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Sat, Dec 8, 2007 12:46 PM
Can't wait to see everyone tonight! Yay! Art, Gifts, Music and Cocktails. . .who could ask for more??!! (Well, I could. . . I still want a pony if Santa is listening. . .) But besides that, it's gonna be a hot time in the old hut tonight! Here's the latest: The Tonga Hut will be officially opening @ 7pm for the TIKI WONDERLAND ART SHOW. All drinks on the Tonga Hut 'liquid exotica' drink list will be $1 off! We will be enjoying the fabulous tunes of the TikiYaki Orchestra on the Jukebox from 7-9 while you shop. Pick up CD, they make great gifts! Please bring cash-ola since most of our artists are not set up to take credit cards. Please bring a smile and the holiday spirit of Aloha! SEE YOU TONIGHT! ALSO-Please remember NOT to park to the LEFT of the Tonga Hut in the back parking lot. Those neighbors are jerks and will tow. MAHALO! |
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Sat, Dec 8, 2007 12:50 PM
Hopefully I can make it there for a quick visit. I am going to a Birthday party in Hollywood with a few friends. We will all be in red, see you there..... |
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Sat, Dec 8, 2007 12:53 PM
Thanks Chongo. GROG wonder why the photo shows a right hand busted but Ben is left-handed? Detective GROG on the case. GROG let you know. |
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Sat, Dec 8, 2007 2:08 PM
W're going to just paint B.Ben's hand and he should be good-to-go.
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Sat, Dec 8, 2007 3:36 PM
GROG off to start settin' up at the Tonga Hut. See ya'll tonight. |
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Sat, Dec 8, 2007 4:25 PM
to lead someone on, to kid someone Mike: I swear, last weekend I went fishing and caught a 25 pound bass! When you told Harold that he won, you were just pulling his leg, right? To pull one's leg you have to be clever. tags yank one's chain kid pulling my leg pull my leg just playin' Good detective work there Mr. Grog! ( also hence the little smiley face!) See ya'll soon. |
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Sat, Dec 8, 2007 4:32 PM
Just don't pull Ben's finger. You will be sorry! |
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GROG
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Sun, Dec 9, 2007 11:41 AM
Thank you to everybody who showed up at the Tonga Hut and all the Thanks Suze for all your work putting the show together and A big thanks to Kirby and Polly for ordering and picking up the delicious Thank you to the Tonga Hut and staff, and thanks Thanks Gotiki for the awesome mug. GROG sorry we couldn't get you in this It was nice seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Thanks Big Toe and Thanks to everybody who bought the Bamboo Ben mug made covertly by Merry Christmas to all. ------GROG |
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Sun, Dec 9, 2007 12:15 PM
here is the Ben Neck charm... if you would like one... let me know |
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Sun, Dec 9, 2007 3:38 PM
I had such a blast last night, sorry I ditched early guys! I got home and just passed out! But it was great! I managed to buy lotsa goodies..and this time I took sorta some pics..here is what i got! Aww the loooove!
Also Kinny and I had a 'suburbanpagan' sighting....or so we thought! I don't know, but I never laffed so hard in my life! overall, great event guys! Great seeing everyone there! :D!!! |
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Sun, Dec 9, 2007 4:08 PM
Thanks for posting FIRST. That Grog pic you took will come in handy down the road. |
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Sun, Dec 9, 2007 7:33 PM
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Sun, Dec 9, 2007 11:13 PM
Personally, and I know most of you will shoot me for this. It's OK, I have bled for various art forms before... GREAT &^*in turn out via tikiphiles. Piss poor turn out for artisans.(excuse my french) Yes I expected more. I expected someone to take my hard earned, "need to get my tiki on" before Xmas doe. Sorry gang. The brother hood ROCKED the house. The vendors who were there were awesome, but..but... and this is my big BUTT..so few for so many.... shame on those great tiki artist who didn't make the effort,and those of you who did not seek the need to rob us of our hard earned cash in exchange for prolonged Tiki orgasm. PS this is food for thought. Just my opinion. My rant. I don't care who likes it or not, as you will probably not care what I wrote.. That it is why it's my opinion and perhaps not yours. Don't need any one to agree, but as one big "lets get our tiki on" family. I appreciate that this community has an open forum like this.....Poof...gone........Damn I need a Mai tai.... :) PPS. and I know you won't care cause no one cared that my wife stole my "pearls of wisdom" LOLOLO...Make up your own joke here____________________________ |
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Mon, Dec 10, 2007 2:02 AM
Just wanted to say A HUGE THANK YOU to Grog and Suzy for the opportunity to be amongst Mahalo & Happy Holidays to all! [ Edited by: SleepyTiki 2007-12-10 02:05 ] [ Edited by: Sleepytiki 2007-12-10 02:31 ] |
