{"id":2,"date":"2013-06-27T00:34:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T07:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-06-23T11:17:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T18:17:27","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi this is the blog for <a title=\"MauiIris.com\" href=\"http:\/\/MauiIris.com\">MauiIris.com<\/a>. My name is Iris and my husband Duane and I own a vacation rental on the island of Maui in the town of Kihei. This blog is a place where we can share our love of the island and Hawaiian culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We live most of the year in Santa Cruz, another beach town in California. We are on Maui two to three times a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"859\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/07\/kula-botanical-gardens\/img_0082-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0082.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1936,1936\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPod touch&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1443442739&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0082\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"981\" data-attachment-id=\"845\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/welcome\/bio2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bio2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2101,2013\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;CHRIS SILVESTER&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;C SILVESTER&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bio2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bio2-300x287.jpg\" 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We are up to 44 years now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We spend a lot of time on Maui so if you have any questions on where to go for dinner or a good snorkeling spot or anything else just give us a call or <a href=\"http:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/contact\/\">email<\/a> us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/owner\">\u2665<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi this is the blog for MauiIris.com. My name is Iris and my husband Duane and I own a vacation rental on the island of Maui in the town of Kihei. 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