Thanksgiving in Maui is a bit different than Tday on the mainland. For starters it's warm, very warm. While some mainlanders spend the morning getting bundled up to go visit the family (ohana), we went snorkeling at Airport Beach.
That might not exactly be traditional elsewhere, but it seems like a good tradition to start here. After touring the coral and seeing hundreds of brightly colored fish we returned to our home at Aina Nalu (land and wave), to carry on another new tradition.
It was our second year of what we hope becomes a long lasting tradition and the smells from the kithens around the complex were definitely traditional. We roasted turkeys, made giblet gravy with dressing, or filling which seems to be an east coast term. We had guacamole, gugoma (Korean sweet potatoes - mmmmm), Romanian garlic mashed potatoes, and pies provided by a former resident of England. She was the only one at the party without an accent.
The star of the feast was Price Jack, our ohana's one year old, who seems to like barbequed turkey just fine.
Dinner was served family style outside in our covered hale or pavilion. From the late afternoon into the evening we enjoyed the warm breezes, the company, the conversation and a few glasses of wine.
There were friends and family we missed. But hopefully we'll see them soon and, so far, Thanksgiving in Maui with its new traditions works just fine.
Lahaina Lee
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