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Mon, Dec 10, 2007 9:16 AM
YAY! |
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RevBambooBen
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Mon, Dec 10, 2007 9:20 AM
took the words right out of my mouth. Muey MAhalos to all !!!!! Good Times! |
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Mon, Dec 10, 2007 9:23 AM
Hey TV...is you still have money and want to spend it.....well I know a place you can go!!! [spam] [/spam] My art and goodies... [ Edited by: Clysdalle 2007-12-10 09:23 ] |
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Mon, Dec 10, 2007 12:37 PM
I had a Tiki Fabulous time at Tiki Wonderland!!!!! Great Homage to Bamboo Ben! Trader Tom & I discussed this & decided, We will PROUDLY display our "Bamboo Ben" mug amongst the "Giant likes of Sven's Book of Tiki Mug & Don the Beachcombers Mugs" A Great Event to Celebrate the Talents of one of the most important Craftsman's of our time. |
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Hiphipahula
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Mon, Dec 10, 2007 12:41 PM
P.S. , Now quit yer Bitching Ya'All... Have Happy Holiday's & see you at the Three Kings Show & I also will meet ya there at that thread to Chit Chat about it yay! Kudo's to ALL the Great Talents that made it out to the Tonga, it was AMAZING ART! |
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Mon, Dec 10, 2007 4:13 PM
SleepyTiki - How could GingerTiki not have sold? Clever, cute, and thematic! I bought a print and two ornaments. |
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Mon, Dec 10, 2007 5:11 PM
Dani and I had a Great Time, There was a lot of cool art and artist, I bought some cool stuff for the "Go Tiki Hut" Ben's mug is cool, Great job all! Nice to meet ya! Suzy and Grog last pic. And The Owner and Bartender at The Tonga Hut, Mahalo all and Thanks for a Great time!
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Tue, Dec 11, 2007 12:44 AM
First of all, Atomikitty and Grog, bang-up job as usual! Please forgive me for responding to this but it has to be addressed. With all due respect TikiVegas, did you actually SEE the physical limitations of the Tonga Hut? I would love to have a big band, a dunk tank and pony rides in there too but it ain't gonna happen. The scheduled artists were listed well in advance of the show so this should not have been a disappointment unless you didn't read the posts. The addition of the Bamboo Ben mug sale was a surprise extra as were pieces by Kirby and Big Toe. Tiki artists don't just "make the effort" to get into these things. It's not a friggin' neighborhood yard sale, but I'm sure that if it were, every artist would give it their all. If you want mass quantities of stuff, I would urge you to attend the next Tiki Farm parking lot sale, Hukilau or Tiki Oasis. I won't shoot you but please quit your whinin'. Better now :) On with the pics.....Got any of that "APE" guy? |
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Hiphipahula
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Tue, Dec 11, 2007 1:32 AM
Gotta dig Squid |
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atomikitty
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Tue, Dec 11, 2007 1:43 AM
HERE HERE SQUID! :) Thanks to ALL for making it out to the 2nd Annual TIKI WONDERLAND Art Show @ The Tonga Hut! The show was a BLAST as usual, and full of that spirit of ALOHA. The Tonga Hut were gracious hosts, DJ Lee had the place dripping in exotica and swooning in the reverb! TikiVegas, wish we could have met. Glad you had fun, thank you very much for coming, and I wish we could have separated you from more of your cash. :) The truth is, great original tiki bars like the Tonga Hut (est. 1958) and Tiki Ti's are usually dark, cozy, hole-in-the-wall kinda places. That's why we love 'em. Okay, that's all I have to say about that! Nothing but good feelings and joyful holiday wishes to all! Here's some pics. . . Thank you everyone for coming out and showing some love! |
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Tue, Dec 11, 2007 1:58 AM
Hmm....lets see........The "Bamboo Ben" mug is actually a Vincent Price mug, right? Am I just some dumb old drunk fucking greaser, or what? |
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Tue, Dec 11, 2007 10:14 AM
Yes. :) [ Edited by: GROG 2007-12-11 10:15 ] |
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GROG
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Tue, Dec 11, 2007 10:18 AM
Congratulations Suzy on your magazine layout. It looks awesome! Oops! GROG meant THIS one. [ Edited by: GROG 2007-12-11 10:19 ] |
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Tue, Dec 11, 2007 10:26 AM
The lady to the left is Dawna Hammond who is the featured carver |
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Tue, Dec 11, 2007 10:58 AM
Grog becareful big guy, shes gonna smack you. Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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SleepyTiki
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Tue, Dec 11, 2007 12:13 PM
Yes you did , THANK YOU for buying , and for the compliments! It was nice meeting you!! |
