Monthly and Weekly Bay Area Tiki Get-Togethers! Suggestions Welcome! - California Events

T tikivixen Tiki Socialite Vallejo CA Joined: Aug 28, 2002 Posts: 726	T tikivixen Posted posted on Fri, Jan 13, 2006 3:48 PM Aloha all! Please read to the bottom; I've got two questions for y'all and I'd love to hear what you think! Well, last year we were all getting together every month for a while there. And it was good. I'm proposing we do it again! Now that we're losing Martiki Mondays at SF Vic's, it would be especially cool to keep the social ball rolling! The basic concept is easy; but I'd love input from you all regarding the details. We'll go with the majority, obviously, and I'm happy to volunteer my time to pull things together. What I'm essentially proposing is this: TWO routines: A BIG get-together ONCE A MONTH at a REVOLVING location, complete with negotiated drink/food specials and so forth. I'll undertake to organize the specials and put up a post, etc. This will let us keep sampling ALL the great tiki locales the Bay Area has to offer!!! AND ALSO a regular informal WEEKLY get-together at ONE stable location. Depending on how many folks show up, it could be intimate or a real party--just like Martiki Mondays at Vic's has been. I'm proposing the Conga for starters, as it's established, has excellent food and drinks, and is on a major BART line, three blocks from the Rockridge station. It's nice for folks to be able to have a couple of drinks with as little driving as possible!!! The smaller weekly social should pretty much fly on its own once a routine gets going. Like Martiki Mondays, we can just have a regular thread for it, and each week people can check in if they're gonna make it...etc. A solid day and location will help establish a Happy Tiki Habit!! I'd DEFINITELY like to pick a solid date for the monthly get-together too, and a relevant post will go up in Events each month, a week or so in advance. So I'm asking y'all: WHAT DAY OF THE MONTH SHOULD THE MONTHLY GET-TOGETHER BE? For example, second Wednesday, first Friday, etc. So that the largest amount of folks can make it, I'd nominate a weekend night, despite potential crowding, etc. We can always start the event early, save seats, make Actual Reservations... :lol: I would also say it should be nearer the beginning of the month than the end, 'cause folks have more money then, and there's less interfering holidays too, as Humu pointed out. But tell me your vote, please! And if anybody can think of a good NAME, well, speak up! :wink: WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK FOR THE REGULAR WEEKLY TIKI SOCIAL? It was Monday for SF Trader Vic's basically just 'cause Martiki worked that night. But now, any night will do, though we probably ought to eliminate weekend nights for something this informal. We don't want hordes of competition... Again, though, just vote your preference! I'd love to see this all really come together...in fact, I'll drink to that! tikivixen [ Edited by: tikivixen 2006-01-13 15:49 ]

Aloha all! Please read to the bottom; I've got two questions for y'all and I'd love to hear what you think!

Well, last year we were all getting together every month for a while there. And it was good. I'm proposing we do it again! Now that we're losing Martiki Mondays at SF Vic's, it would be especially cool to keep the social ball rolling!

The basic concept is easy; but I'd love input from you all regarding the details. We'll go with the majority, obviously, and I'm happy to volunteer my time to pull things together.

What I'm essentially proposing is this:

TWO routines:

A BIG get-together ONCE A MONTH at a REVOLVING location, complete with negotiated drink/food specials and so forth. I'll undertake to organize the specials and put up a post, etc. This will let us keep sampling ALL the great tiki locales the Bay Area has to offer!!!

AND ALSO a regular informal WEEKLY get-together at ONE stable location. Depending on how many folks show up, it could be intimate or a real party--just like Martiki Mondays at Vic's has been. I'm proposing the Conga for starters, as it's established, has excellent food and drinks, and is on a major BART line, three blocks from the Rockridge station. It's nice for folks to be able to have a couple of drinks with as little driving as possible!!!

The smaller weekly social should pretty much fly on its own once a routine gets going. Like Martiki Mondays, we can just have a regular thread for it, and each week people can check in if they're gonna make it...etc. A solid day and location will help establish a Happy Tiki Habit!!

I'd DEFINITELY like to pick a solid date for the monthly get-together too, and a relevant post will go up in Events each month, a week or so in advance.

So I'm asking y'all:

WHAT DAY OF THE MONTH SHOULD THE MONTHLY GET-TOGETHER BE?

For example, second Wednesday, first Friday, etc. So that the largest amount of folks can make it, I'd nominate a weekend night, despite potential crowding, etc. We can always start the event early, save seats, make Actual Reservations... :lol:

I would also say it should be nearer the beginning of the month than the end, 'cause folks have more money then, and there's less interfering holidays too, as Humu pointed out.

But tell me your vote, please! And if anybody can think of a good NAME, well, speak up! :wink:

WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK FOR THE REGULAR WEEKLY TIKI SOCIAL?

It was Monday for SF Trader Vic's basically just 'cause Martiki worked that night. But now, any night will do, though we probably ought to eliminate weekend nights for something this informal. We don't want hordes of competition...

Again, though, just vote your preference!

I'd love to see this all really come together...in fact, I'll drink to that!

tikivixen

[ Edited by: tikivixen 2006-01-13 15:49 ]

Post #207409 by tikivixen on Fri, Jan 13, 2006 3:48 PM