glish poet Alexander Pope called ‘the genius of the place.’”

“ There is poetry in the land, as there is music in the spoken word.”

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A Distinguished Family Jones comes from a family of distinguished golf course architects. His brother Rees is a respected designer in his own right, and his father, the late Robert Trent Jones Sr., was considered by many to be the dean of the profession throughout the 1950s and 1960s, designing more than 300 courses in many U.S. states and countries. Jones Sr.’s noteworthy designs include such renowned layouts as Spyglass Hill (Pebble Beach, California), the South Course at Firestone Country Club (Akron, Ohio) and Mauna Kea Golf Course (Big Island, Hawai‘i).

In fact it was at Mauna Kea that Jones Jr.—then in his early 20s—began apprenticing with his dad in what has turned out to be a long and mutually fortuitous relationship with the Aloha State. “Working on that site with my father was wonderful for a kid from New Jersey,” Jones says. “Hawai‘i had not been ‘discovered’ yet, and it was remote. But I could see the possibilities.”

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Haiku poetry, in 17 syllables, takes two simple subjects and

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(Opposite) A young Robert Trent Jones Jr. with his father.

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(From left) The 17th hole, Emerald Course; Senior Skins Game, Gold Course.

Golf as a Romantic Discipline An enthusiastic poet with several volumes of poetry published, Jones views the profession of golf course design as an art form with the landscape as his canvas.

A pure romantic, when asked to describe his work on the Gold and Emerald courses, the now-74-year-old architect replies with a query of his own: “The question is, How do you design ‘fall-in-love’ courses?”

Fall-in-love courses? That’s not a phrase you’d hear coming from the likes of Jack Nicklaus or Pete Dye, two of Jones’ prominent golf design contemporaries.

“On the Gold,” Jones says, “we wanted to create a masculine course that men would really love to play. The Emerald was just the reverse...we wanted to create a feminine course that ladies would fall in love with.”

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One of the significant discoveries made by the Joneses at Mauna Kea was that crushed a‘a, the sharp, brownish, jagged lava, made an excellent topsoil for building golf courses and its use opened the door for many sites in Hawai‘i that were up to that point considered unbuildable.

A few years after the opening of Mauna Kea in 1964, Jones Jr.—Bobby to his friends—struck out on his own, winning the commission to design two courses at Silverado (Napa Valley); and in the ensuing five decades he has designed hundreds of courses around the world, including the Emerald and Gold courses at Wailea, which he considers two of his very best.

“Wailea’s Gold and Emerald courses are true jewels,” he says. Both were built in the 1990s, and are perfect examples of contemporary resort golf course design, combining easy playability for resort-level golfers, while better players can tee it up farther back and find a strategic challenge. Immaculate in conditioning, and blessed with year-round temperate weather and ocean views from almost every hole, the Wailea courses dish out a great golf experience; but Jones believes there’s more to it than that.

“The aloha spirit pervades everything in the islands,” he says. “It’s the culture of Hawai‘i that makes golf here so unique. Aloha is ‘the breath of life,’ and you don’t find that spirit anywhere else.”

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(Clockwise from above) Craig Stadler; Jack Nicklaus; Tom Watson.

(Below right) Wailea Gold and Emerald Clubhouse.

“ It has been my personal philosophy and ethic to respect the culture and traditions of the place.”

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Respecting Traditions Although it is capable of challenging the pros from the back tees—in part due to the classic and penal bunkering—if played from a set of tees further forward (6,653 blues/6,152 whites/5,317 red), the Gold can also deliver a very enjoyable resort-level round. It was honored by both GOLF Magazine and Golf Digest as one of the country’s 10 best new resort courses when it opened in 1994, and was more recently hailed as one of the world’s best designed courses by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler in the magazine’s first golf resorts poll. It has also been recognized by the Maui Historical Society for its preservation of prehistoric lava rock walls during construction.

