Post #320910 by Dancin' Lizard on Tue, Jul 24, 2007 10:32 AM

Before I start... a few more photos can be found here.

Rain didn't dampen the Seattle Crawl at all. How could it? The people are friendly and chatty, the rum flowed freely and the hosts couldn't have been more gracious.

The Monkey Skull Voodoo Lounge is always a treat and we never fail to see something new and wonderful there. The koi pond is a marvel and the wall of tiki mugs is complete eye candy. If the hot wings and hot HOT dogs didn't kick your butt then the Voodoo Punch did. One glass and you're feeling kinda groovy.

The Dead Elvis Lounge was amazing on every level. First, just to get to see inside one of these fantastic old homes was a life-long dream and it's been restored with love. The frosting on the cake was the collections of Elvis and tiki, and religious items and pottery, and books and art and and and and.... The whole house, from top to bottom, inside and out, hosts (adult and kids) were fantastic. Aside from the art that drags you in and forces you to ponder it there was the Hitler tea pot ...oh my lord the tea pot.

At the Atomic Lounge we were treated to an atomic house the way it should be and often isn't. The furnishings and colors were perfect in every single way. The host's dedication to keeping within the period and feel of each room was uncanny. This is the way houses were when I was a kid...that didn't date me did it?

Being a plant lover Fantasy Island was complete overload. One step into the back yard and Alki was a thousand miles away. It, on this day, was a tropical rain forest minus the humidity and bugs. The house and yard are just like Pat and Sandi... gracious and comfortable.

Of course Terence's Shrunken Head Lounge is a model of "ask not what your house can do for tiki but what your tiki can do for your house". It's always nice to come back to the place we had our first over the top, no holds barred, loser leave town Mai Tai. He makes the best we've ever had. Thanks for having Gilligan's Island on the TV and for allowing us to sing the theme again this year.

Thank you everyone for letting us rummage through your homes.

It was another great "Seattle Tiki Bar - Covet Your Stuff - Wear A Fez - Pet A Dog - Drink/Eat/Sing and Laugh Crawl".

Can't wait to do it all again next year.