Post #55309 by ikitnrev on Wed, Oct 15, 2003 6:25 PM

What a weekend .... much of the weekend went by in a glassy haze, as there was plenty of glitter, glamour, and much beauty that glimmered in the night.

I should state that Catherine D'Lish was much better on the first Friday evening, but it was nice to hear her sing, in a very Julie London-like fashion, on Saturday. I was as equally impressed as Vintagegirl with Chicago's Lavender Cabaret, and don't forget that the Wau Wau Sister's 'Sister Christine' routine also featured a bit of stigmata. There were plenty of high moments that more than made up for some of the weaker acts.

Directly across the street from Sunday's Tease-O events was a flea market, and there I found a framed print of the 'Don the Beachcomber' map of the Pacific .... the same one on page 68 of the BOT. Probably a repro, but that was perhaps my favorite image in the book for this Geography major.

I was able to make it over to Tiki Ti on Thursday evening - I think I had four drinks there, one of them I had served in the take-home Tiki Farm 'Giant Ku' mug. Earlier I had finally bought a Sven 'Book of Tiki' mug from WACKO, so now I even have more reasons to drink at home. Plans to visit Disneyland were altered, and instead a friend and me drove down to Sam's Seafood on Monday afternoon, and almost left without discovering the back rooms where the shows are held. I was a bit mystified though as to how a drink with the manly 'Rum Barrel' name can be served in a tall, stemmed, and more dainty fluted hurricane type glass. Sam's was impressive though, and does deserve its 4 tiki rating.

I also made it to Oceanic Arts, where I purchased both a Volcano Bowl, and a 4 foot long wood carving (a hunter standing in a canoe, hunting a shark) that is currently being shipped home, as I await nervously, wondering if I packed it well enough.

On my final afternoon I was able to eat at both Pink's hot dog stand and L.A.'s airport's 'Encounter' restaurant, and later viewed the airport security people as they opened my luggage, in their quest to discover exactly that odd-shaped item was - evidently they don't x-ray many ceramic volcano bowls.

The trip also included a few martinis at the Dresden Room while Marty and Elayne performed, some thriftin (a LP of "Savage! - Tihati's South Seas Spectacular", some old beach beauties type drinking glasses), a viewing of 'Kill Bill', and brief meetings with several Tiki Centralites.

All in all, a good trip. It was a good combination of Tiki and Burlesque, and my only regret is that I wish I could remember more of what all happened, and that I wasn't able to spend more time talking with more of the tiki central people.

Vern