“Everywhere I have worked,” Jones says, “it has been my personal philosophy and ethic to respect the culture and traditions of the place. That has been of particular significance in Hawai‘i, where the culture is such an important part of the experience. Protecting the old Hawaiian lava rock walls at Wailea is a perfect example. The 17th hole at Poipu Bay [Kaua‘i] is another. There we rerouted the hole to avoid an ancient heiau [religious site]. At Kiahuna [Kaua‘i], we incorporated some blind spider caves into the design so players could enjoy and understand that unique feature of the land.”

Wailea’s courses embody the best of Robert Trent Jones Jr.’s impressive worldwide portfolio. Whether he’s a poet designing golf courses or a golf course designer writing poetry is hardly distinguishable, as the end result is an exquisite work of art.

GET THE LEAD OUT Wailea Resort guests can now receive the same expert golf instruction as Nick Faldo, Ernie Els and Justin Rose at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy, located behind the Gold and Emerald clubhouse. At the first and only Leadbetter school in Hawai‘i, instruction ranges from private one-hour lessons to more involved swing analysis.

Inside the intimate, Plantation-style facility, three state-of-theart video rooms are equipped with highspeed cameras and 37inch flat-screen monitors that allow student and instructor to break down the golf swing and create a plan for ongoing improvement.

Outside, student and instructor can work on swing specifics on a dual-layered practice tee totaling more than 11,000 square feet; or they can practice pitching, chipping and bunker play in a designated short game area. Rounding out the facility is a putting green—which is of course where we all need to spend more time with a qualified instructor.—GF

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Mission accomplished. Shorter and less demanding (5,268 yards from the forward tees/6,825 all the way back), the Emerald Course is included in the ranks of Golf Digest’s “America’s Top 50 Courses for Women” on both the 2011 and 2013 lists, the only course in Hawai‘i so honored. With lush landscaping and views out to the shimmering Pacific from every hole, better players should score well here, while higher handicappers will walk off the 18th green with a smile on their faces having had one of their better rounds as well.

Perfectly complementing the Emerald, the Gold Course can play as long as 7,078 yards. It played host to the Champions Skins Games from 2001 to 2007, bringing together the likes of Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Gary Player, Raymond Floyd and other legends of the game. As befits a championship-caliber track, skillful shot-making is required to negotiate par. “The bunkers on the Gold were based on bunkers you’d see at Winged Foot,” Jones says, referring to the legendary New York club that has hosted the U.S. Open on several occasions.

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Founding members of the Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine movement carry on a growing tradition

By Vanessa Wolf

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“Everything begins with the ingredients, and we have more local farmers, ranchers and locally grown products than ever before.”

—ALAN WONG (Previous page) Chef Alan Wong (Left) Marinated olives with crack seeds at Alan Wong's Amasia.

ALAN WONG | A L A N

WO N G ’ S A M A S I A

Long before he became one of President Barack Obama’s favorite chefs, Alan Wong was considered a godfather of modern Hawaiian cuisine. Born in Tokyo, at an early age he moved with his Japanese mother and half-Hawaiian, half-Chinese father to Hawai‘i. He grew up working on pineapple plantations on O‘ahu, but always knew he wanted to cook.

After training at Lutèce in New York City under mentor André Soltner, Wong opened the now-famous Canoe House at Mauna Lani Resort on the Big Island in the late 1980s. Six years later, he founded his eponymous King Street restaurant in Honolulu.

In May 2012, Alan Wong’s Amasia opened in the Grand Wailea. Wong’s fusionstyle food tends toward innovative riffs on local favorites, and he describes Amasia as “a dinner experience where we serve Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine. We have a dedicated sushi counter, robata grill area and a main kitchen. Although there are some familystyle dishes, we primarily focus on global flavors served as small plates or pupus. At Amasia, you can make a full meal out of appetizers.”

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Wong notes that the fundamental focus of the Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine movement was on locally sourced food, a goal that has come to fruition. “Everything begins with the ingredients, and we have more local farmers, ranchers and locally grown products than ever before. Another thing is farmers markets: 15 years ago, there weren’t any. Now, new ones pop up all the time.”

