Maui Restaurants

Long-time resident Mick Fleetwood has opened “Fleetwood’s on Front Street”, Lahaina’s newest restaurant!

Check out Fleetwood’s menu and signature cocktails, as well as their $35,000 (yep – that’s right!) Harley Burger.  You get a $15 burger and a $34,985 Harley-Davidson comes with it (one has already been sold)!

An American and Hawaiian flag tops the restaurant.  For fans who want to meet Mick, a special red flag is put up when he is in town!  At 6pm each night, the restaurant holds a torch ceremony to commemorate the Hawaiian culture, with the backdrop of a beautiful Lahaina sunset.

The restaurant is located at 749 Front Street and is topped by a huge covered deck with sweeping views of the West Maui Mountains, Lahaina waterfront, and the island of lanai.

Mac Lowson, the owner of the building on Front Street where the restaurant is located, said that (the building) has a checkered past.  It was built in 1916 during World War I and was intended to be “the center of the Germans’ Pacific empire.”  The thick walls are considered to be impregnable and built with twisted steel.

Fleetwood’s is currently open from 11am to 11pm on weekdays and until midnight on Friday and Saturday.  Like their Facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/fleetwoods

NA KAMEHAMEHA COMMEMORATIVE PA’U PARADE & HOOLAULEA

9am-HOOLAULEA 9:45am-PARADE 12pm – HOOKUPU CEREMONY 1pm – AWARDS Food and entertainment until 5pm

We honor the Kamehameha Lineage with a day of celebration and commemoration in the center of the first capital of Hawaii. Pau Parade will commence at 9:45am from Kenui St. down Front St. to Shaw St., Hookupu Ceremony, Games, Entertainment, Food, Crafters, Exhibits and Tours.

The Pa’u Parade will commence at 9:45 am from Kenui St. down Front St. to Shaw St. Six Commentary Stations along Front St, Longhi’s, Kimo’s, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Lahaina Pizza Co., Wharf Cinema Center, and Kamehameha Iki Park!

Festivities will take place on Saturday, June 16 at 9:00am at Kamehameha Iki Park. The parade will commence at 9:45am from Kenui St. down Front St. to Shaw St. Following the parade is a hookupu ceremony at Mokuula Ahu. The hoolaulea will include exhibits and tours by Friends of Mokuula, Hui O Waa Kaulua, Makahiki Games with Kula Kaiapuna ma Nahienaena, a pau awards presentation, food booths, Maui made crafters and entertainment. The festivities are scheduled to last until sunset.

Kamehameha Iki Park
505 Front Street
Lahaina, Hawaii 96761
www.hawaii.gov/dags/kamehameha

Information
808-264-8779

We’ve put together a slideshow of Napili Point Resort for you.  We hope you enjoy the visit!

JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE!

Napili Point Resort is now on Pinterest!

What is Pinterest? It’s a virtual pinboard where people from all over the world organize and share their interests and passions with photos and all the wonderful and beautiful things they find on the web.

Pinboards are literally limitless! People create pinboards to plan weddings, decorate their homes, visit places around the world, organize their favorite recipes, share nature, landscapes, beaches, gardens, holiday crafts, etc. or…..to come away to visit Napili Point Resort (and all things Maui)!

We invite you to follow our pinboards on Pinterest – it’s free to sign up and use.  This is a really great and fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests.  You will love it!

As we approach the 1-year anniversary of the devastating tsunami in Japan, we thought you might find this video of the tsunami at the Lahaina Harbor here on Maui.  This video was taken about 9 1/2 hours after the first wave hit.  The “all clear” had been given by the Civil Defense Department.

Tsunami Maui Lahaina Harbor

Here’s all the info taken from the Maui County.gov site.  For info on the activities for every Friday Night, click on this link: www.mauifridays.com

Lahaina Friday Town Party
January 13, 2012, 6-9 p.m.

“Front Street – Great Street” is the theme for January’s Second Friday in Lahaina, which celebrates the selection of Front Street as one of the 10 Great Streets in America for 2011 by the American Planning Association.

The streets of Lahaina will be adorned with fresh flowers to celebrate this first-time honor for Hawaii.

ENTERTAINMENT & SPECIALS

• The Wharf Cinema Center
  • Live entertainment at center stage with Lui Williams and I Kona Maui Lima Halau from 5-7 p.m.
  • Polynesian artisans carving at the Wharf’s Front Street entrance will offer a 10% discount
  • Seaside Henna: Buy one get one free henna tattoo service
  • Blue Lagoon Lahaina: (in the downstairs atrium) 15% Kamaʻaina discount
  • Cool Cat Café: Live Music with Bob James and the Drive with no cover charge plus 20% Kamaʻaina discount
  • Captain Jack’s Island Grill: Live Music with Dave Carroll from 7:30 – 10 p.m., no cover plus 20% Kama`aina discount
• Hard Rock Café: Patio Party with beer garden, live music by Evan Shulman, 6-9 p.m., no cover charge plus 15% off food
• Kimo’s Restaurant: Willie K, 9-11p.m., no-cover coupons available at the Lahaina Visitor’s Center (at the old Lahaina Courthouse)
• Kobe Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar: 20% off teppanyaki dining (not to be combined with any other offers)
• The Pioneer Inn: Wilmont Kahaialiʻi, 6-9 p.m., no cover charge, most of the pupu menu under $5, drink specials $2 to $5, plus 15% Kamaʻaina discount
• Blessing and flash mob by `Ulalena performers, 6 p.m., on boardwalk outside of Hard Rock Cafe

