1st Annual TikiCentral Oasis Crawl May 5,6,7 & 8 UPDATE: Drink Card pg. 10

Going to Oasis V?
Got a special drink you want folks to try?
Want to try special drinks that other folks have made?
Want to just wander around having complimentary drinks and meeting folks?
Well, have we got something for you!

Yes, folks, as if there wasn’t already enough stuff going on to keep your rum-addled brain occupied, we proudly introduce:

The 1st Annual TikiCentral OASIS CRAWL!!

Have you ever been to one of those bars that had a ‘booze cruise’ or ‘brews cruise’ type set up? Y’know, where you get a special card, and any time you order a certain drink they stamp or sign that space on your card, encouraging you to get all the spaces filled by a certain point and then giving you a prize of some sort? No? Well then listen up!

There will be many fantastic mixologists in attendance at Oasis V, and a good number of them will be mixing drinks in their rooms at one point or another; Many of them would be more than happy to have you over and share some libations with you. This effectively makes the entire Caliente Tropics (and additional hotels) like one big bar, split up into many small locations! All you need to do to participate in the Oasis Crawl is get yourself an official drink card, visit the predesignated rooms at predesignated posted ‘serving hours’, have a drink and hang out for a bit, get your card signed and move on! What could be more simple, more fun, and more CHALLENGING!

Challenging? Well, in your quest to get your card filled, say you get to a room and the host has already run out of drinks, or you arrive after the hosts serving hours? TOUGH – no drink for you! Or what if TWO Room Hosts are serving at the same time?? Indeed, it will take skill, planning and incredible intestinal fortitude to crawl your way to the finish!

There are two ways to play: being a ‘Room Host’ and being a ‘Crawler’ (or both!)

Room Hosts: Since you are the ones who will make this work, you get basically the freedom to make all the decisions yourselves. YOUR choice of drink (Cocktail? Beer? Shot? Tap water?), YOUR choice of ingredients (Top shelf booze? Bacardi? Pabst Blue Ribbon?); YOUR choice of quantity (Full drink? Sample? Sip?); and of course YOUR choice of ‘serving hour(s) and day(s)’ (Friday from 4pm to 6pm? Saturday from 7am to 7:15am? Midnight Friday to Noon Sunday?). Simply post your hours on your door (Discretely! Big banners are not necessary – Crawlers will find you easily enough…) and be ready to serve when folks come a-knockin’!

Crawlers: We want to try to keep this weekend-long event very low-key and limited to TikiCentral folks as much as possible, so: NO CARD – NO DRINKS! How do you get a card? After we have a good idea of who’s hosting, we’ll make up the cards and post a link here on this thread to an online hosting site. Go to the site, download and print out the card yourself and bring it with you to Oasis! We’ll provide you with a plastic slipcover to protect your card from the elements, if you’d like. (Alnshely will have them for you in Room 135 – lanyards, too!) When you arrive, take a tour of the grounds and look for posted hours on doors and plan accordingly to show up there at those times! This is an excellent chance to meet some new folks while you taste some specialty drinks, so hang out and chat for a bit, and be sure to get them to sign your card before you leave! All we ask of Crawlers is that you be respectful of Room Hosts, their posted hours and the complimentary service they are providing you! (Tipping of Room Hosts is completely optional, and we encourage you to patronize the Reef Bar for the bulk of your drinking needs!)

But wait – what about prizes? Prizes, you say? What – getting a bunch of free drinks, meeting some of the best folks on the planet and getting a great custom-signed Oasis V souvenir drink card not good enough for you? Well, tell you what: after Oasis, post how many places YOU visited, and whoever got the most will get honor and fame forever. Plus maybe we’ll take up a collection to help you get a new liver. Maybe.

IMPORTANT: I know this is pretty late notice, but we need to know who’s interested in being a Room Host as soon as possible so we can get the cards made up! Reply to this thread if you're interested – since many folks don’t know their room number yet, the cards we make will just have your TC name on it. (BTW - this is also open to folks staying at any of the other hotels too – you don’t have to be staying at the Caliente to be a Room Host! Just let us know where to look for you…) If you know your room number and the hours/drink you plan on serving, that would be helpful, but isn’t necessary right now.