Despite his success, Wong remains disarmingly down-to-earth. Refusing to pick a favorite from Amasia’s vast menu, he retorts, “That’s never a fair question to ask a chef. It’s whatever is right in front of you. If I see something that looks good, I’m gonna eat it!”

PETER MERRIMAN | M O N K E Y P O D

K I TC H E N BY M E R R I M A N

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Peter Merriman completed a Chef ’s Apprentice program with the renowned American Culinary Federation.

Over the next few years, he traveled the world and honed his skills. A position at the Mauna Lani Resort brought him to the Big Island in 1983, where he was quickly promoted to Executive Chef of the resort’s Gallery Restaurant.

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In the late 1980s, several young Hawai‘i-based chefs began a culinary movement that challenged the established concept of fine dining in the islands. Twelve of these chefs gathered in August 1991 and established what they called Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine, a culinary movement that celebrates Hawai‘i’s diverse, ethnic flavors and unique ingredients. Today, four of the original HRC chefs operate restaurants in Wailea.

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—PETER MERRIMAN (Clockwise from left) Handcrafted cocktail at Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman. Chef Peter Merriman. Ōma‘opio Farm Organic Arugula salad, made with Asian pear, toasted walnuts and Maytag blue cheese, served with a Maui onion ginger dressing.

While at Mauna Lani, Merriman built relationships with area farmers and ranchers. It was through these connections that he began to develop his dedication to sustainability and ultimately coined the term “Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine.”

These days, Merriman brings his culinary flair and passion for regional and sustainable cuisine to Monkeypod Kitchen, on the second floor of the Wailea Gateway Center. It’s a new concept for the chef: a place where beer lovers, families and foodies can unite. Merriman says, “Monkeypod Kitchen focuses on great food and drinks in a lively atmosphere, and yet it’s all done in a socially conscious manner. We throw a party every night: local food, great music, good drinks and fun!”

The Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine movement is now old enough to drink, but its influence remains.

Merriman summarizes the lessons of the two decades simply: “Everyone has benefited. There are many more farmers and ranchers than there were 25 years ago when we opened on the Big Island. Today, food in Hawai‘i does not have to be expensive to be local and great tasting.”

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Texas-born Bev Gannon is the culinary powerhouse behind three successful Maui restaurants. She and her husband, Joe, moved to Maui in 1980 and started Celebrations Catering, followed in a few years by the popular upcountry Maui eatery Hāli‘imaile General Store. Having enjoyed such great acceptance of Hāli‘imaile, in 1995 she and her husband opened Joe’s in Wailea.

The focus at Joe’s, she says, is “simply good food and drink prepared in the classic American tradition. Joe’s is easily the most friendly, home-style dining experience in Wailea. After a few days of high dining, our casual atmosphere and quality preparations of traditional comfort foods appeal to both locals and tourists. This is the place to get meatloaf and mashed potatoes, jambalaya, fried chicken and waffles or a delicious steak grilled to perfection.”

Not content to rest on her laurels, she opened Gannon’s at the Wailea Golf Club in 2009. With a focus on modern Hawaiian cuisine made from local products, Gannon says, “Our motto is ‘everything from scratch.’ Our ingredients come from the farms, ranches and dairies that we consider the best of the best. Gannon’s has sweep-

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“Everyone has benefited.

Today, food in Hawai‘i does not have to be expensive to be local and great tasting.”

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“I feel that the less distance an ingredient has to travel, the better it will taste.”

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ing views from Haleakalā to Lāna‘i, backed by incredibly romantic sunsets. Removed from the hotel scene, we offer a wide range of dining experiences from breakfast to dinner and strive for quality, consistency and taste all the way to your plate.”

Chef Gannon’s dedication to sustainability comes from her roots in the Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine movement. “What’s changed the most,” she says, “is that we now have products that give us the best, most flavorful food to work with. Locally grown produce, farm-raised eggs, local island beef and dairies are thriving on the islands. I feel that the less distance an ingredient has to travel, the better it will taste.”

MARK ELLMAN | M Ā L A Mark Ellman honed his trade in Southern California. He began his career as a cook in a Calabasas-based Mexican restaurant where his wife, Judy, was a bartender. They went on to start an Italian restaurant in the area, but craving warmer climes, moved to Maui in 1985.

