Post #70963 by Humuhumu on Mon, Jan 19, 2004 1:17 PM

I had a wonderful time at the Hawaiian Inn! Big mahalos to everyone in Florida for allowing me to participate in their East Coast Tiki Revival. Thank you very, very much to pablus & cybertiki for providing such a lovely spread and really tasty drinks, mmm mmm. Here's a few of my pictures, and you can see the rest of them here (there's about 150 photos, most of them rotten). For some reason I look mildly deranged in most of the photos. I'm blaming it on the falernum.

The Pre-Party:

Just some of the Room 140 setup, courtesy of cybertiki & pablus.

Just outside of pablus's room was a beachside putt-putt course. It was trippy looking out over the ocean at sunset and not seeing the sun.

Julian's:

The really lovely mural at Julian's, and a great old bartender who took great care of us (he "accidentally" made an extra Mai Tai, and refilled all of our glasses with it).

The folks who made it out to Julian's. From left to right, Mrs. NeptuneTiki, Tristan, TikiBree, NeptuneTiki, Tweedtone, Mrs. Tweedtone

My bamboo handbag had a Mai Tai.

The Luau:

The bubble machine kicked in as they played "Tiny Bubbles." Delightfully cheesy!

I love it when the pretty little girls in the audience start hula-ing along!

Thankfully, the fire part of the show has not been Great White-ed out.

The luau handed out a Certificate of Participation (suitable for framing!) to the boys in the audience who donned coconut bras & grass skirts.

Tiki Bree, Mrs. NeptuneTiki & me strike a pose

The three of us discovered that our noses are all pretty similar.

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One of the legendary Imperial Luau tikis.

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A lovely wahine splashing in the fountain (a great way to keep fit, according to the Mai Kai).

The After Party:

Pablus' party suite was in room 140, and the hotel was apparently nice enough to hang this sign to help us find it! Or maybe not.

The women of Florida (with an interloper).

They're not trying to take it, it just looked crooked is all, really!

Caught red-handed.

The Day After:
The next day I just bummed around Daytona Beach looking at things while I waited for my shuttle to the airport.

This is a little Hawaiian-themed mini-golf place. They wouldn't let me look around inside.

The Aku Tiki Inn

Traders Restaurant

So, when I was walking around on Sunday, a truck pulled up next to me, and the guy driving says to me "You look like a hippie girl, do you know where I can find some yoga stuff around here?" Okay, so first off, what is "yoga stuff?" Why on earth would someone just be driving around randomly looking for "yoga stuff?" Is this some euphemism the kids are using these days for drugs? And when did I start looking like a hippie????

Again, all-in-all a grand time. The luau was delightfully cheesy, and the company was superb.

The best tiki bar is the one that's within stumbling distance of your bed
The Humuhumu Room

[ Edited by: Humuhumu on 2004-01-19 13:58 ]