Post #429583 by SoccerTiki on Mon, Jan 19, 2009 7:37 PM

Wow! Vegas was a blast this past weekend! It was all under the pretense of a soccer tournament (my team finished 3rd out of 20 teams in our division!) Inky and Mrsmiley took us to Japan, Italy, Germany and the South Pacific all in the course of three days!!! Pictures to follow!

Here is some of the swag we collected along the way:
From Trader Vic's...Ok, we HAD to go...REALLY! Mike Emizawa, the Maitre D' (and Trader Vic's Ambassador) is a good friend and we hadn't seen him since he left the Scottsdale TV's. He treated us to pupus & Mai-Tais...They did NOT compare to Beverly Hills or Emeryville!!! We were given a couple employee shirts! And we purchased some location specific plastic "walk-around" mugs and a beautiful lidded wahine mug. And, of course, a menehune footed compote.

Frankie's Tiki Room was fantastic! A must see! We drank and collected 6 out of 8 of their signature drinks/mug. The shirts are cool as well as the swizzles and matches!

We even stopped at Cheeseburger..Before you say "not tiki"...You need to look at all the decor! There are some wonderful Hawaiiana and South Pacific art and ephemera on almost all the walls! And tiki mugs too!
We had to get this guy (after drinking a decent mai-tai in it!)

We'll post more pictures of the locales and frivolity soon!

"Mortgages and Mai-Tai's...Whatta life!"

[ Edited by: SoccerTiki 2009-01-20 17:16 ]