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Two years later, Ellman opened Avalon Restaurant and Bar in downtown Lahaina. During this time, he began to be influenced by the foods and flavors of the Pacific Rim, eventually joining forces with 11 other skilled chefs in the founding of the Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine movement.

Shortly thereafter, he started a series of small stands serving Maui-influenced Mexican food, an enterprise he named Maui Tacos. The business grew to eight locations over three islands and was so successful he decided to close down Avalon.

Before selling the Maui Tacos chain in June 2009, Ellman opened Penne Pasta Cafe and Māla Ocean Tavern in Lahaina and Māla Wailea in the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort and Spa. Overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the islands of Lāna‘i and Kaho‘olawe, Māla Wailea offers stunning sunset vistas and boasts an ocean view from every seat.

With the alfresco setting and Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine-focused menu, Ellman explains that Māla Wailea strives to “get the freshest and most local ingredients and fits into the Wailea dining scene as one of many great chef-owned restaurants that make up this beautiful resort.”

Much has changed in the years since Ellman first came to the islands. “When I arrived in Hawai‘i in 1985 and opened Avalon, I imported 80 percent of my food products and sourced 20 percent locally. Now, in 2013, it’s the reverse: I import only 20 percent and am able to obtain 80 percent locally.”

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(Left) Chef Bev Gannon and Gannon’s lobster salad tower. (Below) Chef Mark Ellman of Māla, at the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort and Spa.

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Wailea Guide

IN WAILEA

Alan Wong’s Amasia

Honua‘ula Lu‘au

Monkeypod Kitchen

Grand Wailea

Grand Wailea

Wailea Gateway Center

808.891.3954 Hawai‘i Regional

808.875.7710 Lu‘au Show

Bistro Molokini

Humuhumunukunukuapua‘a

808.891.2322 Handcrafted Hawai‘i Regional

Grand Wailea

Grand Wailea

Morimoto Maui

800.888.6100 Island Cuisine

800.888.6100 Pacific Rim

Botero Gallery Bar

Joe’s

Andaz Maui at Wailea (Opening fall 2013)

Grand Wailea

Wailea Tennis Club

Mulligans on the Blue

800.888.6100 Cocktails

808.875.7767 Hawai‘i Regional

100 Kaukahi St.

Bumbye Beach Bar

Ka‘ana Kitchen

Andaz Maui at Wailea

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Nick’s Fishmarket Maui

Breakfast/Lunch/Cocktails

Breakfast/Dinner/Cocktails

The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui

Café Kula Marketplace

KAI Wailea

Grand Wailea

The Shops at Wailea

Pita Paradise

800.888.6100 Gourmet Deli

808.875.1955 Sushi/Japanese Tapas

Wailea Gateway Center

Caffé Ciao Bakery & Deli

Kō

The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui

The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui

Polo Beach Grille & Bar

808.875.4100 Gourmet Deli

808.875.2210 Plantation Era

The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui

Capische?

Kumu Bar & Grill

Hotel Wailea

Wailea Beach Marriott

Ruth’s Chris Steak House

808.879.2224 Italian/French

808.879.1922 American

The Shops at Wailea

Cheeseburger Island Style

Lehua Lounge

The Shops at Wailea

Andaz Maui at Wailea

Spago

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Cocktails

Four Seasons Resort

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

Lobby Lounge

The Shops at Wailea

Four Seasons Resort

Starbucks

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808.874.8000 Cocktails

Wailea Beach Marriott

DUO

Longhi's

Four Seasons Resort

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Subway

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Wailea Gateway Center

Fabiani's Wailea

Luana Lounge

Wailea Gateway Center (Opening soon)

