D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9220	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 8:57 AM lunavideogames thank you for the help. I found out that my computer doesn't need to be turned off at night because it goes to sleep. So when I woke it up this morning - no hangover! Tiki Hula who runs tikiroom.net is coming over on Monday to check this out and to teach me a few things. I'll have him look at your links too. So far I've been protected by the Geek Squad's webroot, I'll know a lot more on Monday. WooHooWahine I know we'll see you many times before next year's crawl but even still we are looking forward to seeing you here then. Woo Hoo! hang10tiki OHHHHHHH you know I loved those photos, thank you. I'll take a few myself when we visit in November. cdtiki thank you CD we all loved being there and treating us all to lunch was over the top. Check out these photos because Day Two had another full size poodle who was very affectionate with John. Jungle Trader we had such a good time showing you around and showing you where your four mugs are displayed. I especially liked seeing the new tikis you carved for Minnie's. WaikikianMoeKele everyone has been smiling non-stop. The whole crawl has been a blast and today I'm betting will be the same. Thank you so much for making the use of Dan's Butt so much fun. He's really been enjoying the attention as the mug boxes have been opened up. The guys don't seem to mind, the girls really like it. =========================================================================== DAY TWO SACRAMENTO TIKI HOME CRAWL October 12th 2013 Our Day began with brunch at Tower Café. The first Tower Records was just across the street. Dan bought his first Tiki News by Otto there and fell in love with tiki. That started it all for us. Tower Café is beautiful and decorated with art from around the world. We waited in the garden area. After we were seated I went over to photograph John, Sandy and VampiressRN. John and Chuck are here from Southern CA so we had them hang out with us for most of the day. We had fun with our playmates! As we were leaving we ran into Eva and Dr. Tiki Mojo just arriving for brunch. We had some time before the next stop so we went to Old Sacramento to walk around. We had to stop for the Halloween Train to pass. If we hadn't waited we might have become one of these! We walked through a couple of shops. The guys found this one very interesting! Our next stop was at Swanberg's. A very funny name for a terrific Hawaiian clothing shop that also carries tikis, ceramics, books, music. If you come to Sacramento it's a must to stop here. 2316 J street downtown. We had a bit of time so we went to a few garage sales and then to an antique store. Nope we didn't find any tikis. But woman I found a "like new" leather purse by Espirit for $4 at a garage sale...score! The biggest surprise of the day came when we left for the next stop in Davis, CA. It's Saturday and it's 3:15 PM. There shouldn't be any traffic problems. Well when we left Sacramento se got into a complete freeway slowdown. We inched forward until we found the cause and then traffic took off so fast we couldn't get a photo. It happened to others in our group. The stall of the freeway was caused by a broken down truck hauling a trailer that was carrying a Huge 9-10 foot tall MOAI!!! We were all yelling looooook as we accelerated past the Moai. Just for we tiki peeps and so worth the slow down. Next stop was new for all of us and sooooooooo worth the drive. Thank you Mark and Selena for sharing your home with all of us. Also for all the food and drink you prepared for such a large group. This is Selena and Moai Mike in her tiki room. Polynesian Pattie, wendylovestikis(Dan) wearing shell necklaces I found at one of the garage sales and Selena. John-Maukahale from Colorado had a sweet encounter with Selena's poodle. Savage Tiki with the crawl mug, Tiki Hula with last years crawl mug and Dr. Tiki Mojo. A chorus line of mug buyers. Now we were off to the last stop of the evening. Matt the Cats and Melody. Here Matt poses with the mug I made for him on the left. Sandy and Dan in the backyard with the flash. In the yard with no flash. They serve drinks with lighted ice cubes. They provided a desert bar and other brought more to add later on. In one of the tiki rooms. In the kitchen. longbeach Beth, Amy, Psycho Tiki D and Amy Psycho Tiki D and VampiressRN. Vamp had a great idea to thank Duane for starting the Sacramento Crawl 8 years ago. We gathered around to clap for him and then I presented him with a mug I'd made to look like him. When Duane couldn't run the crawl Marlene stepped in to keep it going. So I surprised her with a custom mug too. Without these two there wouldn't be a crawl and all of us in the photos would have had a much harder time finding each other. THANK YOU PSYCHO TIKI D (DUANE) AND VAMPIRESSRN (MARLENE) We love you. One last wave goodbye and Dan and I head home to sleep well. Now I have to hurry we leave for the crawl in 30 minutes. Another terrific day of fun with our dearest friends. Cheers, Wendy

lunavideogames thank you for the help. I found out that my computer doesn't need to be turned off at night because it goes to sleep. So when I woke it up this morning - no hangover! Tiki Hula who runs tikiroom.net is coming over on Monday to check this out and to teach me a few things. I'll have him look at your links too. So far I've been protected by the Geek Squad's webroot, I'll know a lot more on Monday.

