Post #244713 by Humuhumu on Mon, Jul 24, 2006 1:18 PM

Alright, brace yourselves -- here are my pictures from Saturday!

http://photo.humuhumu.com/v/sfcrawl2006/saturday/

Saturday was a doozy -- a HUGE mahalo to all of the crawlers for making the day so fun! I was kept pretty busy with passports, so I don't have a ton of candid pics (except at Forbidden Island -- as ever, it was my oasis), but thanks to the passports I have a lot of photos of the folks who joined us on Saturday. What a fantastic surprise to see Crazy Al & Bamboo Ben! Another massive mahalo to the wonderful people who donated items to the drawing on Saturday night -- I'll thank you individually on the other crawl thread. Now -- to the photos!

Trader Vic's Emeryville

For the first time in crawl history, the back patio was not freezing cold, but actually rather lovely. I didn't get to go out on it, but here's some pics of our room inside:

:down: JenTiki's friend Sam:

:down: Suzanne & Sweetpea's friend Jennifer:

:down: AquaZombie (Will the Thrill):

:down: Monica the Tiki Goddess:

:down: Forbidden Island regular Phil:

:down: Forbidden Island regular Buster:

:down: Forbidden Island regular ??? (I spent a ton of time talking with him, why can't I remember his name???):

:down: Forbidden Island regular Martin (the other Martin!):

:down: Adam (RikiTikiTavi?):

:down: alohacurrent:

:down: ??? (apologies for not remembering your name!):

:down: Brian:

:down: tikiwinebear:

:down: Tiki Woo:

:down: Bohemiann's friend:

:down: Coconut Cups:

:down: the drunken hat:

:down: A couple whose names escape me (I'm so sorry!):

:down: Mingling at Vic's:

The Tiki Crawl Bus

Our bus driver was FANTASTIC! He plowed right through some rather nasty traffic and got us to each stop on time, and executed some very impressive U-turns that generated some riotous applause from the bus -- it must have been quite a sight when seen from the street. Here are a few bus pics:

:down: Dr. MojoTiki:

:down: Ava (sp?):

:down: WeirdUncleTiki:

:down: stuckie (looking much more suave than high):

:down: Unga Bunga:

:down: Mr. Smiley, Russell S. Monkey, Hubert and Inky Louise:

:down: The bus, full of crawlers:

:down: Thanks to Suzanne of The Diva Pinup and Sweetpea, everyone on the bus got hair flowers, which all the guys were happy to wear, too:

Forbidden Island

This was the stop everyone was most excited for, and we stayed here the longest -- 3 wonderful hours. The East Bay heatwave made it a little roasty at moments, but it also encouraged folks to bounce between the dark indoors and the lovely shaded patio. Mucho mahalos to all of the Forbidden Island staff for doing such an amazing job of getting drinks into thirsty crawlers hands! Most bars tend to tremble at the sight of a busload of people all wanting complicated tropical drinks as quickly as possible, but Forbidden Island met the challenge with apparent ease.

:down: Otto von Stroheim:

:down: Three people I don't know (sorry!):

:down: Hanford & Mai Tai:

:down: Socializing on the patio:

:down: Tiki Vixen enjoys a Saturn, and looks elegant doing so:

:down: Mr. Smiley wore his flower in his hair:

:down: Inky & me:

:down: Mr. Smiley smells his fingers, and reports the results to Tiki Woo:

:down: Mr. Smiley & Inky:

:down: The sweetest of sweetpeas:

:down: Martiki and Unga Bunga:

:down: Stuckie brought an 'Ohana Hut prototype:

:down: Crazy Al:

:down: Bamboo Ben:

:down: Doug, owner of Kona Club & Club Mallard (sorry so blurry!):

:down: Hanford, having a good time along with everyone else:

:down: Jungle Trader & Bamboo Ben:

:down: Martiki loves being the host:

:down: Martiki & Mr. Smiley:

:down: Ms. Coco Nuts & friend:

:down: Blowfish:

:down: Kahaka:

Conga Lounge

Conga Lounge is a bit on the small size for such a large crowd, but it worked out great -- they had punch ready to go for us, WeirdUncleTiki led us all in Tiny Bubbles in Spanish, and of course the limbo contest....

Kona Club

We wrapped up our day at Kona Club, where we had our prize drawing for the crawlers -- I didn't get many pictures, I'm afraid -- I was busy with getting stickers into passports and then helping Hanford run the drawing, plus after 3 days of crawling and very little sleep, I was plum tuckered! But here are the few pictures I was able to get:

Again, I can't say it enough -- thank you to all the crawlers for making this past week so much fun!