Post #4075 by Tiki_Bong on Sun, Jul 21, 2002 9:58 PM

Talk about terrific hosts and tiki tour guides! Al and Shelly truly show the aloha spirit.

Our adventure began at their beautiful mesa home in Oceanside, decked with tiki and hawaiiana artifacts. Al's Fabulous Lagoon Room is as magnificant as it appears on konakai.com. The bar area comprises an entire room (I'm not saying I have a case of tiki bar-envy, but I'm knocking out a wall at my house to make way for expansion - Home Depot here I come!).

Next, Al mixed us up a round of Captain's Grog with all its 11 ingrediants. This was his answer to my question - 'Hey Al, what exactly does Falernum taste like?'.

After a brief round of dress up with Zena-inspired leather wear(the kids that is) we were off to The Islands at the Hanalei Hotel. As you can see from Al's pictures the place is a stroll back in time. A 12' Moai replica behind the pool and vintage tiki everywhere. After a round or two of drinks and pu pu platters, it was off to our next stop...

The Bali Hai! - what can I say? Al gave us the deluxe 'Sven' guided tour (hey Bigbro - did you know there's a 4' tiki missing from around back?). The drinks were superb as was the food. We stayed at our window seat until after the Sun set on the shimmering Pacific.

Then it was off to Trader Mort's liquor store in search of the essential, but somewhat elusive, Demerara Rum in both its normal and 151 variety. With the reflex of Bruce Lee, Al deftly snatched the last bottle of each right before some other rum rover came a hunting.

The fine evening ended poolside with an after dinner drink instantly created by Shelly. Using her quick wit and intuitiveness, she whipped up a tasty little number for us in a blind fury as though being guided by voices.

It was the kind of evening that makes you smile your way through the next day's headache!

Madam, Tiki and the Baby Bongs send huge MAHALOZ's to Al & Shelly for their Ohana Spirit.

To a 'Tribe Called Tiki' - Aloha

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[ Edited by: Tiki_Bong on 2002-07-21 22:08 ]