Hooptylau 2005 October 15th. - California Events

T tikivixen Tiki Socialite Vallejo CA Joined: Aug 28, 2002 Posts: 726	T tikivixen Posted posted on Mon, Oct 17, 2005 1:17 PM Good song, eh! we'll sing it next year I hope!!! I think this is my favorite tiki event. I just love being at Minnie's with such an incredibly fun group of people--and Jungle Trader's amazing oasis and Tikicleen and The Drunken Hat's incredibly atmospheric home bar, the Dark Marq...even The Tiki looks better every time I see it, especially now that they're gradually putting up their old mask collection again! There's something truly vintage about Hooptylau, too. Didn't anyone else have a moment there where it seemed entirely possible that thirty or forty years ago, a happy horde of Alohawear-clad partyers descended upon Minnie's en masse and tippled themselves silly? We are upholding a tradition here! It was great to see Ookoo Lady and Krustiki and Dr. Z in their FAAABULOUSLY hoopty outfits--I love it when the wonderful SoCal ohana venture northwards to party!! And it is always fun to see folks experience Minnie's for the first time. I'm gonna let the pics speak for themselves where Martiki's charismatic Central Valley cuz is concerned!!! I'm still laughing. Scott, Colleen and Mike the Tiki Benefactor--your generosity is unparalleled. I owe you guys a billion drinks...hey, maybe at HUKILAU '06! if not waaay before. As if all that tiki goodness weren't enough, we had a great breakfast at Turlock's Googie gem Latif's the next day...AND, I found three gorgeous Hawaiian dresses in Stockton on the way home! Dang! But Dangergirl is right...next time, we each get assigned a "Hoopty Buddy"!!! good grief...sorry, Jab! :( Here's a link to my Hooptylau Fotki album: HOOPTY! And here's some visual tidbits of delight: Al and his lucre loose in Modesto! "Hoopty, man, hoopty." JT's oasis by moonlight The REAL Minnie's crowd "Whutchu sayin' ta me boy??" hugs to all, tikivixen Perhaps it is still a mad pipe dream, but I fantasize about ENTIRELY taking over the Modesto Tropics and The Tiki at some mythical future date. I mean, hey. Problem tenants? Unpleasant clientele? The answer is simple: crowd them out! If we fill the entire damn hotel, who could conceivably bother us?!? Heck, we'd probably SCARE everyone away. Yes, we are "THE TIKI CULT"!!!

Good song, eh! we'll sing it next year I hope!!!

I think this is my favorite tiki event. I just love being at Minnie's with such an incredibly fun group of people--and Jungle Trader's amazing oasis and Tikicleen and The Drunken Hat's incredibly atmospheric home bar, the Dark Marq...even The Tiki looks better every time I see it, especially now that they're gradually putting up their old mask collection again!

There's something truly vintage about Hooptylau, too. Didn't anyone else have a moment there where it seemed entirely possible that thirty or forty years ago, a happy horde of Alohawear-clad partyers descended upon Minnie's en masse and tippled themselves silly? We are upholding a tradition here!

It was great to see Ookoo Lady and Krustiki and Dr. Z in their FAAABULOUSLY hoopty outfits--I love it when the wonderful SoCal ohana venture northwards to party!! And it is always fun to see folks experience Minnie's for the first time.

I'm gonna let the pics speak for themselves where Martiki's charismatic Central Valley cuz is concerned!!! I'm still laughing.

Scott, Colleen and Mike the Tiki Benefactor--your generosity is unparalleled. I owe you guys a billion drinks...hey, maybe at HUKILAU '06! if not waaay before.

As if all that tiki goodness weren't enough, we had a great breakfast at Turlock's Googie gem Latif's the next day...AND, I found three gorgeous Hawaiian dresses in Stockton on the way home! Dang!

But Dangergirl is right...next time, we each get assigned a "Hoopty Buddy"!!! good grief...sorry, Jab! :(

Here's a link to my Hooptylau Fotki album:

HOOPTY!

And here's some visual tidbits of delight:

Al and his lucre loose in Modesto!

"Hoopty, man, hoopty."

JT's oasis by moonlight

The REAL Minnie's crowd

"Whutchu sayin' ta me boy??"

hugs to all,

tikivixen

Perhaps it is still a mad pipe dream, but I fantasize about ENTIRELY taking over the Modesto Tropics and The Tiki at some mythical future date. I mean, hey. Problem tenants? Unpleasant clientele? The answer is simple: crowd them out! If we fill the entire damn hotel, who could conceivably bother us?!?

Heck, we'd probably SCARE everyone away. Yes, we are "THE TIKI CULT"!!!

Post #193150 by tikivixen on Mon, Oct 17, 2005 1:17 PM