Another So Cal Tiki Trek - California Events

P PolynesianPop Tiki Socialite Corona, Ca Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2371	P PolynesianPop Posted posted on Wed, Dec 18, 2002 7:42 AM Tiki Tuesday - How cool was that?! As usual, another TC outing that was a total blast! Although it was wet outside, the tiki gods smiled at us and gave us sunshine at every one of our destinations. Here's some highlights from our 3-hour tour: Oceanic Arts - Spent some time talking with Bob Van Oosting and "The Great One" Leroy Schmaltz. We even got to see an inside peek at an 8 foot Ku he custom carved for The Rock. Picked up some cool tikis too. Big Al even bought 4 - count 'em - 4 masks for display in the Lagoon Room! Bamboo Ben's - Very cool to see some old photos of Eli Hedley at work on the Aku Aku Moai and pics of Tiki Temples long gone along with Chiki's World's largest tiki mug! Special thanks to Ben for his gracious discounts to our group. I scored a Bamboo Ben original Tiki for a great price (less than half!) - and he even threw in some bamboo ornaments! Very Cool. Lunch w/ Peter Seeley - Lunch at the pier was great. Was nice to sit down and talk to Holden about the Tiki biz. Looks like Weird Unc and Mr. Seeley started the beginnings of a business venture we can look forward to attending next year - Weird Uncle Vic's! :wink: Tiki Farm Tour - Now what can I say about this one?! Holden is definitely living the dream. The Tiki Farm digs look straight out of an episode of MTV's Real World but with Tikis! We got a sneak peek of the mugs and cool packaging coming in 2003. Special thanks to Holden for handing out a Suffering Bastard mug for all TC'ers in attendance! Very Cool. The Fabulous Lagoon Room - Al's mixology is second to none. From Mai Tai's to Blue Hawaiian's, we had them all! Dinner at Kealani's - What a great way to end Tiki Tuesday - Island style food in Oceanside! Where else can you have a Loco Moco plate lunch for dinner? It's Da Kine! It was great to take a break from the weekday grind and sneak out for a day of tiki. Special thanks to Bamboo Ben, Holden and Al for their generosity in hosting our little group. Can't wait for the next one! BTW Shely, the 76 is not a f--'ing freeway! *** * * The Polynesian Popster * * *** [ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2002-12-18 08:02 ] [ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2002-12-18 08:05 ]

Tiki Tuesday - How cool was that?!

As usual, another TC outing that was a total blast! Although it was wet outside, the tiki gods smiled at us and gave us sunshine at every one of our destinations. Here's some highlights from our 3-hour tour:

Oceanic Arts - Spent some time talking with Bob Van Oosting and "The Great One" Leroy Schmaltz. We even got to see an inside peek at an 8 foot Ku he custom carved for The Rock. Picked up some cool tikis too. Big Al even bought 4 - count 'em - 4 masks for display in the Lagoon Room!

Bamboo Ben's - Very cool to see some old photos of Eli Hedley at work on the Aku Aku Moai and pics of Tiki Temples long gone along with Chiki's World's largest tiki mug! Special thanks to Ben for his gracious discounts to our group. I scored a Bamboo Ben original Tiki for a great price (less than half!) - and he even threw in some bamboo ornaments! Very Cool.

Lunch w/ Peter Seeley - Lunch at the pier was great. Was nice to sit down and talk to Holden about the Tiki biz. Looks like Weird Unc and Mr. Seeley started the beginnings of a business venture we can look forward to attending next year - Weird Uncle Vic's! :wink:

Tiki Farm Tour - Now what can I say about this one?! Holden is definitely living the dream. The Tiki Farm digs look straight out of an episode of MTV's Real World but with Tikis! We got a sneak peek of the mugs and cool packaging coming in 2003. Special thanks to Holden for handing out a Suffering Bastard mug for all TC'ers in attendance! Very Cool.

The Fabulous Lagoon Room - Al's mixology is second to none. From Mai Tai's to Blue Hawaiian's, we had them all!

Dinner at Kealani's - What a great way to end Tiki Tuesday - Island style food in Oceanside! Where else can you have a Loco Moco plate lunch for dinner? It's Da Kine!

It was great to take a break from the weekday grind and sneak out for a day of tiki. Special thanks to Bamboo Ben, Holden and Al for their generosity in hosting our little group. Can't wait for the next one!

BTW Shely, the 76 is not a f--'ing freeway!

*** * * The Polynesian Popster * * ***

[ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2002-12-18 08:02 ]

[ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2002-12-18 08:05 ]

Post #16677 by PolynesianPop on Wed, Dec 18, 2002 7:42 AM