Sweet Daddy Tiki and Tiki A. Moaikingbird are Lost in Paradise - Tiki Travel

SDT Sweet Daddy Tiki Tiki Socialite Edmonton Joined: Jul 20, 2003 Posts: 1113	SDT Sweet Daddy Tiki Posted posted on Wed, Jul 25, 2007 12:26 PM Day 5 - Vancouver In the morning we walked across the beautiful Burrard Bridge to Vancouver's Maritime Museum, housed in an elegant 60's A-frame structure. Pirate flags. Gary in pirate drag. In the early afternoon we made our way over to the Waldorf. We checked out the vendors. I bought this cool piece by Vancouver artist Bob Scott (the paint glows under blacklight). He does assemblages mostly using wine corks. Gary bought a Dawn Fraser watercolor. Taboo Tiki (Dan and Reido) and Heather Watts were also vending. Heritage Vancouver's Donald Luxton's lecture on Vancouver tiki. After a broad contextualization of North American polypop/tiki his talk focused mostly on the history of the Waldorf and Vancouver's Trader Vic's in the Bayshore Hotel with lots of info and annecdotes about the owners, architects, etc. Then Dawn Fraser from Seattle presented her Polypop touring museum concept to (mostly) positive feedback. Elicia and Todd (Mr. & Mrs. dogbytes) Tikiwahine enjoying a post-natal tipple. Details of the extraordinary large Hawaiian mural in the downstairs Polynesian room, painted by Vancouver artist [i forget his name, i'll look it up later], about whom not much is known (except that he did some work for Whitespot drive ins and seemed to be something of a boozehound): The famous drum chairs in the upstairs Tahitian Lounge detail. "Blue" Hawaiian. The bartender improved on the recipe by adding a cranberry juice float. After a similarly dismal experience with a Mai Tai I switched to g & t's. Shaboobie Boobarella gets all tribal. Thanks to Pepe and everyone else who made this event happen. I'll be back again if you do another one - and I hope there will be many more for years to come. Tomorrow: Seattle. -Sweet Daddy T. Because crap doesn't buy itself. My new blog [ Edited by: Sweet Daddy Tiki 2007-07-25 12:40 ]

Day 5 - Vancouver

In the morning we walked across the beautiful Burrard Bridge to Vancouver's Maritime Museum, housed in an elegant 60's A-frame structure.

Pirate flags.

Gary in pirate drag.

In the early afternoon we made our way over to the Waldorf. We checked out the vendors.

I bought this cool piece by Vancouver artist Bob Scott (the paint glows under blacklight). He does assemblages mostly using wine corks. Gary bought a Dawn Fraser watercolor. Taboo Tiki (Dan and Reido) and Heather Watts were also vending.

Heritage Vancouver's Donald Luxton's lecture on Vancouver tiki. After a broad contextualization of North American polypop/tiki his talk focused mostly on the history of the Waldorf and Vancouver's Trader Vic's in the Bayshore Hotel with lots of info and annecdotes about the owners, architects, etc. Then Dawn Fraser from Seattle presented her Polypop touring museum concept to (mostly) positive feedback.

Elicia and Todd (Mr. & Mrs. dogbytes)

Tikiwahine enjoying a post-natal tipple.

Details of the extraordinary large Hawaiian mural in the downstairs Polynesian room, painted by Vancouver artist [i forget his name, i'll look it up later], about whom not much is known (except that he did some work for Whitespot drive ins and seemed to be something of a boozehound):

The famous drum chairs in the upstairs Tahitian Lounge

detail.

"Blue" Hawaiian. The bartender improved on the recipe by adding a cranberry juice float. After a similarly dismal experience with a Mai Tai I switched to g & t's.

Shaboobie Boobarella gets all tribal.

Thanks to Pepe and everyone else who made this event happen. I'll be back again if you do another one - and I hope there will be many more for years to come.

Tomorrow: Seattle.

-Sweet Daddy T.
Because crap doesn't buy itself.

My new blog

[ Edited by: Sweet Daddy Tiki 2007-07-25 12:40 ]

Post #321132 by Sweet Daddy Tiki on Wed, Jul 25, 2007 12:26 PM