TRADER VIC's Warehouse Sale - General Tiki

T tiki1963 Member los angeles Joined: Sep 12, 2003 Posts: 221	T tiki1963 Posted posted on Thu, Feb 28, 2008 8:10 AM kenike... i wasn't that easy for Californians. it's a pretty big state. we had to hop a flight from LA to Oakland, rent a car and drive a bit to get there, not knowing what kind of sale we would find. also, driving an overloaded U-Haul full of tiki at 3am in the wind and sleet ridden Grapevine (highway route) isn't the best picnic in the world... it was a great adventure and absolutely like the tiki hunts of old. there's something very satisfying about hunting and bagging your tiki prey by hand. tiki residue on yer chest and primal screams into the night are what its about. the cyber-tiki hunts of today a'la newgroups, forums and ebay is kind of like safari hunting with robotic drones. i'm sure you'll have some easier access to some hunt that we'll be envious of soon enough, though.

kenike...

i wasn't that easy for Californians. it's a pretty big state.

we had to hop a flight from LA to Oakland, rent a car and drive a bit to get there, not knowing what kind of sale we would find.

also, driving an overloaded U-Haul full of tiki at 3am in the wind and sleet ridden Grapevine (highway route) isn't the best picnic in the world...

it was a great adventure and absolutely like the tiki hunts of old. there's something very satisfying about hunting and bagging your tiki prey by hand. tiki residue on yer chest and primal screams into the night are what its about. the cyber-tiki hunts of today a'la newgroups, forums and ebay is kind of like safari hunting with robotic drones.

i'm sure you'll have some easier access to some hunt that we'll be envious of soon enough, though.

Post #363978 by tiki1963 on Thu, Feb 28, 2008 8:10 AM