Cycle 13 of Tyra Banks’ America’s Next Top Model on location in Maui, Hawaii

Tyra Banks chose Maui, Hawaii, as the “exotic” location in the second half of season (or cycle) 13 for “reality” show about becoming America’s Next Top Model. Tyra Banks shoots model contestant Erin on location near Kahului, Maui. Erin muddles through portraying someone who is “hapa” Tibetan and Egyptian, while “working it” in a hot sugar cane field in Pu’unene near the mill.

New recipes for avocados and my avo eating challenge

How many avocados can one person eat safely? I’m undertaking an avocado eating challenge to find out.

Fasten your seat belt, across your forehead

Each red eye flight, I hope for a few hours of uninterrupted sleep. My ritual goes like this: I settle (contort) into my cramped coach seat, inflate my lumbar and neck pillows, stuff in ear plugs, pop a pill, lower my eye mask, pull up the flannel blanket and hope to catch a few hours [...]

Man crashes truck into bank in Pukalani, Maui, by stepping on gas instead of brake

After doing his errands, the man hopped into his full-size black Dodge Ram pickup and started the engine. But instead of pressing the brake, he pressed the gas. The Ram rammed into the front of the strip mall bank, knocking out the entire front right wall of the bank. American Savings Bank is next to Subway, which was not impacted by the crash.

Maui’s trust fund hippies

Wondering if you or someone you know might be a trust fund hippie? Here are the top 10 signs:
10. You’re in Hawaii, probably Maui, all or part of the year
9. You drive an expensive car or carry expensive gear through Paia without an obvious source of income (i.e., no day job).
8. You have a guru and know what that means.