Additionally, if you plan on being a Crawler (and really - who wouldn’t??), let us know you’re interested as well. It will give Room Hosts an idea of how many visitors they might have and give us a heads up about how many slipcovers/lanyards we’ll need to provide.

If you have any questions, ask here or feel free to PM Doctor Z, Martiki or Alnshely!

Okole Maluna! :wink:

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Doctor Z
Mix-maestro of the Castaway Lounge & Casino,
Redondo Beach, CA

[ Edited by: Doctor Z on 2005-04-26 20:53 ]

[ Edited by: Doctor Z on 2005-05-03 19:37 ]

Count me in as a crawler. I suck at mixing drinks -- I can't even make coffee....

Let me be the first - I'll host! At the suggestion of Dr. Z, I'll be hauling down a Tiki Bar. Howz Friday from 4pm - 6pm sound? I'll hang up a sign in the window with the hours and make a call to the Caliente. If they can give me the room # I'll post asap. Hey Z, or anyone...send me a recipe big enough for a pitcher...I'm a bourbon on the rocks guy, so I'll try my best.

Count me in as a Crawler!! EEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaOOOOOOOooooooWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

P.S. Mrs. Spermy wants to be a crawler, Too.

[ Edited by: The Sperm Whale on 2005-04-27 08:49 ]

I be crawlin'.

I'm willing to mix, but I'm at the Vagabond, not at the Tropics. If somebody with a room at the Tropics wants to sponsor me then we can do that. Otherwise, a walk to the Vagabond will be necessary. The drink I am considering is the Suffering Bastard.

Hey! count me in as a crawler. Don't know how long I'll last though.

Count me and Mrs. Seamus in as crawlers!

This is a great idea, and I will definitely be "crawling" (hands and knees) after the first first few drinks. I've been lucky enough to have drinks prepared by Dr. Z and by Al, and they are both master mixologists! They don't serve the cheap stuff either - only top shelf ingredients! Keep that in mind as you pass by the tip jar.

Count me in as a mixin' fool! I've gotten clearance from The Maikai Gents Featuring The Mysterious Miss Mauna Loa to debut an original cocktail created especially for them by none other than Jeff "Beachbum" Berry. The recipe for which can only be found in the liner notes of their new CD (debuting at Oasis). It is delish and will get your hula hips swaying in no time! I will be able to furnish the grog, but not the room. Would some kind soul be able to let me pour a few rounds on Saturday afternoon or Saturday after 7:00PM? Let me know via post or e-mail.
Mahalo.

-Weird Uncle Tiki

I wanna mix, but I'm staying at the fabulous Travelodge! Will crawlers dare wander out of the safe confines of the Oasis grounds?

On 2005-04-27 10:01, Traderpup wrote:
I wanna mix, but I'm staying at the fabulous Travelodge! Will crawlers dare wander out of the safe confines of the Oasis grounds?

Hey TP, why don't you come mix at my room at the Caliente Friday 4-6? We'll be going to the MModern afterwords....PM me if interested.

I wanna mix! Which locations in Milwaukee will you be visiting?

count me and my lovely husband in as crawlers ~

this is a fantastic idea!

elicia & todd

Before Man walked: He Crawled! And falling down has hurt ever since. Count me in for crawling.

I will be crawling and also bringing the camera. I would love to get the hosts on tape describing their concoctions and guests tasting them.

Thanks Good Dr. for organizing this.

Casa Martiki will be a pit stop. I'll be pouring Havana Club 7 Year on Sunday from 4:05AM to 4:07AM. See you then!

But seriously, we will be pouring!

I will be crawling as well as my roomate...but I will have to verify with him if hosting will be ok......

I'll be hosting! I'll be providing some tasty drinks (well, hopefully they'll be tasty!) in conjunction with my 2nd Annual Aloha Wear Release to the Wild. Not sure exactly when it'll go down, probably sometime Friday night. I'm at the Caliente Tropics, on the noisy side, probably second floor near Room 135.

1st Annual TikiCentral Oasis Crawl May 5,6,7 & 8

ROLL CALL!