WooHooWahine I know we'll see you many times before next year's crawl but even still we are looking forward to seeing you here then. Woo Hoo!

hang10tiki OHHHHHHH you know I loved those photos, thank you. I'll take a few myself when we visit in November.

cdtiki thank you CD we all loved being there and treating us all to lunch was over the top. Check out these photos because Day Two had another full size poodle who was very affectionate with John.

Jungle Trader we had such a good time showing you around and showing you where your four mugs are displayed. I especially liked seeing the new tikis you carved for Minnie's.

WaikikianMoeKele everyone has been smiling non-stop. The whole crawl has been a blast and today I'm betting will be the same. Thank you so much for making the use of Dan's Butt so much fun. He's really been enjoying the attention as the mug boxes have been opened up. The guys don't seem to mind, the girls really like it.

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DAY TWO SACRAMENTO TIKI HOME CRAWL October 12th 2013

Our Day began with brunch at Tower Café. The first Tower Records was just across the street. Dan bought his first Tiki News by Otto there and fell in love with tiki. That started it all for us.

Tower Café is beautiful and decorated with art from around the world. We waited in the garden area.

After we were seated I went over to photograph John, Sandy and VampiressRN.

John and Chuck are here from Southern CA so we had them hang out with us for most of the day. We had fun with our playmates!

As we were leaving we ran into Eva and Dr. Tiki Mojo just arriving for brunch.

We had some time before the next stop so we went to Old Sacramento to walk around.

We had to stop for the Halloween Train to pass.

If we hadn't waited we might have become one of these!

We walked through a couple of shops. The guys found this one very interesting!

Our next stop was at Swanberg's. A very funny name for a terrific Hawaiian clothing shop that also carries tikis, ceramics, books, music. If you come to Sacramento it's a must to stop here. 2316 J street downtown.

We had a bit of time so we went to a few garage sales and then to an antique store. Nope we didn't find any tikis. But woman I found a "like new" leather purse by Espirit for $4 at a garage sale...score!

The biggest surprise of the day came when we left for the next stop in Davis, CA. It's Saturday and it's 3:15 PM. There shouldn't be any traffic problems. Well when we left Sacramento se got into a complete freeway slowdown. We inched forward until we found the cause and then traffic took off so fast we couldn't get a photo. It happened to others in our group.

The stall of the freeway was caused by a broken down truck hauling a trailer that was carrying a Huge 9-10 foot tall MOAI!!! We were all yelling looooook as we accelerated past the Moai. Just for we tiki peeps and so worth the slow down.

Next stop was new for all of us and sooooooooo worth the drive.
Thank you Mark and Selena for sharing your home with all of us. Also for all the food and drink you prepared for such a large group.

This is Selena and Moai Mike in her tiki room.

Polynesian Pattie, wendylovestikis(Dan) wearing shell necklaces I found at one of the garage sales and Selena.

John-Maukahale from Colorado had a sweet encounter with Selena's poodle.

Savage Tiki with the crawl mug, Tiki Hula with last years crawl mug and Dr. Tiki Mojo.

A chorus line of mug buyers.

Now we were off to the last stop of the evening. Matt the Cats and Melody.
Here Matt poses with the mug I made for him on the left.

Sandy and Dan in the backyard with the flash.

In the yard with no flash. They serve drinks with lighted ice cubes.

They provided a desert bar and other brought more to add later on.

In one of the tiki rooms.

In the kitchen.

longbeach

Beth, Amy, Psycho Tiki D and Amy

Psycho Tiki D and VampiressRN.

Vamp had a great idea to thank Duane for starting the Sacramento Crawl 8 years ago. We gathered around to clap for him and then I presented him with a mug I'd made to look like him.

When Duane couldn't run the crawl Marlene stepped in to keep it going. So I surprised her with a custom mug too.

Without these two there wouldn't be a crawl and all of us in the photos would have had a much harder time finding each other.

THANK YOU PSYCHO TIKI D (DUANE) AND VAMPIRESSRN (MARLENE) We love you.

One last wave goodbye and Dan and I head home to sleep well.

Now I have to hurry we leave for the crawl in 30 minutes. Another terrific day of fun with our dearest friends.

Cheers, Wendy

Post #696201 by danlovestikis on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 8:57 AM

We had a bit of time so we went to a few garage sales and then to an antique store. Nope we didn't find any tikis. But woman I found a "like new" leather purse by Espirit for $4 at a garage sale...score!

The stall of the freeway was caused by a broken down truck hauling a trailer that was carrying a Huge 9-10 foot tall MOAI!!! We were all yelling looooook as we accelerated past the Moai. Just for we tiki peeps and so worth the slow down.

A chorus line of mug buyers.