...Deep and cool is the broad Lanai A place to sit as the days go by With a drink or a book in a georgeous sprawl For talk or sleep or nothing at all ...It's more than a house it's a real true home In Hawaiian style	The Charm of the Inn Green are the hills behind my house Ulupono... is a quaint old place ...Big cool rooms and lots of space For the stray trade winds to blow and roam
...When you're drifting by, just stop and chat There's a bowl of poi and a hula mat, The door's wide open., and when you care To say "Hello" there's Aloha there. Don Blanding
Built by a wealthy island banker as a wedding gift for his daughter-in-law, the "Queen" of historic Wailuku homes was lovingly restored by her island-born and raised proprietors. It has been named the Old Wailuku Inn at Ulupono and, down to the smallest detail, it represents 1920's Hawai'i at its very best, intertwined with the conveniences and luxuries modern travelers expect. The overall theme of the inn and its impeccably landscaped grounds pay tribute to Hawai'i's poet laureate of the 1920's and '30s, Don Blanding. Each of the ten distinctive guest rooms is dedicated to one of the flowers in his "Old Hawaiian Garden". Hawaiian quilts, in the design of each room's flower, set each room apart.