The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui

Te Au Moana

808.875.4100 Cocktails

Wailea Beach Marriott

Māla Restaurant & Lounge

808.874.1131 Irish/American

808.879.7224 Modern/Seafood

808.879.7177 Mediterranean

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808.874.8880 Steaks/Seafood

808.879.2999 Pacific Rim

808.874.7981 Coffee Shop

808.875.7827 Sandwich/Deli

808.827.2740 Lu‘au Show

Wailea Beach Marriott

Tommy Bahama

808.874.8000 Italian

808.875.9394 Mediterranean

The Shops at Wailea

Gannon's

Manoli's Pizza Company

Four Seasons Resort

808.875.9983 American/Caribbean

100 Wailea Ike Drive

Volcano Grill & Bar

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808.874.7499 Italian

Grand Wailea

Grand Dining Room

The Market by Capische

Wailea Gold Course

Grand Wailea

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Honolulu Coffee Co. The Shops at Wailea 808.875.6630 Coffee Shop

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Twice a year, in November and May, participating restaurants throughout Wailea Resort offer their finest cuisine in remarkable three-course, pre-fixe menus for just $29, $39 or $49 per person.

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RESORTS, AMENITIES AND MORE

Wailea Resort’s accommodations, services and amenities are of a standard rarely seen within a single community.

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WAILEA RESORT

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connects them all along five white-sand beaches. Shops, spas and restaurants are within minutes of your front door wherever you are staying. Sports enthusiasts select from three 18-hole championship golf courses—the Emerald, Gold or Old Blue layouts—and tennis players will find the Wailea Tennis Club to be the perfect complement to a vacation at Wailea Resort. And then there is the bathtub-warm Pacific Ocean, where snorkeling, kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding and other water sports are plentiful year round. Wailea Resort has it all. Perfect for families with children, wedding groups, honeymooners or your annual island getaway, the combination of world-class accommodations, unparalleled amenities and Maui’s most temperate climate makes Wailea Resort hard to beat.

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Entertaining in the Islands The perfect end to a perfect day

IT'S MAGIC HOUR on Maui and guests are arriving at an exquisite home in the Wailea Resort enclave, where Haleakalā meets the sunny shores of South Maui. The scene is set for a show of gracious island hospitality shared by homeowners embracing Wailea living.

It’s on this lovely strip of coastline that invites gentle trades and unforgettable sunsets—the breathtaking backdrop for gatherings of friends and families—that entertaining becomes just as relaxing as we’ve always imagined it should be.

Guests arrive with stories of their day, and wind down with mango margaritas or freshly blended mai tais while the sun begins its descent into the Pacific. Most parties are designed around sunset, because all else stops while we watch in awe as the bluest skies begin to mirror colors from a tropical garden—shades of papaya,

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lilikoi, mango, torch ginger and lavender melt into a swirl of delightful hues.

In Wailea, predictable weather has cultivated a lifestyle entwined with our natural surroundings. We live and entertain by bringing the outside in, by throwing open an entire wall of pocket window doors or sliders dictating a natural party flow spilling out onto grand pool decks, manicured lawns and intimate lanais, beckoning our guests to discover the delight in open-air living. Whether catering from a neighboring restaurant or grilling locally caught fish, the focus is on casual, outdoor entertaining.

As the party winds down, friends and family gather around the glow of candles or near a flickering tiki torch. They perch along the lanai, gazing off into the starry night, and linger over small talk.

On Maui, aloha is a way of life. Entertaining is as effortless as the Wailea lifestyle.

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Perfect weather, glorious sunsets and a relaxed ambience set the tone for outdoor entertaining in Wailea.

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The Pleasures of Shopping and Dining From sushi, steak, pasta and long tropical happy hours to ice cream, snacks and IF YOU LOVE to shop but are easily exhausted by the madness that prevails at malls, it’s time for a new paradigm. Here’s a pleasant change: leisurely shopping, abundant designer coffee, this is a place for lingering.

Here, global giants appear side-by-side with national brands in leisure wear, takparking, superb service and top-drawer boutiques and restaurants—all within a ing you from the beach to an elegant dinner in one seamless sweep. Island-oriented single complex that perfectly captures the resort experience. retailers provide the practical items you need for the beach, picnic There’s leisurely, relaxed dining. And gallery-hopping with and villa. You can have a manicure on the spot, or you can disease. Style, too, is redefined. The Shops at Wailea is the ultimate cover celebrity art or aloha wear while the aroma of freshly baked perk in paradise, an open-air, two-story complex of more than Wailea on Wednesdays waffle cones wafts through the atrium area. Galleries on both 70 galleries, restaurants and shops of exquisite taste.

