Post #544522 by Psycho Tiki D on Mon, Jul 26, 2010 8:43 AM

Wow, I cannot tell you what an amazing evening Saturday was! The amount of attendees was a near record (if recent memory is not failing me) and there were probably just as many new faces there as were the usual suspects. Good to finally meet Matt and Liz's mom and to see Bullet and his wife, mug mold maker Mike and his wife (incidentally, I don't think I would have won the shirt contest if Bullet and Mike had stuck around longer) and then there was Marlene's art framer and another wonderful lady (co-worker), apologies for missing the names, all in all another fantastic night and the highlight of the weekend.

Thanks again to Vamp...you are one classy lady and always have the best parties. Thanks also for the "prize" of the Lemon Hart rum!

Obviously and without a doubt the highlight of the night was Wendy's unveiling of the Sacramento 2010 crawl mug. The biggest surprise for me was when Wendy showed me the inscription on the bottom of the mug. Imagine my utter delight to see Wendy had credited me for the inspiration of the mug. Last year we discussed a mug as a possibility of our 5th anniversary crawl and I had suggested a tribute mug to two local and now long gone Sacramento tiki establishments using the napkin design from the Coral Reef and the design from the matchbook of the Zombie Hut. Basically just thinking out loud and I cannot believe Wendy did it, not only did she sculpt a design, but she has gone above and beyond my wildest expectations and is now taken her talents to the next level by learning to cast her own molds, pour her own mugs, fire them and finish them with glazing and paint. Wendy nailed the designs from both places dead-on. It is the most amazing transformation of talent I have seen. I could not be happier for the Sacramento and TC Ohana!

I will be posting the tentative crawl schedule in the next couple of days.

No tiki hunting this past weekend for me!

Mahalo,

PTD