Post #348836 by atomikitty on Tue, Dec 11, 2007 1:43 AM

HERE HERE SQUID! :)

Thanks to ALL for making it out to the 2nd Annual TIKI WONDERLAND Art Show @ The Tonga Hut!

The show was a BLAST as usual, and full of that spirit of ALOHA. The Tonga Hut were gracious hosts, DJ Lee had the place dripping in exotica and swooning in the reverb!
The Artists in attendance, and variety of amazing work on display and for sale was FANTASTIC!
In fact, I encourage those of you who went to post some pics of the great stuff you got!
I hope you got some holiday shopping done, bought a little somethin' fer yourself, and enjoyed my special GROG NOG recipe. :wink:

TikiVegas, wish we could have met. Glad you had fun, thank you very much for coming, and I wish we could have separated you from more of your cash. :)

The truth is, great original tiki bars like the Tonga Hut (est. 1958) and Tiki Ti's are usually dark, cozy, hole-in-the-wall kinda places. That's why we love 'em.
We would LOVE to fill the place to BURSTING with all the amazing Tiki talent in the scene right now, but then there would simply be NO room for the PATRONS!
Believe me, our first shows we were a little over zealous with the line-up of artists, and it was literally ass-to-elbow and quite a few folks were turned off by that.
These events are just as much about mingling with tiki fans and toasting with friends as the art, drinks and music.
GROG and I are both full time working artists (I know, an oxymoron, right?) :) and we throw these shows as a labor of love to celebrate and show our support of the tiki community.

Okay, that's all I have to say about that!

Nothing but good feelings and joyful holiday wishes to all!

Here's some pics. . .

Thank you everyone for coming out and showing some love!
MANY THANKS to everyone for the kind words and congrats on my Tiki Magazine article-it means so much! :)