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Tue, Dec 11, 2007 12:55 PM
Uh Oh....I think GROG will be soon be issued one genuine, old school ATOMIKITTY BEATDOWN for this one. :o |
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Tue, Dec 11, 2007 2:11 PM
Hey look, there really was a Squirrel at the Tonga Hut! Nice ring Squirrel. GROG bet your beaux is probably drinking his patented "Squirrel of Paradise". |
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Tue, Dec 11, 2007 7:01 PM
Here are some more pics of the fun that was Tiki Wonderland 2! [ Edited by: SleepyTiki 2007-12-11 19:02 ] [ Edited by: SleepyTiki 2007-12-12 03:51 ] |
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atomikitty
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Tue, Dec 11, 2007 11:55 PM
Wow, That cookie looks like how I felt on Sunday. . . . :) Adriana (miss sleepy Tiki) you rock! Thanks again and Happy holidays! -Atomikitty [ Edited by: atomikitty 2007-12-11 23:57 ] |
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little lost tiki
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Wed, Dec 12, 2007 8:30 AM
WOW ADRIANA! |
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hiltiki
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Wed, Dec 12, 2007 9:57 PM
Yeah but they were separated at birth! |
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Thu, Dec 13, 2007 8:32 PM
E.T. or oh never mind this event is over. |
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RevBambooBen
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Thu, Dec 13, 2007 9:53 PM
Only if Crazy Al shaved his beard and aged his pretty face a bit.............................. |
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SleepyTiki
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Fri, Dec 14, 2007 12:36 AM
You mean kinda like this? |
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Wed, Dec 19, 2007 10:52 AM
A HUGE thank you to Suzy-Q and Grog for hosting this arrrrsome event. Thanks to Kirby and Polly for the bbq grub. And thanks to all the people that supported Kim and myself at Badland Beads. For those that didnt buy anything and or complained about the lack of stuff to buy... F you! Just kidding! It was great seeing everyone. |
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Wed, Dec 19, 2007 11:39 PM
hahha... you kill me Dave! Merry Christmas! |
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Mon, Dec 24, 2007 11:36 AM
Mele Kelikimaka to all of you! And I'm sending out a special aloha to Grog. I should have posted this weeks ago. What a lazy wahine I am. Anyway, Grog, thank you for all the fun and postings regarding the Tonga Hut's Winter Wonderland 2. I had a great time there, AGAIN. And was so thrilled that you posted that lovely photo of the very beautiful Dawna Hammond. I enjoyed writing that article about her so much! I hope this brings her many new commissions because her carvings are REALLY GOOD! Anyway, a super time was had that night. I will say, I WAS surprised that there were fewer vendors this year and wonder why that was? Last year I shelled out some serious clams, because the place was packed with merchandise. Not that I didn't dent my wallet fairly well this year, but I wonder if there had been some communication problem with other vendors or a competing event that kept some of last year's artists away. Whatever the case, I still think it was a fun time and it's always a GREAT way to get in the holiday mood... in a way that only we Tikiphiles can relate to and respond to with a raising of our Mai Tai's. Happy happy joy joy to all of you and I look forward to writing some more articles worthy of your intelligence and attention in the upcoming issues of "Tiki Magazine." -- Kari Hendler |
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Mon, Dec 24, 2007 2:42 PM
Thanks Kari, glad to have you at the Tonga Hut and great to see you as always. We always try to have right around 7 artists/vendors at the Tiki Hut because any more and it gets too crowded in there (it's a small space). We had 7 artists/vendors(A/Vs) this time plus we let Kirby hang a couple of prints since he and Polly picked up the food, and Big Toe hung a print as well, since he was there and we had wallspace. Maybe it seemed like less because most of the A/Vs don't have as many different items to pick from. Crazy Al has mugs, pendants, light switch covers, magnets, beer taps, tiki carvings, masks, etc. Whereas, Tikifarm was only selling Bamboo Ben mugs,and most artists just have paintings or prints of their paintings, so they don't have as much of a variety to pick from. Maybe next year we'll try to get more artists who have a wide inventory of different stuff like Crazy Al, Thors, Tiki Diablo, Bosko, Doug Horne, etc. so that we still have only 7 or so artists, but a bigger inventory of stuff to chose from. Merry Christmas. |
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Thu, Dec 27, 2007 4:21 PM
Hey Kari, In Grog's defense, I know Grog wanted more vendors! He had six spots filled and contacted four more artist to fill the last slot, First to respond, First in, He contacted me and I missed out by a Very Well Respected Magazine! :) Mahalo! Gogo |
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