Aloha all…E Komo Mai…Welcome to my blog about Living (and Buying) in Paradise !“Paradise” is the Big Island of Hawaii and by “Buying” I mean purchasing your dream home or land, My name is Trevella Williams and I am a REALTOR® Salesperson with Hilo Brokers, Ltd. 1+808-969-3900 ex. 27 This blog will be primarily devoted to Real Estate on the Big Island of Hawaii, of course we are going to sneak in plenty of talk story about ono grinds, aloha spirit and great beaches as well!

WOW, we had some rockin and a rollin goin on here on the Big Island! But the Big Island got it together and with people helping each other out every one made it through ok! Yes we have some heart breaking damage but we didn’t loose anybody! And that’s the most important thing of all! I will not go into much as it has been well covered Everywhere else, suffice it to say that the South East side of the island had minimal damage, the Hamakua coast more, the wes tside even more and the North West end the most, thank goodness it happened when and where it did. Nuff said.

HELP! My son and I walked into Macys on Wednesday and they are already decorated for Christmas! The day after Halloween! They went from Orange and Black to Red and Green in the blink of an eye!
We have to assume that some nefarious agent has Stolen Thanksgiving! What do we do? Who do we call? (Ghost Busters aint gonna cut it.) Do we have the police put out a APB? And does Thanksgiving have to be missing 24 hours first? Where would a search party look...not my house, it still looks like Halloween! (Sigh…shame.) Could Thanksgiving be only hiding? Is it embarrassed because no one loves it any more? Or is it just trying to get attention because it feels ignored?
Seriously, Thanksgiving is a wonderful Holiday even aside from any religious connotations (don't go there.) it is a special opportunity to gather with family and friends and reflect on what wonderful lives we have, personally I feel like it is the "Family" holiday, it's the one time everyone gets together from far and wide just to gather as ohana! How often do we break bread as extended families any more and what could be more important than the sharing and caring that takes place around the table? I vote for making it two days not one!

ONO GRINDS; Isles café next to the Suisan fish market in Hilo town! Best fish around! And the home made oriental dressing for the salad is so Ono!

REAL ESTATE: Still plenty of inventory at good prices. Prices are continuing to drop though the decline seems to be slowing somewhat and the actual buying (or at least buying interest) is picking up.The median home list price in Nanawale as of November 4th is $215,000.00. In Hawaiian Paradise Park the median home list price is $360,900.00. And In the Hilo area the median home list price is still $449,000.00.

FEATURED PROPERTY; Great opportunity to purchase 20 acres of beautiful farm land in East Hawaii’s wonderful Kopua Farm Lots for less than $200,000.00! http://www.realestateshows.com/78082

FEATURED SITE; Check out this great informative site for everything you ever wanted to know about Leilani Estates on the east side of the Big Island (yes I am tooting our own horn!) http://www.leilanirealestate.com/

ECLECTIC TRIVIA FOR THE WEEK; What is the curse of Pele? It is a well known “fact” that if you are to take one of the lava rocks from Kilauea volcano you will be cursed by Pele (the volcano goddess) with the most terrible luck! And every year Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park receives tons of rocks being returned with anguished please for their repatriation to Pele and heart wrenching stories of the horrible luck the “lava rock thief” has experienced ever since the theft.
Well, truth be told, the “curse” was invented by a park ranger due to fear that the many tourist would actually de-rock the area thru their ever present need for “SOUVENIERS”! Create one handy story, mix well with superstition and fear. Viola! Instant Curse! Works good though!

NEW TRIVIA; What is the “Law of the Splintered Paddle”?

Mahalo everyone…please don’t be shy about asking questions, sharing recipes (I am still looking for a recipe for Lilikoi mochi with crunchy peanut butter instead of aszuki bean? A wonderful woman bought them to an open house I hosted on Kai’ei’ei road and I haven’t been able to find her since, I am seriously craving them!), great beach locations, or a story of Aloha Spirit…always love hearing about some aloha, no matter where it is coming from! Remember; Big Island Hawaii No Ka Oi!