Post #559005 by leleliz on Sun, Oct 10, 2010 9:35 PM

Dear Sac Ohana--

Thank you for an amazing weekend! It was so great to be able to spend time with such down to earth and interesting folks while being able to enjoy great food, great drinks, epic tiki decorating and of course the stylistic sounds of The Martini Kings. For a town without a tiki bar to call its own you sure do a kick ass job of creating enough tiki environments to keep everyone happy.

Thanks to all the hosts - I appreciate being able to get a glimpse into your private tiki bars and its truely amazing to see how the love of tiki can be displayed in so many ways. Highlights include taking in Bullet's phase 1 of his buildout and being able to get a sneak peek into Phase 2 (cant wait to get up close to all those Muntikis so get to building Mister!),seeing the awe inspiring Jungle Room, Darilyn's Shag inspired living room, sleeping in Duane's tiki infested bedroom, lounging on the couch watching Frankie and Annette in Brenda's space, having a fantastic drink in Sean's airy bungalow, finding a kindred thrift spirit in the sprawl that was Tacky Tiki/Mom's hideout (when am I moving in again??), kicking back in the recliner watching the Martini King's at Vamp's and getting to chow down on delicious food while taking in some amazing mugs at Matt's place...this weekend was one for the memory books!

Special thanks to:

The Martini Kings for playing Vamp's place--something about a band playing inside someone's home that makes them sound THAT much better--and thanks to Vamp for getting them up here.

Everyone who bought something from me at the Garage Sale. I am always happy when I have less stuff to pack then what I brought!

TikiHula for the great deal on the perfect coffee table

Rugby Matt for the steal on the end table

Dan (of Wendylovestikis) for my surprise gift. You are one of my favorite people to talk to and i am so glad we got to chat so much this weekend :)

Duane and Ami for letting me spend the night, drive me around and generally put up with me for 2 days straight :)

Duane for taking me out to his hunting grounds AND for letting me take home a few great scores. Now if only Ami would not object so much to our tag team hunting in the future.....

Last but not least thank you to Wendy and Dan for the Sacramento mug . Wendy your enthusiasm for tiki and the time and detail you put into this piece is mind boggling.

If you have never met Wendy and Dan you would be hardpressed to find 2 more open hearted, good natured, kind and loving people anywhere within this community. If you ever get invited to see their collection GO! because it is unlike anything you will ever see. The best part about the overall collection is you have 2 people who truely love tiki and support our artists housing it. From the Buzzy bedroom (hehe) to the seahorse bathroom to the garage to the top of the stairs to the jungle room everywhere you turn there are more and more things to see that you have never seen and more and more stories to be told about how these items got into their home.

Wendy if the mug is any indication of what we can expect from that brand new kiln of yours in the future you are going to be fighting people off with a stick trying to own a piece of your work. I will house the Sac Crawl Mug among my favorite pieces in my collection and I love and thank you so much for all you put into making it.

So Sac Ohana...want to do it all again next weekend?

Many mahalos!!xoxoxo