NW Tiki Crawl 2004 Pix! - Other Events

K Kalikiana Member Shepherdstown, WV Joined: May 01, 2004 Posts: 85	K Kalikiana Posted posted on Thu, Jul 1, 2004 1:38 AM I finally have some time to post some much deserved 'THANK YOUS' to all who put together such a fun and exciting Tiki Crawl! Many thanks to the bartenders at the Alibi and the Jasmine Tree who worked so hard to cut up all that garnish fruit and mix all those Mai-Tais, Zombies, Blue Hawaiians, Banana Cabanas, and everything else us thirsty and demanding tikiers desired! Thank you so much to Lushy who was incredible on stage and has me now addicted to their music! Thanks to Kenike's Wahines who were so colorfully swaying and portraying authentic cultural and beautiful stories with their dance, smiles, and ball-swirling (you had to be there!), and a special thanks to the young male dancer for his traditional renditions of male hula! WOWZA! Thanks too to the Verbtones! Man, I love upbeat surf music...and what a nice incentive to keep me working on my super-fast surf-drumming skills (which aren't so super-fast right now)! Thanks to Selector Lopaka for the dj exoticatunes and especially for the cd collection he put together! How nice was that! Thanks to Tiki Farm for creating the NW Tiki Crawl mug! Thank you to the all the vendors who had wonderful and creatively made tiki drums, pendants, artwork, mugs, garden tikis and other offerings! I will definitely be contacting each of you after payday! Another thanks to those who donated cool and coveted items for the raffle! Some people have all the luck, but it was fun trying! Thank you to the owners of the Alibi and the Jasmine Tree for having us and keeping tiki alive in the Northwest! Many thanks to the tour bus company and especially the superb friendly bus driver for getting us all around metro-Portland safely! It ain't easy maneuvering a giant WikiWiki bus full of excited inebriated Hawaiian clad tiki junkies thru tight residential round-abouts! I can't thank the organizers of the Tiki Crawl enough...it was really really really really fun and so very well organized! And another gigantic thanks to all and their families (Mr. Tiki Bar, Maori Man, Melintur and Tiki Mama, and TikiMaxton) who opened their homes to us (many of us complete strangers to them...or just completely strange) and provided us with tasty tropical beverages and delectable mouth-watering pu-pus that kept us energized! Thanks to whoever for the excellent weather! Thanks to the Palms Motel for turning the neon sign on for us and providing us with clean towels! Thanks to Maori man, Tiki Vixen and Mr. Smiley for introducing us to Voodoo Donuts! Whatta trip! Thanks to Kingslod, Humuhumu, ExotiCat, and Monkeyskull for posting great pics on TC! All in all, a terrific gathering of intelligent, humorous, fun-loving, generous, talented, zombie-swilling, recumbent-bike-ridin, tiki-loving, polynesian-pop people. Last weekend convinced me that TCers (and wildlife biologists) are the best people around! AND if you all are EVER in the Reno-Lake Tahoe area, send me a note at [email protected] Cheers to you all! Kris (Kalikiana) and Eric (we will call him...ManuMan).

I finally have some time to post some much deserved 'THANK YOUS' to all who put together such a fun and exciting Tiki Crawl! Many thanks to the bartenders at the Alibi and the Jasmine Tree who worked so hard to cut up all that garnish fruit and mix all those Mai-Tais, Zombies, Blue Hawaiians, Banana Cabanas, and everything else us thirsty and demanding tikiers desired! Thank you so much to Lushy who was incredible on stage and has me now addicted to their music! Thanks to Kenike's Wahines who were so colorfully swaying and portraying authentic cultural and beautiful stories with their dance, smiles, and ball-swirling (you had to be there!), and a special thanks to the young male dancer for his traditional renditions of male hula! WOWZA! Thanks too to the Verbtones! Man, I love upbeat surf music...and what a nice incentive to keep me working on my super-fast surf-drumming skills (which aren't so super-fast right now)! Thanks to Selector Lopaka for the dj exoticatunes and especially for the cd collection he put together! How nice was that! Thanks to Tiki Farm for creating the NW Tiki Crawl mug! Thank you to the all the vendors who had wonderful and creatively made tiki drums, pendants, artwork, mugs, garden tikis and other offerings! I will definitely be contacting each of you after payday! Another thanks to those who donated cool and coveted items for the raffle! Some people have all the luck, but it was fun trying! Thank you to the owners of the Alibi and the Jasmine Tree for having us and keeping tiki alive in the Northwest! Many thanks to the tour bus company and especially the superb friendly bus driver for getting us all around metro-Portland safely! It ain't easy maneuvering a giant WikiWiki bus full of excited inebriated Hawaiian clad tiki junkies thru tight residential round-abouts! I can't thank the organizers of the Tiki Crawl enough...it was really really really really fun and so very well organized! And another gigantic thanks to all and their families (Mr. Tiki Bar, Maori Man, Melintur and Tiki Mama, and TikiMaxton) who opened their homes to us (many of us complete strangers to them...or just completely strange) and provided us with tasty tropical beverages and delectable mouth-watering pu-pus that kept us energized! Thanks to whoever for the excellent weather! Thanks to the Palms Motel for turning the neon sign on for us and providing us with clean towels! Thanks to Maori man, Tiki Vixen and Mr. Smiley for introducing us to Voodoo Donuts! Whatta trip! Thanks to Kingslod, Humuhumu, ExotiCat, and Monkeyskull for posting great pics on TC!
All in all, a terrific gathering of intelligent, humorous, fun-loving, generous, talented, zombie-swilling, recumbent-bike-ridin, tiki-loving, polynesian-pop people. Last weekend convinced me that TCers (and wildlife biologists) are the best people around! AND if you all are EVER in the Reno-Lake Tahoe area, send me a note at [email protected]
Cheers to you all! Kris (Kalikiana) and Eric (we will call him...ManuMan).

Post #99546 by Kalikiana on Thu, Jul 1, 2004 1:38 AM