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tikitony
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Aug 18, 2002
Posts: 860
From: Ventura, CA
|  Posted: 2005-07-08 10:06 am Permalink
Boarding the plane in a few... Can't wait to get there!!!! See ya guys
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EsQui
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Aug 15, 2004
Posts: 41
From: Chicago
| Posted: 2005-07-08 11:55 am Permalink
Hala Kahiki time starts about 1 hour from now. Lissette and I are on our way!
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c10
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Mar 04, 2005
Posts: 47
From: Napertucky, Illinois
| Posted: 2005-07-09 11:16 pm Permalink
Best Tony Sheridan tribute evar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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punktiki
Member
Joined: Jan 02, 2003
Posts: 1
From: Villa Park, IL
| Posted: 2005-07-10 12:54 pm Permalink
Deb and I had a great time at Exotica this year. A big thank you to Duke and Amy for working so hard to make this year's event the success that it was. Fitzgeralds looked great yesterday and the bands were smokin'! Trader Vic's was fun and today's buffet at the Chef was suberb. Looking forward to Exotica 2006!
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tikibars
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 11, 2002
Posts: 2022
From: Aku Hall, Chicago
| Posted: 2005-07-10 6:18 pm Permalink
Hey Randall, great to see you posting here, finally.
Great to see you and Deb at Exotica too - it's been far too long.
I didn't take too many pix over the weekend, but here's a few good ones...
Separated at Birth?
How many of these TC members can YOU name?
Flaming Virgin and Mai Tai at the Chef!
Mr. and Mrs. Lake Surfer
Alice n' Lisa at Aku Hall
Vern at Hala Kahiki
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powerofthetiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 11, 2002
Posts: 131
From: Baltimore
| Posted: 2005-07-10 8:12 pm Permalink
I would like to thank Duke and Amy for a great time at Exotica this year was fantastic. I would also like to thank TubroG, blacksandz, JTD, Formikahini, TikiVixen, King Kukulele, Mr. & Ms. JDTIKI, Mr. & Ms. Johnny Dollar, ikitnrev, for a fun filled weekend and so many other TC people I met over this weekend. A big thanks goes to tikibars for the ride Thursday night around Chicago land
Carroll D.
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pablus
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 23, 2003
Posts: 2154
From: www.crazedmugs.com
| Posted: 2005-07-10 9:30 pm Permalink
FINALLY!
PICTURES!
I was going to post a separate thread asking for them but thought better of it.
More please.
Vern, you look like you were having a great time.
I'm very glad.
How were my braddahs, the Kats?
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Lake Surfer
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3375
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2005-07-10 10:03 pm Permalink
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Pablus... they are some of the greatest guys in the world... and very talented musicians.
They did you proud up here... both Saturday night and Sunday afternoon at brunch.
I'm already looking forward to seeing them all again in October!
Hope you are well Pablus!
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Lake Surfer
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3375
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2005-07-10 10:41 pm Permalink
Tiki Diablo and Marcus from Adrift doing biz...
The Neanderthals take the stage...
Mugs for sale!
Vintage Deluxe...
The King and The Windy City Islanders...
Killer Surf Band from my town... The Exotics, back together again!
Los Straightjackets and Kaiser George rocking the tent...
Brunch at the Chef...
The King entertains at brunch...
Pig! Pig! Pig!
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tikibars
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 11, 2002
Posts: 2022
From: Aku Hall, Chicago
| Posted: 2005-07-10 10:52 pm Permalink
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On 2005-07-10 21:30, pablus wrote:
How were my braddahs, the Kats?
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All I can say is that I am quite stoked to see them again at Hukilau.
Quite a good mix of Hawaiian, surf, and swing.
A lot of sound for three guys!
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Kalani
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Mar 16, 2003
Posts: 19 | Posted: 2005-07-11 09:40 am Permalink
Way to go Duke!
Scott
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BambooLodge
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 09, 2003
Posts: 542
From: Just up the road from Chef Shangri-La
| Posted: 2005-07-11 10:19 am Permalink
Mucho Mahalos to Amy, Duke,Melanie, & Eddie for making this Exotica so incredible! The entire weekend was a total blast. It was great for Coalbe & I to be able to put some of the faces together with TC names. We took oodles of pics & hopefully we will get to posting them next day or two.
TTFN
D&C
P.S.Be sure to join us for International Tiki Day celebration at Chef Shangri-La on either Saturday 8/13 or Sunday 8/14. We will start a thread with info as soon as we talk with Susan and pick which the date which works best.
Also, we would like to thank everyone who stopped by our booth on Saturday!
Hey Lake, thanx for the great tiki (he is happy in his new home next to our Kona Kai Tiki), and thanx for getting a photo of our booth
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BaMbOoLoDgE...where the South Pacific meets the Great White North!
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Turbogod
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 14, 2002
Posts: 1219 | Posted: 2005-07-11 12:13 pm Permalink
TURBO <got street cred> g. reporting in. Had an awesome time. Great to meet some new people from TC. Always great to see old friends from TC as well. JT, thanks for cartin' us around on Thursday in the Mobile Exploration Unit 2.0. Hello again to DocWoods. All the entertainment was incredible. Mike Miller can mix a drink. The DJ sets were really good. Pablus, the Kats were tight. Tikivixen, I still can't House of Bamboo out of my head. At work right now so I don't have time to post pics, here's a link to the shared album. Never did get a dinner w/ utensils. Next time for sure. Duke, Amy and Eddie, great job. See you all next year @ Exotica 2006...right?!?
here's some of my pics
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finkdaddy
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 11, 2004
Posts: 2061
From: Wisconsin
| Posted: 2005-07-11 5:48 pm Permalink
I didn't realize there were so many of you that I didn't meet! Next time for sure. Here is but a few of my pics...
Yeah, that's me. 
Mike makes one hell of a mai tai! 
The Haole Kats kicked tiki ass!!!
Won a Bosko mask in the raffle!!!
Two Haole Kats CDs, both autographed!
The one on the left is an Orchids of Hawaii mug, the other is a new generic one. I'm not sure where it's from. I also picked up Tiki Magazine issue #1.
I had such a great time and all the other TCers I met were terrific people. I'm so glad I was able to meet all of you!!! Can't wait until next year.
Mahalo!
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ManoKoa
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jan 25, 2005
Posts: 92
From: Chicago - IL
| Posted: 2005-07-11 6:45 pm Permalink
I was at Fitzgeralds for just a lil bit but got a huge dose of what "Tiki" is all about. Being new to this scene, I was overwhelmed by what people hold dear and that fact that there was a weekend, in my hometown nonetheless, that people from different parts of the country came to attend.
Greetings to TurboGod: Sorry for not catching up w/ you and the gang later. Aloha to Fred, and Clarence who I got to meet. Nice talking to Danny (diablo) and Adrift's Marcus.
I should have tried to meet a few more TC'ers but besides being overcome by shy dorkiness, and Soren being hot and tired, we had other engagements to tend to so we bailed only after a couple hours.
Big-Big MAHALO to Duke & Amy for all the work put into this.
~ALOHA KA'KOU!~
Derwin aka ManoKoa
^ Soren & I decked out
^ Soren & (I forgot her name, sorry)
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