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This is a one-stop-shop for tasty treats and foodie gifts, from gourmet madeon-Maui food products to a wide variety of unique souvenirs, including specialty kitchen items and signature Kea Lani jams, teas and condiments.

‘ÄWILI SPA AND SALON

This apothecary-style spa offers custom blended scrubs, lotions, oils and body butters created on site by the spa’s apothecary consultants. A luxury spa boutique includes a range of fashions from local designers Tamara Catz, Debra Mack and Maggie Coulombe.

MOKAPU MARKET

This 24-hour market offers convenience, style and local flavors. A variety of prepared takeaway foods includes breakfast pastries, paninis and flatbread pizza, gelato, locally sourced snacks and many beverage options including locally crafted soft drinks, coffees, teas, wine and beer.

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4100 Wailea Alanui 808.875.4100

With fine jewelry, designer exclusives and high-end fashion, this luxury boutique makes a strong sartorial statement. The fashion designer icons—Missoni, Pucci, Lanvin, Stella McCartney and others—add plenty of sparkle to the shopping experience.

This signature store has all you need, from casual resortwear to Havaiana slippers, Maui Jim sunglasses, books, music, local artwork and made-onMaui gifts. A green corner features eco-savvy items, coconut postcards and agriculturally approved Maui pineapples to ship home.

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(Opening December 2013) This unique spa boutique features activewear so stylish it can be worn to work, Jane Iredale mineral-based cosmetics and Kirsten Florian skincare products including the signature caviar-based line.

The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui

THE FAIRMONT STORE

WILLOW STREAM SPA

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CABANA

CRUISE

Here casual luxe reigns, with everything from classics to contemporary.

Find chic, comfortable and exclusive printed tees; rash guards by James Perse, along with designer beachwear, apparel, shoes and accessories for men, women and kids.

The eye-catching, colorful resortwear and accessories include DIVA, one of swimwear’s most exclusive lines.

HILDGUND JEWELRY

808.874.5800 Discover beautiful creations by Hildgund, long considered one of Hawai‘i’s premier jewelers.

GRAND IMAGE BOUTIQUE

Spa Grande’s skincare products, therapeutic massage oils, elixirs and activewear fill yoga, fitness and beauty needs. Maui’s own ‘Ala Lani and Island Essence lines and Kaua‘i’s Malie are among the spa products.

GRAND JEWELS OF WAILEA

The travel essentials—sundries, logowear, snacks and gift ideas—are covered in this thoughtful, colorful selection.

The estate, vintage, rare and high-fashion finds include diamond, platinum and 18k-gold jewelry, as well as oneof-a-kind pieces by Norman Silverman Diamonds, Inc.

TOWN AND COUNTRY MAUI, INC.

GRAND WAILEA GIFT SHOP

808.875.8822 Flowers can make the day, and here’s where you’ll find them: fragrant, fresh and exotic blooms and arrangements. From the lavish to the minimalist, they’re suitable for any occasion.

Gift items from Hawai‘i can be found among the logowear, souvenirs, sundries and resort accessories, such as beach bags, polo shirts and bathrobes.

PORTS

GRAND WAILEA MEN'S SHOP

The Grand Wailea Shops and Galleries 3850 Wailea Alanui 808.875.1234

Tommy Bahama, Toes on the Nose and shirts, shorts, shoes and jackets put the spotlight on men. Whether it’s surf gear, swimwear, belts, hats or socks, this is designed for the active man with style.

BEACH & POOL STORE

Water toys, hats, footwear, sun shirts, waterproof cameras and tanning lotions are included in the large selection of fun-friendly supplies.

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KI‘I GALLERY

WAILEA BREEZES

You’ll find handmade jewelry, handblown art glass and luxurious jewelry of luminous, multicolored South Seas pearls.

