http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales Your Guide to Luxury Homes on the Big Island Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:58:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND By Kelly Moran It Doesn't Taste Good, But . . . Kava comes to you in a cup that's half of a coconut shell.  You take a sip.  It's both watery and gritty.  The taste is earthy, with hints of tree-bark and . . . oh, gosh - ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2010/03/15/here-on-the-big-island-it-doesnt-taste-good-but/ HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND By Kelly Moran We Were Prepared - and Lucky! On the morning of a calm sunny Saturday, the 27th of February, tsunami alert sirens all around the island went off.  An earthquake in Chile, the night before, had sent shock-waves through the Pacific, and the Big Island got ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2010/03/09/here-on-the-big-island-we-were-prepared-and-lucky/ HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND By Kelly Moran Sherlock Holmes at the Volcano Sherlock Holmes once visited the Big Island - and now he's coming back! Holmes was an early crime-scene investigator. Keen-eyed and sharp-witted, this most famous of fictional detectives solved murders that baffled the police of the Victorian era by focusing on ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2010/02/22/here-on-the-big-island-sherlock-holmes-at-the-volcano/ HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND By Kelly Moran A Historic Home Has Closed Most "historic" homes here are merely old, and not especially significant in local history.  Fewer still are also visitor attractions. But among those that can rightly be considered of historical value, and well worth a tour, none is more important ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2010/02/18/here-on-the-big-island-a-historic-home-has-closed/ The February 2010 Newsletter is published. View the February 2010 Newsletter here. View other Newsletters here. Sign up to receive future Newsletters to your email box here. http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2010/02/17/february-2010-newsletter-%e2%80%93-hawaiibig-islandreal-estate-updates/ HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND By Kelly Moran Dry Winter Weather It's an "El Niño" winter, right now, and it's a mixed blessing for Hawaii. Every few years, starting around Christmastime, the warm equatorial currents of the Pacific shift northward, toward the Tropic of Cancer. This causes a region of "high pressure" to hover ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2010/02/12/here-on-the-big-island-dry-winter-weather/ HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND By Kelly Moran Crazy Tobacco           Folks here call it pakalolo - "paka" being the Hawaiian rendering of "tobacco," and "lolo" meaning crazy.  And "crazy tobacco" is front-page news here because what it is . . . is marijuana.           It should not surprise anyone that a lot of ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2010/02/04/here-on-the-big-island-crazy-tobacco/ 16-1137 Koloa Maoli (Road 9), Kurtistown, HI 96760 Immaculate large custom home with cathedral ceilings on quiet Koloa Maoli (Road 9) in Hawaiian Acres. The interior features easy-care laminate flooring, gorgeous African Mahoghany cabinetry in the kitchen, tiled bathrooms and high ceilings throughout. This spacious custom 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath home ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2010/02/01/just-listed-immaculate-large-custom-home-on-3-acres-with-bonus-roombath-bonus-utilityfarm-building/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="338" caption="31-200 Old Mamalahoa Hwy, Papaaloa, HI"][/caption] On a hill overlooking 51 acres of producing farmland and breathtaking Pacific Ocean views you'll find a tropical-style residential estate -- the ultimate Hamakua home. This over 5000 sq. ft. residence was created to take advantage of unparalleled panoramic Pacific Ocean ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2010/01/28/just-listed-tropical-estate-on-51-acres-of-producing-farmland-with-breathtaking-ocean-and-mauna-kea-views/ JUST LISTED - 2296 Kalanianaole Street in Hilo, Hawaii Elegant Kamaaina home with Ohana guest house overlooking Richardson Beach. Ideal location in sunny Keaukaha, only minutes to downtown Hilo. Walk out your front door and swim, surf and snorkel. The Old Hawaii lifestyle is calling you back home. From the ocean, stroll down ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2010/01/27/just-listed-elegant-kamaaina-home-with-ohana-guest-house-overlooking-richardson-beach/