Hella Rothwell, Broker Owner REALTOR®

There's a small community called PUAKO on the Kohala Coast on the Big Island of Hawaii that is just down the road from the Mauna Kea Resort. Caption: This is a portion of the Puako shoreline, a little rugged, where an ancient lava flow went into the ocean. Homes are spectacular with fabulous view...

When you breathe in the air here on the Big Island of Hawaii, there is a wonderful smell of flowers. It is especially apparent on days like today when the Trade Winds have taken a day off. Today I went to the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel which is part of the 1,839-acre Mauna Kea Resort on the Kohala...

If you are looking for an evening out on the Big Island of Hawaii that has everything: Happy Hour with good food and a wide variety of drinks including a Mai Tai for $3, live music, conviviality, and a sunset right there at the ocean in front of you, then there is none better than "Huggo's On The...

For those of you who saw my early morning photo on Carmel-by-the-Sea's beach, you will see an immediate difference between it and the one I am showing here of this morning's. And when I started out in Carmel Valley in the morning, ice formed on the windshield when I tried to clean my windshield!!...

Today was the day I was meeting my new client on the Big Island of Hawaii. I will be writing about this beautiful property during the next few days. It's in the world renowned Mauna Kea Beach Resort in North Kohala. Caption, above, arriving at Keahole Kona International Airport. Caption, below, t...

Today was one of those glorious fall days in Carmel-by-the-Sea when it was hard to think of work. But it was Friday, and lots of things needed to be done before i can leave on my 2-week ODYSSY (that I will be blogging about daily starting Monday). So here I am ambling along, popping into art gall...

 So, what costume are you going to wear tomorrow? Wish I could say that I had planned something, but I haven't. That's kind of sad because as kids, we really got into it. And while I was reflecting on Halloweens Past, here comes an email from my little grandson who was just prepping his pumpkin, ...

You may remember that I wrote a series of blogs on seniors who cannot cope living in a home by themselves. I showed some disturbing photos on my initial blog, see here. My friend fell into that category and I had no idea until one day he had a severe medical event and has been in a hospital follo...

My first glimpse of Hawaii, and it was love at first sight. Our ship came around Diamond Head Lighthouse, sailed past Waikiki, and docked at the Aloha Tower way back when I was 19 years old. The Royal Hawaiian Band played on the pier, young boys were diving for coins, and Hula dancers were ready...