Pamila emailed us about her jazz trio now active on Maui after relocating from cold Boston!   They do classic american jazz standards as well as Brazilian bossa nova (Jobim’s “Girl from Ipanema” type brazilian), swing, dance, and other popular jazz forms.   A sample of their music type is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST9NfckQOyI  which is the lounge singer artist Eva Cassidy with “You’ve Changed”.   Her ensemble includes husband Joe of Joe Mac Sounds of Brazil and Ricardo Dioso, guitar virtuoso featuring classical guitar, bossa nova, latin, jazz, flamenco, and contemporary popular music guitar offerings (www.ricardodioso.com).   Contact Pamila for booking information at 808-740-5470 or PamilaSands@icloud.com .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Gelsey
Wailea Makena Real Estate, Inc.
www.petergelsey.com
direct (808)  344-8000
email peter@petergelsey.com

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Peter Gelsey Realtor
Wailea Makena Real Estate, Inc.
Maui, HI
www.petergelsey.com
direct (808) 344-8000
email peter@petergelsey.com

 

Is Aloha real? Longtime residents sometimes ask if aloha, the loving spirit for which Hawaii is famous, still exists, if it ever existed, or was just the figment of the tourist industry’s imagination. But newcomers from less gentle parts of the world know the answer is yes, aloha is alive and well.
Prolific Maui-based author Toni Polancy’s seminal sociological work “So You Want to Live in Hawaii” addresses this topic and finds that “Aloha Spirit” permeates the day-to-day interactions of Hawaii residents among each other and with newcomers and tourists. People just naturally smile and are welcoming, they assume the best of others and this makes for a genuinely friendly and welcoming culture. Exercising your smile muscles also lowers stress and tension and enhances health, according to local studies.
Toni’s book, available at amazon.com, reports on the good and the bad, culture shock and pleasant surprises, for mainland folk relocating to Hawaii. Highly recommended if you are considering moving to Maui.

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Gelsey
Wailea Makena Real Estate, Inc.
www.petergelsey.com
direct (808)  344-8000
email peter@petergelsey.com

 

Why Complete Streets for Maui?

Complete Streets are part of a transportation and design approach that aims to create a comprehensive, integrated network of streets that are safe and convenient for all people. Complete Streets solutions are designed to accommodate people traveling by foot, bicycle, transit, or automobile, and of all ages and abilities.  Complete Streets principles move away from streets designed with a singular focus on automobiles toward a design approach that is context-sensitive, multimodal, and integrated with the community’s vision and sense of place.

 

*  Safe and convenient for Maui people of all ages and abilities

*  Accommodating to all modes, including foot, bicycle, transit, and automobile

*  Integrated with the Maui community’s vision and sense of place

*  Supportive of Maui community health and transportation equity

 

Complete streets support healthy and sustainable communities through promoting physical activity, reducing vehicle emissions, increasing pedestrian and bicycle safety, and beautifying neighborhoods. The end result is a transportation network that provides safe travel, promotes public health, and creates stronger and more livable communities.

 

Numerous political candidates espouse these goals for Maui — let’s make the island better by implementing Complete Streets.   For a look at how Oahu is approaching
this see www honolulu.gov/ completestreets

 

Peter Gelsey Realtor
Wailea Makena Real Estate, Inc.
Maui, HI
www.petergelsey.com
direct (808) 344-8000
email peter@petergelsey.com

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Gelsey Realtor
Wailea Makena Real Estate, Inc.
Maui, HI
www.petergelsey.com
direct (808) 344-8000
email peter@petergelsey.com

 

MAUI REAL ESTATE
EXPERT WITNESS PETER GELSEY

Mr. Gelsey’s expertise includes real estate practice, economics, valuation, investment and financial analysis, agency practice, diminution of value, highest and best use, standard of care, due diligence, transactions, brokerage, industry standards, and many other topics related to residential luxury real estate.   He is an economics graduate of Columbia University, New York and has 26 years of international banking, real estate, and corporate sales and marketing experience.   Mr. Gelsey holds the ABR – Accredited Buyer Representative designation of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), and has completed extensive coursework in key aspects of residential luxury real estate sales, marketing and related fields as well as graduate level MBA courses in international economics, accounting, international sales and marketing and related real estate oriented seminars and coursework.   Mr. Gelsey is President and principal broker of Wailea Makena Real Estate, Inc., a Maui residential real estate agency and brokerage focusing on the upper end of the luxury home and condo market.   He spent 8 years in the international banking and finance field and is well versed in foreign currency and cross-border exchange topics as they relate to his specialty field, real estate.   He is fluent in and offers his expert witness services in English, Portuguese, German, Spanish, and French.

 

Disclaimer:  Mr. Gelsey may have not been certified yet by a court as an expert witness depending on the current date, so the descriptive information above is possibly dependent on a later certification by the circuit court.

 

 

 

Peter Gelsey RB
Wailea Makena Real Estate, Inc.
www.petergelsey.com
direct (808)  344-8000
email peter@petergelsey.com