International Tiki Day 2005 in Seattle - Other Events

DTG DJ Terence Gunn Member Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 250	DTG DJ Terence Gunn Posted posted on Fri, Aug 12, 2005 4:00 PM Ah, lovely ol' boring but scenic Maine. I sympathise. I lived in Wells, Maine for 6 months in late 2002/early 2003 before deciding I needed to leave for civilisation again, lest I put a gun to my head. King Tiki in Portsmouth, NH was a fantastic tiki bar I frequented once a week during my short stay in Maine. The place was owned by the wonderful and generous Robert and Melissa Jasper (owners of 'The Friendly Toast'). All the decor at King Tiki was brought in from other parts of the country -- e.g., California, Florida, etc., and the physical result was very impressive, indeed. The place apparently started out with 'a vision' and with stalwart tiki bar intentions but -- like so many other places in the same boat, that end up eventually running aground -- soon began declining, until it eventually lost business and went out of business. (When I frequented the place on Friday nights, Heavy Metal karaoke on Thursday nights was King Tiki's biggest drawing night of the week. That should indicate the state of affairs the place was in.) Anyway, back to International Tiki Day at Pete's Pad. I want to thank you, Pete, for attending my Lounge & Exotica Meet N Greet party last Sunday. I'm going to be going out of town for a couple days, starting this Sunday, and have many things to do before then, but I'm going to do my best to at least make an appearance at your party tomorrow. If not, save me a monkey skull! All the best. Cheers and Aloha and Hipahipa! -Terence.

Ah, lovely ol' boring but scenic Maine. I sympathise. I lived in Wells, Maine for 6 months in late 2002/early 2003 before deciding I needed to leave for civilisation again, lest I put a gun to my head.

King Tiki in Portsmouth, NH was a fantastic tiki bar I frequented once a week during my short stay in Maine. The place was owned by the wonderful and generous Robert and Melissa Jasper (owners of 'The Friendly Toast'). All the decor at King Tiki was brought in from other parts of the country -- e.g., California, Florida, etc., and the physical result was very impressive, indeed. The place apparently started out with 'a vision' and with stalwart tiki bar intentions but -- like so many other places in the same boat, that end up eventually running aground -- soon began declining, until it eventually lost business and went out of business. (When I frequented the place on Friday nights, Heavy Metal karaoke on Thursday nights was King Tiki's biggest drawing night of the week. That should indicate the state of affairs the place was in.)

Anyway, back to International Tiki Day at Pete's Pad. I want to thank you, Pete, for attending my Lounge & Exotica Meet N Greet party last Sunday. I'm going to be going out of town for a couple days, starting this Sunday, and have many things to do before then, but I'm going to do my best to at least make an appearance at your party tomorrow. If not, save me a monkey skull!

All the best.

Cheers and Aloha and Hipahipa!

-Terence.

Post #179295 by DJ Terence Gunn on Fri, Aug 12, 2005 4:00 PM