Post #637368 by heylownine on Mon, May 21, 2012 11:46 PM

That was a great weekend. Thanks Rory, you throw a heck of a weekender.

We had a blast. We saw many friends, both new and familiar, over the weekend. Work will be a harsh reality tomorrow morning.

Lots of other thanks to go around also...crawl hosts for their libations, Marie for endlessly tending bar in the hot sun, Kirby, Polly, and Kelly for inviting me to help with the Rumpus Room party, vendors for the creativity they bring to the event, Jeff for setting the mood as DJ, Crazy Al for bringing energy as the MC, Tom for documenting our experiences on digital film, the drink crawl judges, and all the attendees who make Tiki Caliente what it is. I'm sure I'm forgetting another 27 or so people who make sure no one forgets the time they had at Tiki Caliente.

Highlights? Oh they are many.

• Hanging out with friends over a long weekend.
• The Hula Girls on Friday (Mai Kai Mystery Girl as a 7" before Tiki Oasis? Please?)
• The Sand Devils on Saturday (My head almost exploded when you played The Passion of Lovers).
• Hosting a room crawl for the first time.
• Listening to the Martini Kings while helping at the "Remote Rumpus Room". And The Alexander rocked.
• Sitting under the stars on Friday night.
• The Blue Moai.
• Listening to the Zen Tiki Lounge live broadcast podcast while driving home Monday.
• Slacktone ripping through a Sunday afternoon.
• The late Sunday beach ball poolside royale during the slack key set.

Mostly I'll remember the smiles and "good mornings" from everyone there, all weekend.

Photos to come.

Mahalo,

Kevin and Val