Seattle International Tiki Day(s) 2008 ~ Pictures

International Tiki Day ~ was a weekend FULL of fun activities. Woofmutt and Sophista-Tiki had a Yard & Art Sale, a bunch of us went to Trader Vics, then to Monkeyskull's Voodoo Lounge Party and The Rongorongo Room Recovery Brunch on Sunday.

here's a thread for all the pictures ~

Our Saturday begins early, with a Tiki Yard Sale at SophistaTiki's house. 10 am. eek.

Woofmutt had lots of art and junk.

Selector Lopaka had a trunkload of Aloha Shirts and Tiki Treasures

Tiki Wahine peruses the many mugs

Sweet Daddy Tiki & Tiki A. Moaikingbird

Selector Lopaka brings treats from Mighty -O.. Vegan Donuts ~ VEGAN?? oh fried dough is good!

SDT has a donut

that makes him smile

Iggi is amazed at the LOW LOW PRICES

Sophista Tiki and Selector

Woofmutt looks a little bit tired after days of setting up and selling..

Selector Lopaka is Aces.

Jesse finds a dog in the bargain bin!

Jonelle rocking the Pretty in Pimp look

Shani's Treasures

Jonelle enjoys a donut

Sophisa Tiki & Rufus

Our action-packed ITD continued onwards to Trader Vic's Bellevue. we made a pitstop at the state liquor store to stock up on rum.

me, FrankTodd, Sophista Tiki, Pepe le Tiki, Atomic Al, Brian, SDT, Tiki A. Moaikingbird took 2 cars over to Bellevue:
Blue Hawaiians


Dawn

also there were folks from Portland (Bill & Shell, Liza and Shawn, Seamus, Jauna and Fiona) but i didnt take pix ~ hopefully they post!

up two floors in the Lincoln Towers is a bowling alley.. and its swank. Lucky Strike Lanes ~ we lounged around for a few minutes

nice balls, Alan.

and onward to Monkeyskull's.

Jeez louise - that sale looked wicked good! Cool shots, cool people. Im bummed Seattle is so far from Boston.

Monkeyskull has been hosting ITD since 2004 ~ and shockingly, still invites us all to celebrate ~ dispite the missing artifacts and restraining orders...

i brought Malted Milk Cupcakes with Bavarian Cream Filling to the party

Friends of Monkeyskull, who are still smiling, because they drink beer, and not the Voodoo Punch.

Sweetpea

Joey & Deb enjoy a treat

SophistaTiki, TikiJoe's Pop and Tiki Wahine

Marlow with Fez

Bothell Bill's family (i dont know why i didnt get a pic of him!)

Mrs Pineapple & Tiki Bot

Jesse

Palapala

Iggi

Smells delish!

the Other Lopaka

Seamus fishes around in the Voodoo Punch while Fiona and Jauna watch in amusement.

JoDavid ~ shiney pants!

Liza and Shawn

FrankTodd

Two men in Aloha Kilts ~ cute knees!

Candice's eyes glow red: side effect of the Voodoo Punch.

Hey the Skipper wants his hat back, Mister.

Dogbytes, Fiona, Jauna

Jennifer, the bartendress

Shell and BIll

Mrs Pineapple and Puamana

(Candice's husband whos name i cant recall) Monkeyskull & Candice

Dogbytes & Pepe le Tiki

Mr & Mrs Tiki Riviera avoided the security cameras. i'm not exactly sure why. might have something to do with indictments and court orders...

DOGBYTES: You take amazing pictures!! Thanks so much for posting all of them, and thanks the
most for posting no pictures of myself and the wife. People always are saying "Didn't I see your
picture at the Post Office or something?", so it's best to have little photographic evidence. By the
way, I have some great new Franciscan dishes!

we hosted the Rongorongo Room Recovery Brunch on Sunday ~ noon was almost too early for some of the zombies.

snack table

Alan, Peter, Shani, Norm ~ Canadians!

Monkeyskull & Woofmutt

yams

Pineapple Kid & Mrs. Pineapple

Norm relaxes (passes out) on the sofa

cornbread

Pepe le Tiki

Tiki Wahine

potato-macaroni salad

Seamus

Palapala made melon & prosciutto

THE award-winning Key Lime Pie ala Mrs Pineapple

Sweet Daddy Tiki dresses the salad

Lopaka and Palapala (hey, what's that book on the cofee table?)

macaroni and cheese

Melissa

Sailor Curt

Monkeyskull

Woofmutt devours some greens

pan full of pulled pork and homemade sauce.

Sophista-Tiki & Sweet Daddy Tiki

Chuck brought heirloom tomatoes, 2 kinds of salt and evoo

Jauna & Seamus

Shell, Bill and Shawn

Liza

Steve

Lisa

Tiki Joe's Pop

pulled chicken

Chuck

Steve & Lisa

Gretchen & Rich

Mike

Carter

Shawn in a food coma

Liza, Shawn, Jauna & Fiona (geez, Shawn's tall, but he looks GIANT with the low ceiling!)

Bill & Shell

Chuck is feeling sleepy

A few of my pix

An epic journey requires a new air freshener.