It’s a breeze to put your best foot forward with this resort-savvy selection of men’s and women’s footwear. Handbags, accessories and colorful casuals round out the selection.

NA HOKU

Exotic and elegant Na Hoku jewelry is inspired by the beauty and tradition of the Islands. Many of the intricately crafted pieces are enriched with Tahitian, Akoya or freshwater pearls.

WAILEA HEARTS

NAPUA GALLERY

Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa

A Dale Chihuly chandelier joins the original paintings, sculpture, jewelry and fine art items of this gallery, including works by the premier artists of Maui.

PINEAPPLE PATCH

Imaginative toys, books, puzzles and beachwear are among the finds for children. You’ll find everything but the sandcastle, including hats, slippers and sun shirts.

QUIKSILVER

The Roxy and Quiksilver signatures are the latest in swimwear, board shorts, logowear, sunglasses and backpacks for catching the waves or exploring Maui.

TRADEWINDS BOUTIQUE

The big names in resortwear—Lilly Pulitzer, Karen Kane, XCVI—are the Tradewinds attention-getters, along with a fine selection of handbags, sandals, accessories and essentials.

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Upbeat, heart-shaped details and accents add the Brighton signature to the selection of shoes, jewelry, accessories and handbags.

3700 Wailea Alanui 808.879.1922 ACCENTS

A one-stop shop for fun lovers, the shop offers snacks and sundries, beach and sports apparel, accessories, souvenirs and distinctive gifts.

GRANDE'S GEMS

Precious and semiprecious stones, Hawaiian charms, souvenirs and exquisite jewelry add a dash of sparkle to your vacation.

MANDARA SPA

Maui’s Island Essence mango-coconut body wash and Elemis lime-ginger scrub are among the finds of this fragrant spa shop. Treatment lines and beauty products uphold the East-West theme.

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Wailea Golf Club

Wailea Gateway Center

PRO SHOP, GOLD AND EMERALD CLUBHOUSE

10 & 34 Wailea Gateway Place

100 Wailea Golf Club Drive 808.875.7450

Pita Paradise Mediterranean Bistro, Maui Zen Day Spa, lululemon athletica, Wailea Postal & Office, Subway, Sweet Paradise Chocolatier, Maui Memories, Monkeypod Kitchen, Jere Fine Jewelers, Otaheite Hawaii, Fabiani’s Wailea Pizzeria, The Market at Wailea (opening soon), Coldwell Banker Island Properties, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Kai Kanani Sailing, Destination Resorts, Old Republic Title & Escrow of Hawaii have got your shopping, services and dining needs covered.

Wailea’s award-winning pro shop carries such renowned brands as TaylorMade, Adidas, Nike, Travis Matthew, Puma, Ferrari Golf (exclusive on Maui), Polo/Ralph Lauren, Tommy Bahama, Sport Haley, Hobo, Brighton, Eric Javits and more.

Wailea Old Blue Clubhouse PRO SHOP CLUBHOUSE

120 Kaukahi Street 808.879.2530

Wailea Town Center The Old Blue’s newly remodeled fully stocked pro shop features top-ofthe-line golf apparel, equipment and accessories including fashionable name brands like Adidas and Nike. Offering the finest resort and golf attire.

Wailea Tennis Club PRO SHOP

161 Wailea Ike Place The Center includes First Hawaiian Bank, ATM, Maui Real Estate Advisors, Wailea Wine, Wailea Health & Wellness Center REPS Training Center, Wailea Medical Group, Belle Bloom Flora Boutique, Wailea Medical Center and Urgent Care, AVIS and Green Earth Cleaners.

131 Wailea Ike Place 808.879.1958 Tennis enthusiasts will find great apparel, equipment, shoes and more at this full-service pro shop. It’s the best place in Wailea to stock up on great gear and sportswear by Adidas, Nike and more.

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Moist are the ferns in the uplands Firm, strong the trees Let love return In the coolness of the evening.

—From “I Whisper Gently to You” by Ka‘upena Wong

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