Post #163512 by Sabina on Sat, Jun 4, 2005 3:15 AM

L.A. Area update-

Post Tiki-Ti, we've been busy, but have finally gotten some new pictures up.

I've added a whole new L.A. Area gallery-

http://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/LA-Area

That includes the few Tiki-Ti pictures that came out. We may get a couple more mailed to us later, which I'll add when we can, but for now, you'll find startlingly little!

I guess we can chock that up to what a FANTASTIC time we had! Huge thanks to everyone who came out! Once again, I'm putting so many new faces to familiar Tiki Central names! Joyously, there were a few familiar faces as well- Humuhumu and Hanford, and even MIG, who we had not seen since Mondo Tiki in Vegas!

We arrived just in time to be greeted, as if by magic, with birthday cake, as it was Mike's (the younger, I believe) birthday! Suffice it to say, it was a very special night!

The toast to Ray really got to me, as let's face it, keeping those torches of Genuine mixology lit was part of what inspired this pilgrimage in the first place! All I can say is that it was worth every single mile!

The Tiki-Ti is truely, THE TEMPLE for these intact secret incantations of mixology. Between the two of us, Oaktiki and I enjoyed a Mai Tai, a Navy Grog, a Ray's Mistake, a Missionary's Downfall, and last but not least, a Tiki-Ti Special.

I haven't heard raving about this drink yet- so I'll chime in- the Tiki-Ti special is extrordinary! If I lived in the LA area my fate would be sealed! YUM!

If you're in the LA area and you must choose but one place, it's an awfully hard toss up between Oceanic Arts and the Tiki-Ti- I guess it all depends where your intrests lie, (I wouldn't be able to decide) but wow- those guys can make an exotic drink unlike anywhere else on the planet!

Ok, it's getting late, so the rundown-

the new LA area Gallery has albums for the Tiki-Ti, Bahooka, and Sam's Seafood (no we didn't make the show, but eventually one of these trips we will!

There's a new small album up of external pix of Pacific Island Traders- a great shop in Oceanside with plenty of Bamboo outdoor furniture, lots of arts and fabrics, and a great set of rattan reproductions that one vender specialized in. http://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Pacific-Island-Traders

And finally, although I don't have the Humphries Half Moon Bay pix up from Shelter Island down in San Diego yet, I did put up Shecky posing like a supermodel out on the Lanai-

http://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/album14

for our "Where's Shecky #60?" Gallery. (I know we've been lax, Shecky needs to get out and stretch his legs more!)

Enjoy!