The open road. Southern Alberta, south of Calgary near Pincher Creek.

Cranbrook BC. Gary (Tiki A. Moaikingbird) packs up.

Northern Idaho is moose country.

Horseshoe sculpture.

Meandering Moose Motel

Mangy Moose Cafe and RV Park.

The Barber Ship, Bonner's Ferry, Idaho:

Spokane, WA:

Mary Lou's Milk Bottle, home of...

old fashioned milkshakes. I had a huckleberry shake...

Gary's pumpkin pie shake was like drinking a pumpkin pie.

Cheeseburger & mac salad.

Garland Theatre

Ellensburg WA: Thunderbird Motel.

More to come.

More pix.

Our digs in Seattle: Dawn Frasier's exquisite Bamboo Grove of Westwood.

More to come.

-Sweet Daddy T.
Because crap doesn't buy itself.

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[ Edited by: Sweet Daddy Tiki 2008-08-16 12:51 ]

Saturday. Dawn & Woofmutt's ITD Yard & Art Sale.

Woofmutt sets up. I snagged "The Night Visitors" and Gary snapped up "Sleeping Plank".

dogbytes pouting because we beat her to them.

Tikiwahine

Art by Sophista-Tiki.

Vintage ice cream box (sans ice cream)

Vintage shirt from the collection of Selector Lopaka.

Browsing at Fantagraphics in Seattle's Georgetown district. We take advantage of their sidewalk sale to pick up some slightly substandard copies of The Mischievous Art of Jim Flora for half price.

Vespas

Former Rainier brewery.

Tiki faces in strange places.

Canadians at Bellevue liquor store.

Happy hour @ Trader Vic's.

Zombie.

Alan & Peter(s).

Monkeyskull's Voodoo Lounge Party:

Snacks.

Gary & bartender Jennifer.

Moai fountain and koi pond (wonder what they thought about the colored lights and dry ice?)

That's about all the snaps I took at Monkeyskull's ITD party so it's a good thing dogbytes was there with her camera.

More to come.

Sunday.

Americans seem to like biscuits and gravy for breakfast.

Iggi & Jesse

A quick trip to Trader Joe's, home of 3 buck Chuck.

Chowing down at dogbytes' Rongorongo Room Recovery Brunch.

Chillin' in the Rongorongo Room with Mr & Mrs Dogbytes and Puamana.

A low energy kind of day.

Puamana enjoys one of Trader Pup's stories.

Monday.

Breakfast at Endolyne Joe's in West Seattle before heading out on the road. Haupia cakes (cornmeal and coconut pudding flapjacks) with strawberry coulis.

Special decor for Hawaiian festival.

Yes, the booze and gasoline are cheaper in the USA, but in Canada the air is FREE! (so far).

Lunch in Spokane at Frank's Diner.

Creepy dining companion.

Newly restored Fox Theatre, former art deco movie palace now home to the Spokane Symphony. Downtown Spokane has many beautiful historic buildings.

Spokane Chronicle Building.

Davenport Hotel.

Back in Cranbrook, this is my best thrift find:

Trader Vic's Hawaii seahorse mug for a buck!

That's all.

-Sweet Daddy T.
Because crap doesn't buy itself.

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[ Edited by: Sweet Daddy Tiki 2008-08-16 21:02 ]

those photos are out of this world , very kool .

Another thing that's cool is everyone was totally comfortable bein' around the Canadians. For the most part they seemed just like ordinary human beings. Of course none of us had cats around so that wasn't an issue. Also: All of us Americans had agreed ahead of time to avoid any talk of moon worship, TV dinners, or video hockey. It went just great.

As long as you take a few precautions before hand there's nothing to fear from visiting Canadians.

Yeah, us Canucks are Mostly Harmless.

Although you may not realize that whenever your back was turned, we were talking about you in 'Canadian', between bites of cleverly-concealed bacon jerky and smokies (which sustain us)…

On 2008-08-17 19:51, woofmutt wrote:
Another thing that's cool is everyone was totally comfortable bein' around the Canadians. For the most part they seemed just like ordinary human beings. Of course none of us had cats around so that wasn't an issue. Also: All of us Americans had agreed ahead of time to avoid any talk of moon worship, TV dinners, or video hockey. It went just great.

As long as you take a few precautions before hand there's nothing to fear from visiting Canadians.

i'm lazy, so you can look at my fotos here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/friskyb/sets/72157606799179881/

International Tiki Day was the perfect excuse(not that I need an excuse)to set sail to Seattle for a bit o'grog and socialization. I am thankful that you all are comfortable around us Canucks. As one who leaves caution to more responsible individuals, I'm happy there was no talk of moon-worship etc. although I recall a long speculative discussion concerning the birth of christianity at the Monkey Skull Voodoo Lounge when all I wanted was to pass-out on the couch. My sincere thanks to everyone at the afore mentioned Monkey Skull Voodoo Lounge and the Rongorongo Room, and the fine folks who manufacture rhum, and the Tiki gods ... for keeping me out of jail and the papers. Now, could someone please explain to the Duchess how I ended-up 9 days later at the Kicking Horse Saloon in Nowhere Montana.