FRIDAY NIGHT IS ART NIGHT

• Peter Lik Gallery: Drawing for a Peter Lik signed Big Book, DJ Scotty D playing, special promotions on art and serving wine and light pupu
• Sargents Art Gallery: Painting by Roman Czerwinski, music by Curtis Lee and serving wine
• Images Fine Art: Hosting local artist, Julie Houck, glass blowing demonstrations and wine
• Higgins Harte Gallery: Featuring local artist Lowell Mapes and serving wine and refreshments
• Gallery 505: Featuring Pop artist Davo, live painting
• Village Gallery: Hosting local artists and serving wine and pupu
• Martin Lawrence Gallery: Serving wine and pupu
• Lahaina Galleries: Hosting a guest artist and serving wine
• Thomas Barbey Art Gallery: Special promotions on art, serving wine
• Lahaina Print Sellers: Serving wine, special promotions on selected pieces

CULTURE

• Lahaina Restoration Foundation will feature its free monthly series Haʻina Hou! (Let the Story be Told!) at the Wo Hing Museum and Baldwin Home Museum from 6 to 9 p.m.
  • Baldwin Home Museum
    • Presentation: “Healing Practices of the 1800s”, 6:30 p.m.
    • Dr. Baldwin, in addition to being a missionary, was a practicing physician on Maui in the mid 1800s. His medical tools and their uses will be discussed. A traditional Hawaiian healer will also demonstrate ancient Hawaiian healing techniques still being used today.
    • The popular, weekly Candlelit Tour of the Baldwin Home will be held from 6 – 8:30 p.m. There is a $8 charge per person for the tour which includes a tour of the Wo Hing Museum. Children, accompanied by a paying adult, are free.
  • The Wo Hing Museum
    • Presentation on Chinese New Year and Lion Dance, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.
    • Keiki crafts such as include paper lantern making, puppets and fans, and “Year of the Dragon” items and fresh produce for sale.

From our ohana (family) to yours – we wish everyone a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!  From the staff of Napili Point Resort.

WE HOPE YOU CAN COME DOWN TO FRONT STREET TONIGHT AND JOIN IN THE HOLIDAY EVENTS AT MAUI’S FRIDAY TOWN PARTY!

Entertainment:

4:00-4:45 p.m. Ron Hetteen and Ikaika Brown

4:45-5:00 p.m.: Maui Cheer All Starts

5:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.: royal Hawaiian Guard

5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.: Kumulani Chapel

5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.: Na Kamali’i O Ke Akua

6:15-6:20 p.m.: I pop Maui

6:20 p.m. Emcee to announce the Christmas tree program and Lahaina Town Action Committee’s winning tree followed by holiday caroling.

6:30p.m. Waiola Church, Sacred Hearts, Mission Catholic Church, Holy Innocents, Hale Aloha and Hongwanji Mission will ring town church bells followed by a simultaneous lighting of all merchant trees on Front Street and in Campbell Park.

6:40 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Kumulani Chapel Carolers

7:00-715 p.m. Holiday Music

PLUS: Baldwin Home Museum will host Holidays With The Baldwins: Choir performances, refreshments, and hands-on ornament and wreath making!

Hawaiian Air has just announced its first direct flight from JFK to Honolulu! Flights begin in June of 2012. They are offering a $212 (one way) fare as part of their promotion.

There is a short window of opportunity (between now and 11/20/11) for travel dates between 6/4/12-6/30/12. Hawaiian Air was also named yesterday as the #1 most on-time airline in 2011.

Here’s a link to Honolulu’s KITV Channel 4 website: KITV.com to read details about the new flight another to the Hawaiian Air site.

Capt. Ryan Hall on Hawaiian Ocean Rafting spotted the first humpback whale of the season off the coast of Lanai on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at around 8:35 a.m.   “We had a humpback whale surface and blow right in front of us several times”  Capt. Hall said.  The whale appeared to be a young male by the way he swam about and “trumpeted” and breached about five or six times in four-minute intervals.

Humpback whale season in Hawaii generally runs from November through May. As many as 12,000 of the whales winter each year in the waters off Hawaii, where endangered humpback whales are protected.Hall said.

Here’s a really great humpback whale photo taken off the coast of Lahaina by Kathy Kopacek of Portland, Oregon.