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Kelly Hiphipahula'sTonga Hut Parties 2009-2012 Farewell pg.42 |
Tonga Tom
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Sep 24, 2009
Posts: 1023
From: 2 mi. south of the Hut
|  Posted: 2012-01-09 8:13 pm Permalink
Last night we had some outta town TC ohana who also made it to Murph's the night before.
Tikitastic, Rum Runner and Boom Boom Room.
Here's the early shot...
And the late shot containing 10 bastards...
You can check out the larger versions of these photos here:
http://tongatom.blogspot.com/2012/01/tonga-hut-172012.html
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Tonga Tom
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Sep 24, 2009
Posts: 1023
From: 2 mi. south of the Hut
| Posted: 2012-01-13 10:06 pm Permalink
Last minute update for this Sunday...
Rory "Wildsville man" from Caliente will be guest bartending Sunday 4-8pm.
Marty Lush will be spinning the tunes as well!
Please join us for cocktails on Sunday starting at noon!
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Joe Banks
Grand Member (4 years) 
Joined: Aug 02, 2007
Posts: 518
From: Hollywoodland
| Posted: 2012-01-14 07:54 am Permalink
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Wildsville man
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Dec 13, 2007
Posts: 1297
From: PALM SPRINGSVILLE
| Posted: 2012-01-14 08:34 am Permalink
Do you have self Respect? Self Pride? Do you feel good about Life?
Well,Please put those to the side and visit me at the Historic Tonga Hug From 4-8p.m.
If you have not been to Tiki Caliente before,stop on by and ask me any questions you may have and maybe convince me to get you in before we go public Jan 21st at 10a.m.
Rap your Lip's around my Palm SPrings Punch,Dig?.................Taste
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Hiphipahula
Grand Member (6 years) 
Joined: May 27, 2006
Posts: 2375
From: The Valley! Female, leo,fav color pink.
| Posted: 2012-01-20 03:33 am Permalink
Aloha Good friends and fellow “Bastards”
I have put off writing this note to you because it’s just not easy. As some of you might already know, as of January 11, 2012 I did resign as a bartender/mixologist from the Tonga Hut. This was not an easy decision, the Tonga Hut truly brought joy to my life. I came to the Tonga Hut via Kirby & Polly’s Rumpus Room in 2009. I was working at a Rockabilly, Heehaw bar out in the desert called “Lucky’s” it’s easy to assume they had no fixings for Exotic cocktails. Jeremy Fleener was a regular at the Rumpus Room and I literally bugged Jeremy for a shift at the “TH” every week for a couple months, finally Jeremy and then partner Ana made the decision to put me to work. I was to have one or two shifts per week but from week one we were short handed and one or two shifts turned into three to five days a week. Tiki Ohana, Rumpus Roomer’s became regulars immediately. Sunday quickly became the way to finish off the weekend. Tonga Tom and Sherri Yaki wondered through the doors on my shift and became the first two members of the “Loyal Order of the Drooling Bastard” Jeremy sang “Big Brown Nut” and was quite the host and Marty Lush from the Tikiyaki Orchestra came on board to DJ and coined Sunday, “Exotica Sunday”.
It was a pleasure to serve you all and to celebrate our common love of poly pop culture at the “Hut”. I’m very proud to have been a part of Tonga Hut’s rich history and I am very proud of my accomplishments at the Tonga Hut as well. My time served at the Tonga Hut will remain fondly as some of the best times of my living. All things are due to change in time and that time is now. There are well light roads in front of me and journeys and adventures yet to explore and wherever that goes, I’m going and I somehow know you will be there too.
My thanks To Jeremy and all the staff and management of the Tonga Hut I’m most grateful for the opportunity to serve. My thanks also to Tom and Sherri to Marty, Kirby & Polly, Jim, Eric & Manuel, John-O, Jake, Ernie, Tom, Murph, Sven and Mike for all their support and help. Thank you all for coming out to the Tonga Hut and my shifts to celebrate and support, that was fun! I wish the Tonga Hut much continued success and another 53 years.
I’ll be seeing you, Kelly Hiphipahula Reilly
Photo by Tom D. Kline
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MadDogMike
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6391
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-01-20 05:47 am Permalink
Kelly, best wishes in your future endeavors.
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Wildsville man
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Dec 13, 2007
Posts: 1297
From: PALM SPRINGSVILLE
| Posted: 2012-01-20 06:51 am Permalink
My taste bud's are crying,but I know we will meet again.........someday..............Maybe May
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SandraDee
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 575 | Posted: 2012-01-20 06:58 am Permalink
Is the world ending and I wasn't informed?? First my beloved Suzanne resigns from Forbidden Island and just when plans were in the works for a relocation to SoCal to make the Hut my home bar I read this craziness! Unless you ladies are joining forces to make the ultimate tiki bar I am not a happy camper! Happy for you of course but you will be missed!
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WooHooWahine
Grand Member (7 years) 
Joined: Mar 04, 2005
Posts: 2900
From: Mission (Impossible) Viejo, Ca
| Posted: 2012-01-20 08:05 am Permalink
WooHoo & Good Luck in Your Future Adventures Kelly! 
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10558
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2012-01-20 08:18 am Permalink
Hugs and Kisses, Kelly. See you at the Travelin' Rumpus Room.
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Chuck Tatum is Tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 12, 2011
Posts: 1674
From: Southern Cailifornia
| Posted: 2012-01-20 09:30 am Permalink
What? That's crazy talk, Kelly you will be missed & best of luck to you on
your new direction, Just what is this new direction you are taking, by the way?
Hope to see you at all the shindigs and maybe more often in our neck of the woods.
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Tonga Tom
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Sep 24, 2009
Posts: 1023
From: 2 mi. south of the Hut
| Posted: 2012-01-20 09:48 am Permalink
Kelly...You and your fabulous exotic cocktails will be greatly missed at TH.
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kirby
Grand Member (7 years)
Joined: May 04, 2005
Posts: 1599
From: SoCal
| Posted: 2012-01-20 10:25 am Permalink
NOOOOOOOooooOOOoOOOOOOoOOOoOOOoOOOO!!!
HUGE BUMMMer!!!
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A Frame
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 16, 2009
Posts: 203
From: Mr. C's on the Coast Highway
| Posted: 2012-01-20 10:53 am Permalink
Because it's Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, K-e-l-l-y. Why? Because you'll be missed at the TH!
Sorry for the Cheers reference, but it was a bar with regulars too...My best always for the future and I know I'll be running into you sometime soon!
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TNT
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 19, 2009
Posts: 106
From: way out there
| Posted: 2012-01-20 12:40 pm Permalink
Oh no - Kelly it won't be the same without you!
Teresa & Tim
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