ROOM HOSTS:

Martiki
Dr. Z
PiPhiRho
Weird Uncle Tiki
Trader Pup
Humu-Humu
Tiki Matt
Alnshely (offering CT Host Room Space ONLY at this time)
Kick the Reverb
Tiki Pug
Cynfulcynner
CheekyGirl
TikiCleen & DrunkenHat & TikiHula
WersmoDerinc

CRAWLERS:

PolyPop
The Sperm Whale
Mrs. Sperm Whale
Hakalugi
Jeff Central
Seamus
Mrs. Seamus
Oookoolady
Mr. & Mrs. Dogbytes
Rip Tide
Dr. Shocker
Shocker Roomate
Alnshely
Shell in the Pacific
UngaBunga
OnaTiki & Moki
Tiki Bird
Utopian Dreem
Tiki Pugs
Sabu
Tiki-Kate
DawnTiki + 2
Mr. Smiley
Shipwreck Joey
Mustang Sally
Cynfulcynner
Betty Bleu
Tiki-Brini
Tiki Bare!!!!
Mr. & Ms. Croe67
Tiki Crow
MeanGene
CheekyTiki
Jungle Trader
Poisen Ivy
Cheekytiki
nicktiki
Selector Lopaka
Puamana
Tiki-Bot
Tonga-in-Chiki
Cyntiki
inkylouise
Kika Akua
Futura Girl
Tiki Sooze
Mr. Jamie TikiButt
Yuk fu
Bongofury
Mrs. Fury
Aaron Akua
Mrs. Akua
Sabina
Mr. Sabina
Hanalei Pirate

Plus all ROOM HOSTS (see above list)

Keep those replys comin'

Mahalo,
Shell in the Pacific

[ Edited by: Alnshely on 2005-04-28 08:05 ]

[ Edited by: alnshely on 2005-04-29 12:33 ]

[ Edited by: alnshely on 2005-05-01 14:24 ]

[ Edited by: Alnshely on 2005-05-01 14:25 ]

Can you add the times & days to the hosts? Or am I jumping the gun?

Matt,
You are jumping a bit.
Most of the hosts have not gotten that far yet.

We were thinking that we would leave it up to you to meet with the hosts or check the signs they are going to post on their room's door once you arrive at the Oasis.

Then you can begin planning your crawl. Don't forget your appointment book!

Mahalo,
Shell in the Pacific

Yep, there's definitely a scavenger hunt element to this thing. Don't expect all the answers here. You will have to hunt!

Crawler and Host.

Unga

[ Edited by: Unga Bunga on 2005-04-27 19:46 ]

On 2005-04-27 12:21, Alnshely wrote:
Matt,
You are jumping a bit.
Most of the hosts have not gotten that far yet.

We were thinking that we would leave it up to you to meet with the hosts or check the signs they are going to post on their room's door once you arrive at the Oasis.

Then you can begin planning your crawl. Don't forget your appointment book!

Mahalo,
Shell in the Pacific

Thanks Shell. Would it be spoiling the fun if I told everyone I was in Room 205?

Will there be a limited number/sold out amount of crawlers?

On 2005-04-27 12:41, Unga Bunga wrote:
Will there be a limited number/sold out amount of crawlers?

If we enforce the "NO CARD, NO DRINK" aspect, it should limit itself pretty well to just TikiCentral folks who take the time to print out (and bring) their own cards.

We will also join the crawl...we love badgez...we need badgezz..see you there..
Moki and Ona..

Count me in as room host..and a crawler, of course, plus Mrs. kick_the_reverb as a crawler.
I'll be serving Reverb Crash and smaller quantities of other drinks.
Can't say yet but I think I'll go with Friday sometime.

Ran

[ Edited by: kick_the_reverb on 2005-04-27 22:29 ]

Utopiandreem & I will be crawling, will check with wife if she wants to mix some Hawaiian Ginger twist. Will let ya know Dr.

TBird.

Count me in as a host. I'll be making my world famous mojitos. The Mrs. & I will also be crawlers.

I'll be crawling.

I just love this idea!
The after effects of my cocktails can only be described as giving the poor sucker, I mean the friendly drinker feelings of intense displeasure followed by some sort of profound need to swallow their own tongues. Its kinda hard to explain.
If I have to mix anything that has more than one ingredient the person drinking it is taking a leap of faith.
Ask Traderpup about my Spam Fritters, no nevermind don't.
If there is a contest for the most undrinkable drink, well then, there's something I can do and do well dammit!
You gotta Crawl before you Mix. HarrrDeeeeharrr! :roll:
DawnTiki and her entourage of 2 will be crawling.

