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Sixth annual attraction will have a new theme and larger focus on community businesses as it prepares for more than 900 out-of-town visitors.

Hale Mau'u by Walker Warner Architects sits low in the Hawaiian landscape Shallow-gabled roofs allow the pavilions of this holiday home by Walker Warner Architects to embrace the gentle volcanic slope of Hawaii's Big Island. The vacation property is named Hale Mau'u – hale means house in Hawaiian, and mau'u is a type of native grass. Hale Mau'u sits low against the gently sloping volcanic landscape It sits on the western shore of the archipelago's largest island, which has a very different landscape to the tropical rainforests typically associated with Hawaii. "For anyone who has never visi...

Read The Full Transcript Stacy Shoemaker Rauen: Hi, I’m here with Nicole Hollis. Nicole, thanks so much for joining us today. Nicole Hollis: Thank you for having me. Nice to see you. SSR: It’s so good to see you. It’s been too long. So we always start this podcast at the beginning, where did you grow up? NH: I was born in Jupiter, Florida, which is a small town, probably about an hour and a half north of Miami in West Palm Beach County. My parents are both from New Jersey, but my father was transferred there for work, and that’s where I was born.

Inside a Tucked-Away Rural Hawaiian Retreat Leilani Marie Labong © Architectural Digest While the curvy silhouettes of the vintage Vladimir Kagan Freeform sofas in the glass-enclosed living room echo the contours of Kīholo Bay, they also resemble an embrace, an invitation to gather for the sunset over the long coastline. Hand-textured concrete floors and a banana-fiber abaca rug are a visual and textural nod to a sandy beach. Over dusty ranch roads through North Kona’s centuries-old lava fields, Hale Huna sits quietly—some even say stealthily—on the shore of Kiholo B...

RS Aero Groundhog Day Distance Challenge at Jensen Beach, Florida © Mike Grant The Groundhog Day Distance Race supported by Intensity Sails was a lot of fun, held mid-week within the RS Aero South Florida Race Week. Tony Corkell designed an interesting zig-zag course that had us scooting all over the bay in a shifty 5-18 knot NWly breeze, after being postponed from the previous day due to the gales. The Race Committee gave competitors the interesting challenge with the option to go either clockwise or counter-clockwise around the course. I was super late to the start and just fol...