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New Year's Eve ! The Tikiyaki Orchestra at Don the Beachcomber ! |
Skinny Dog
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Joined: Feb 13, 2006
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From: Long Beach Ca. /Chicago
|  Posted: 2010-01-01 6:52 pm Permalink
So last night at Don's was awesome. Where do we start?
Decorations looked great and festive for the New Year, but totally didn't take away from the Tiki-ness.
The room was laid out wonderfully. Every seat was a good seat.
Service was great. Our waiter came by so often I wanted to invite him to just sit down with us. And an older gent with an accent was very attentive to making sure all was good. And Marie worked her ass off!
The caesar salad, the orange glazed salmon, the surf and turf and the lemon tart and lava cake were outstanding and served hot (More that I can say for a really expensive dinner at a really nice restaurant on Christmas Eve and they weren't crowded!)
And the drinks....stunning. Really!
The Eliminators were awesome. Haven't caught them before, bought their cd's.
And Tikiyaki....what more can you say. These guys just get better and better.
This was really a first class night and a total blast. And best of all, I got the $75 tickets, was fully prepared to pay the extra $20 that was reported......and they never collected it. So it was a bargain too.
I so hope they do it next year because I'll be the first to make reservations!
Jen
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bigtikidude
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From: Anaheim,Ca.
| Posted: 2010-01-01 11:25 pm Permalink
Great Review Jen,
good to see that on here.
here are Photos by Tiki Tena
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Mongoloid
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Joined: Apr 25, 2008
Posts: 555
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2010-01-02 5:45 pm Permalink
Big Mahalo, to Tikiyaki Orchestra, The Eliminators and DTB!!! It was a fun night filled with great entertainment (Martys one liners were as usual pretty classic) The food was delicious, the drinks were flowing and the place was filled with nothing but smiles. Bigtikidude set the mood on the 1's & 2's and it was cool to meet some new TC'ers. The giveaways were awesome and very generously donated. Mrs Mongoloid was the front engine on the conga line and being at a location where balloons fall from the ceiling at midnight on NYE can be checked off of my bucket list now. Hope this becomes a tradition for many years to come!!!!
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bananabobs
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Joined: Feb 16, 2003
Posts: 824 | Posted: 2010-01-02 7:35 pm Permalink
A Conga line?
Balloons form the ceiling?
dang.
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tikiyaki
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: May 18, 2004
Posts: 2677
From: The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA
| Posted: 2010-01-02 7:47 pm Permalink
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On 2010-01-02 19:35, bananabobs wrote:
A Conga line?
Balloons form the ceiling?
dang.
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That's how we roll.
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1961surf
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Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 1896
From: Newport Beach, Ca .
| Posted: 2010-01-02 7:58 pm Permalink
More pics !!!!
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Hula Lula
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Joined: Nov 14, 2008
Posts: 45
From: Pasadena
| Posted: 2010-01-02 8:43 pm Permalink
Thank you to Tikiyaki Orchestra ,
The Eliminators and Jeff Big Tiki Dude ,Marie and Don the Beachcomber,
for an amazing New Years Eve!!
The music was excellent, the food was delicious, the drinks
were dangerously good.
And I really enjoyed Tikiyaki's rendition of Viva Las Vegas!
We only took a few pics,too busy having fun.
Happy New Year!!
claudette
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Mongoloid
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Joined: Apr 25, 2008
Posts: 555
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2010-01-02 8:51 pm Permalink
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On 2010-01-02 19:58, 1961surf wrote:
More pics !!!!
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Well first of all my camera takes lame photos
Second i was living in the moment and missed photographing alot of cool moments
Third - Booze usually in my camera hand!
These are all the semi-decent ones i have to offer.
img]http://tikiroom.com/img/8959x4b401f71.jpg[/img]
The balloons falling at midnight
The front of the Tikiyaki conga line
Tiki Shaker and his wahine Christine
Mrs. Mongoloid, Mongoloid and my neighbor El Jefe that had his tiki initiation that night
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Coco Joe
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Joined: Sep 27, 2008
Posts: 721
From: Los Angeles
| Posted: 2010-01-02 9:27 pm Permalink
looks awesome! wish we could have made it
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HB TIKI
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Dec 12, 2008
Posts: 650 | Posted: 2010-01-03 6:25 pm Permalink
New Years at DTB was excellent, great food and 2 outstanding bands. Thanks to Art and Delia and Marie for doing a great job. Also all the drinks were outstanding. Thanks for the music Btd.
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HB TIKI
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Joined: Dec 12, 2008
Posts: 650 | Posted: 2010-01-03 6:32 pm Permalink
more pictures
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MamboKing
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Joined: Jun 11, 2003
Posts: 198
From: Huntington Beach CA
| Posted: 2010-01-04 10:05 am Permalink
I was in a Lapu Lapu fog all night. Think I'm still suffering the lingering effects...
Eliminators are some SNAZZY dressers! Bass player's jacket was INSANE! I want one!
Tikiyaki was excellent as usual. Marty Lush did a spoken word rendition of "Detroit Rock City" during "Bali Hai Ball" that I found extremely amusing.
BTD's selections had my table buzzing all night--"What's that great song?" "The Vanduras." Dan from the Dynotones was spinning some cool stuff in the front bar as well.
Oh yeah, the food was GREAT! The service was awesome! Marie has really beaten that place into shape! Definitely worth the $75 ticket!
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tikiyaki
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From: The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA
| Posted: 2010-01-04 10:55 am Permalink
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On 2010-01-03 18:32, HB TIKI wrote:
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This pic is priceless....
"Tikiyaki, we gave you 2 extra weeks to pay back that money, the boss says you got one more day, or you lose a finger"
Moai Mafia in full effect.
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MamboKing
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| Posted: 2010-01-04 11:00 am Permalink
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bigtikidude
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Joined: Aug 10, 2004
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From: Anaheim,Ca.
| Posted: 2010-01-04 12:15 pm Permalink
good times indeed,
wish we could do it again real soon.
Jeff(btd)
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