Post #578499 by telescopes on Wed, Mar 2, 2011 3:06 PM

On 2011-03-02 14:22, Rob Roy wrote:
I've done the Puka Bar to Purple Orchid to Tiki Ti to Trader Vic's Beverly Hills to Tonga Lounge to the old Lucky Tiki in one day before. It can be done.

We started out at Bev Hill's trader vic's, then to Purple Orchid, then to Puka Bar, then to Tiki Ti, Then to Tonga Hut, with a finish at Bahooka's. All in one day.

Whew! What a day that was.

I actually think you need the bus for three days - my thought is this is something out of town folks like myself would trek to LA in order to participate.

If we can get 50 people to say yes, then a bus ticket is less than 60 dollars away. Of course, you wouldn't have to participate for all three nights - but there are simply too many places to go and leaving one out would be heart breaking - Hence the idea of way-points. Events like the Mai Kai and even the San Francisco Tiki Bar Crawl all have Thursday events. For people who are out of town, you have to fly there on a Thursday in order to participate.

I am keeping in mind that Tiki Ti has limited space - this is a logistics problem that will have to be solved.

People like Sven would need to be invited to give "bus lectures" and no crawl would be complete without a few "house bands", i.e. Tikiyaki Orch. and the Martini Kings (and so many more that can be mentioned) playing at a few bars.

A location hotel for out of town guests will be truly important.

For me, the bottom line is the bus. And this is something easy to get. I am willing to help, but my logistical skills is limited to organizing field trips for elementary schools and hosting theme parties at my house.

First, do we have fifty tenative people or more? Can we look to September, October, or November? What is your preference.

[ Edited by: telescopes 2011-03-02 15:07 ]