tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2534818027778553352009-03-22T11:18:06.619-10:00My (mis)adventures in Hana, Maui, after leaving a bartending job in San Francisco to work at a banana bread stand in the middle of the jungle...Randi Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00978094220772596366noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253481802777855335.post-44134598011609323242008-09-21T13:42:00.002-10:002008-09-21T13:53:18.043-10:00

well, no pics in this one because i am on a public computer, but this wandering soul who currently resides in Kihei, Maui, Hawaii is coming home for a visit to the beautiful city of San Francisco! and nothing would please me more than to spread myself as thin as possible in order to see as many of my wonderful friends as i can...hell, i only work two days a week in Maui (I know you're jealous),

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...and i'm sorry, i've just been super busy moving into my new place on the other side of the island.No photos yet (i'm working on it), but here's the scoop (very condensed) of what has happpened since i last wrote (for those of you who care)...Left Hana, Maui (eastern side of the island), moved to Kihei (southside near Wailea), got two bartending/serving jobs, found a fantastic roommate (

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Hey y'all....this is the beautiful Venus Pool/Waioka... a great time of day to be there...and notice, it's not raining! so, things have been much better since i last wrote. Thanks to all of you who emailed, called, and sent messages, I can feel your friendship and love for me, and i know that you are all pulling for me as i plan this new venture here in Maui. I spent four days last week getting

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Aloha! Alrighty then...Let's get down to business...this post is for those of you who only want to see pictures and never read the blog anyway...(i've actually been going through quite a rough patch, but if you really want to hear about it, just email me...kind of depressing, and not as fun as pictures)...So here goes... my dearest and best friend in Maui, Ananda, recently packed up herself and

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Ah, the feel of the sun on your back...Especially when it's been freakin' raining for 3 1/2 weeks straight, and you decide to make a run for it to the other side of the island while you have two days off...oh yeah, baby, in search of the sunlit lands...So, this weekend, Ananda and I and her friend Eric made a break for it to "the Other Side" as we call it here. We got a bit of a late start on

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I wish that this picture was true...(that's my toes at Red Sand Beach)Unfortunately, it just started raining as I write this...the rain has been insane since I returned from the mainland. There is a reason they call it "the rainy season" here in the jungle...it freakin' rains all the time. Hana averages about 200" of rain a year, and LaHaina (on the other side of the island) averages like single

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Disclaimer: This blog is supposed to be all about pictures. I took pictures of my friends, I took pics of my family, I took pics of food, signs, Christmas lights, In-N-Out, my house, my sister's dog, and then some awesome, really amazing pics of this beautiful rainbow when I got back here. Problem is, after I took the pics of the rainbow, I somehow lost my phone. These are the only pics that got

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Hello all...Finally got a chance to sit down in front of the computer with more than five minutes...it has been a busy week with work and the holidays...I have to say, everything feels weird out here when there isn't really a change in weather (except more rain) to signify the change in seasons. When I think of Fall at home, I think of fires and grey skies and changing leaves and a drop in

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So, we have been without internet for the last couple of days...you think this would happen more often out here, but luckily it is a rare occurence...nice to feel connected with the world again though. Things have been going well here, and while we have had some rain, the early afternoons have still been great for beach days, which I have been trying to take full advantange of. I just changed

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so, i can't decide if i'm in a funk because i'm obsessing about something, or if i just miss home... I think i just miss home. i wish i had a car. or a moped. or public transportation... I wish there were restaurants and concert venues and pool halls and art galleries and stoplights and taxis and bars and lights.... Don't get me wrong, I don't want to leave. I should hopefully be getting a moped

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Click on photo for the link to my Maui pics, hosted on Photobucket... Photobucket Album

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So, here's the thing about living in Maui, especially in Hana... When the sunhits the water,there's nothing I can compare it to to explain how clear it is, so clear you can see your toesfishcoralrocksturtlessand. Running is so much better herewhen the sunis going down and the clouds look likemountains.Hugegiantetherealmountains of white and gold and pink,and the prehistoric