STAGGERING-- I mean crawling!

We're not staying at the Caliente (unfotunately) but we'll be attending the entire event. I'd like to be a Crawler (as depraved as that sounds) and Sally would like to be a Host(ess) helper. She specializes in sqeezing limes and crushing ice and knows which end of the bottle to pour from.

Count me in as both a crawler and a host. My cocktail creation will be the worst of all (and in incredibly poor taste)!!

I've just invented a new drink that I'd like to try out on the masses. It's a mixture of Pabst Blue Ribbon and Smirnoff Ice. I call it a Pabst-Smir.

On second thought, I'll be a crawler.

Sabu

I will gladly HOST and will CRAWL a bit too. Vodka Martini freak, so no rum here, but in keeping with the tropical theme, I will be featuring 4 tasty Martini Cocktails:

Key Lime Martini
Green Apple Martini
Tital Wave Martini
Lemon Drop Martini

Cheeky Girl's Martini Madness!
Saturday: 2pm to 4pm

I think this is a good time. I'm pretty sure you can count one of these cocktails as a serving of fruit, so it's healthy right?!

[ Edited by: CheekyGirl 2007-05-07 10:59 ]

I may or may not crawl...but I can't wait to see that one guy take a flying f*&^ at a rolling donut. Barnum and Bailey will be there eh?

Sabu - I just about wet my pants.

Though I used to bartend, I'm no Tropical Libation wiz. Stopped by Vendome today and picked up some goodies. After a couple hours of experimenting I am now feelin' good and came up with a new drink. I call it Monkey Piss....Hope you all enjoy!!

Way to go Cheekygirl. I'll definitely be stopping by your hut.
:drink:

I will crawl anywhere that will serve me a drink. I will drink anything that does not crawl away.

(oh, man, that just sounds so wrong.)

..and my pal, Tiki Brini, on them badges ... tho she will be drunk and passed out after the first room.

I will crawl, but will NOT "host" any of your past pathetic desires.

Mr & Mr. croe67 will be stumbling, crawling, staggering
:drink: :drink:

If we enforce the "NO CARD, NO DRINK" aspect, it should limit itself pretty well to just TikiCentral folks who take the time to print out (and bring) their own cards.

Doctor Z
Mix-maestro of the Castaway Lounge & Casino,
Redondo Beach, CA

What about people who do not belong to Tiki Central?...I know, gasp, cringe. But, seriously, a lot of "other" people attend this event via other avenues, i.e Tiki News and other businesses that promote and recommend the event.
??
Can they participate too? Or is this a closed party?

Those who follow TC regularly and check on this thread are most welcome to print a Crawl Card and participate. If you don't... well, then, you don't and probably won't.
Mahalo,
Shell in the Pacific

Poison Ivy,

The "Entire" Oasis is a venue for "everyone" to participate. It has large open areas for a thousand people to congregate.

Unfortunately, our side parties are just that... Side parties. A side party cannot logistically accomodate everyone who attends the event so therefore we must find some way to limit the number of folks who just want to show up and get free drinks. In past years, there has been a leak of information that guides lots and lots of people to ONE persons room. That person (or small group of persons) ends up footing the bill for alcohol for a bunch of strangers when the intent was to have an intimate gathering of known friends.

These rooms can easily be maxed out with as little as 30 people. When word has it there is a "party" in one room, its just too many people to fit.

Besides, being an active participant on Tiki Central takes effort and time. Many of us read and POST almost daily THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR NOT JUST WHEN OASIS ROLLS AROUND. We take the time to get to know other Tiki Central members by attending other organized events, home parties, casual get togethers etc. We email eachother, catch up with a phone call, give gifts, etc..

We do love meeting new tiki fans. We were ALL new at one point in time. The issue arises when the size of the "core" group gets so large that we can no longer just extend an invitation to everyone. Pretty soon you have 150 people hanging out in or around your room and its just not fun. Stolen stuff, broken stuff, hurt feelings, police, and feeding free booze to everyone.

I am not the organizer of this fine mini crawl and I do not decide who gets in and who doesnt but I am guessing that this was the thought process behind the ID cards.

We want folks to stick around and contribute not just show up and drain it.

To crawl or not to crawl? I'll crawl some!