Post #391435 by tobunga on Thu, Jul 3, 2008 10:17 AM

Hey Tikiyaki!

I've done three of the seven item on your list, and two of them just this weekend... Forbidden Island in Alameda Tonga Room in San Francisco... (Both totally awesome!)

My list is in two parts:

Realistic:
1.Collect a menu from The Stockton Islander and one each of their tiki mugs.
(Starting with my favorites... Mr. Smiley will be dead last. I already have
two, so I'm on my way!)
2.Visit all the existing Tiki establishments in California.
(I've been to most in LA, some in San Diego and the Bay Area, and even Modesto!)
3.Buy a house so I can have my own home tiki bar.
(Hoping to realize this dream this year!)
4.Become a well known and collected tiki artist! (It could happen!)

Fantasy:
5:Take my piles of tiki-art-earned money and buy the old Stockton Islander building (still standing on Highway 99 as of 06.16.08... drove by it on the way to Minnie's in Modesto)and move it to Los Angeles. Once there, I'll refurbish it and it will be the centerpiece of a Tiki Temple Mecca. There will be a restaurant, a bar (Tikiyaki Orchestra will play every night!!!), a gallery (featuring the best in tiki art, golden era and revival)and a museum (to preserve our tiki culture heritage), all surrounded by a lush tropical paradise...
Wow... my head is swimming just imagining it!

Oh, almost forgot:
6. Get myself on GROG's sex-list at least twice!

http://ericoctober.com

[ Edited by: tobunga 2008-07-03 10:20 ]