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Have you ever heard people say that weird things happen around the time of the full moon? Or that everyone seems a little off, and circumstances seem to spin wildly out of control? Bad drivers, weird work days, and general unease? Well, it seems like in a place like this, it really shouldn't happen like that, but it seems to be just the same here as anywhere else. I saw someone slid/crashed off

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I have been baking A LOT of banana bread...A LOT. So that's the story here really...lots and lots of bread. I have been learning a lot about plants, and there are so many freakin' cool plants on the property. My friend Jason is getting ready to start his own nursery, so yesterday he took me on an abbreviated tour of some of the plants on the 7 acres here, and there is some amazing stuff. I

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REASONS TO LIVE IN MAUI (The Rainy Season Version):*You get to have cool creatures like this Jackson Chameleon as a pet (I only kept him for two days, but it was good times).*You don't have to sit in a cubicle/office or be endlessly surrounded by ringing phones and beeping computers and other office equipment.*You can see the ocean and the jungle from the porch of your cabin.*You wake up to the

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so, I finally figured out how to put up some pics

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So, my new news is that I finally put up pics (see bottom of the page/end of blog)...oh, and I got a Jackson Chameleon for a pet...those pics to come soon.Yeah.My pet is a chameleon.Awesome.K. Love you all.

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Wow, I have felt very loved for those of you who have let me know you've been reading my blog...and that you're annoyed because I haven't updated lately! Hee he, I guess that's a good problem to have...So, Sept. 16 was my 27th birthday, and my sister came to tiny Hana to visit--my best present. Finally, someone to actually see with their own eyes that I live in a tiny cabin in the jungle and

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I woke up to rain pounding the roof of my cabin and a strong desire to pee. Unfortunately for my soaked self, the bathroom was 50 yards away. Outside. Boo.I just checked the weather forecast...we get a lot of rain here in Hana (usually every night, and morning and late afternoon/early evening is common), but the forecast says it is supposed to rain every day. Day. Not night or morning. It

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Have you ever gone swimming when it's pouring rain? I don't think i ever have until Friday...I went to Red Sand beach at like 9:30 in the morning (it's my day off, and I can't think of a better way to spend it)...it was gorgeous and sunny, but it looked like rain in the distance, and the weather in Maui can change very quickly, so i dumped my stuff under a little overhang on the beach where it

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"The Outside," or commonly referred to as "the Other Side" means pretty much anywhere outside of Hana...which is pretty accurate considering how remote our location is. Making a trip to the "other side" normally requires an entire day and lots of lists. The only thing that exists in Hana is a gas station and two general stores, so if you want anything like a coffee pot, variety in food, clothing

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So, I think today was my first lonely day in Hana...not in a bad way, but in a way that makes you feel tired. I got some really awesome news that my sister is coming out for my birthday on the 16th, and it was a great morning of being excited about that and baking a couple batches of bread...maybe it was missing my sister that made me feel lonely, I'm not sure, but today was just one of those

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So, a brief synopsis of the last couple days...Thursday:-Worked at the stand-cleaned my cabin-went to the hotel bar with my friend Rebekah because i refused to stay another evening in my cabin reading, writing, cleaning, or listening to music (at least, those are the only activities that I will let on about). We had a great time, some drinks, an awesome burger, and I actually went to bed around

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So, after going to the kitchen at 8am this morning, I started baking around 8:30 and am still working out a few kinks in my process...but, I'm getting better...I got done about 12:30, dropped off some stuff in town for a local vendor, put some gas in the truck, and then went and did the most important thing on my list today--mail out some banana bread to friends and family...which is freakin'

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so, it was a gorgeous Sunday morning...I got up early, went running in the rain, and the sun came out on my way back and there was this gorgeous rainbow all the way across the sky...it was awesome...definitely an excellent way to start the day. Then I worked at the stand until 2, and the weather seemed like it couldn't make up its mind...first it was rainy, then clear, then rain, and then the

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