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Relight The Night Thanks to everyone! It was a blast! |
Coco Joe
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Posts: 721
From: Los Angeles
|  Posted: 2010-04-13 12:59 am Permalink
this makes me happy-same tiki at the meet rack
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Melekalikimaka
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Joined: Aug 03, 2009
Posts: 63
From: Palmdale, CA
| Posted: 2010-04-13 04:40 am Permalink
wow...long drive, thank goodness there was a tiki bar at the end of our destination! While not partying, Tiki G and I did some major junkin. Check out our haul!
the peacock chair was the largest acquisition...
can you dig the dogs on velvet??
What a blast and a half!
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little lost tiki
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Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 7460
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2010-04-13 08:02 am Permalink
A Million Thank yous to Mark and Maggie for treating Doug and I like family! And marco and all the crew at the Kon-Tiki for their warmth and enthusiasm. And all the peeps that showed up and made this a night to remember!
now if i could only remember it...
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TikiG
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Joined: Jun 17, 2008
Posts: 1519
From: Palmdale, California
| Posted: 2010-04-13 10:28 am Permalink
My Tucson mini-vacation was a success!! The Kon-Tiki "Relight the Night" kicked ass!!
Thanks to the Kon Tiki management and staff for hosting, Mark and Maggie for your generous hospitality, the Tikiyaki Orchestra for 1st class entertainment and music while dining, all the vendors & all the participants.
Some random pics taken while on the road:
Friday 04/09/10: TikiG sets foot on a legendary desert oasis for the first time
Friday 04/09/10: Melekilikimaka and TikiG share a Scorpion Bowl at the Kon Tiki
Friday 04/09/10: Clowning around with Kinney, Doug and Ravenne at the pre-party
Saturday 04/10/10: Mel and friend do a little shopping'
Saturday 04/10/10: Checking' out the mineral psudomorphs at the Sonoran Desert Museum
Saturday 04/10/10: Attempting the Tucson sonoran style hot-dog battle
Saturday 04/10/10: El Guero Canelo v.s.
Saturday 04/10/10: BK
Saturday 04/10/10: TikiG stands next to the famous Tiki Motel sign
Saturday 04/10/10: Mel in front of the Hut's moai head
Saturday 04/10/10: Jim of the Tikiyaki Orchestra leads the band into jungle exotica
Saturday 04/10/10: Fire dancers awaken Pele
Saturday 04/10/10: The lighting of the Kon Tiki torches
Saturday 04/10/10: Kon Tiki sign is lit!!
Monday 04/12/10: The Kon Tiki - Tucson, Arizona
Monday 04/12/10: The beautiful view driving back to So. Cal.
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bigtikidude
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Joined: Aug 10, 2004
Posts: 8263
From: Anaheim,Ca.
| Posted: 2010-04-13 12:06 pm Permalink
Thanks for the Pics everybody,
In my haste packing at 2 am in the morning before going to sleep for a few hours, before the trip, I forgot to pack my camera, and my sunglasses.
Doh....
keep the pics, and hopefully video coming.
Jeff(btd)
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PolynesianPop
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2341
From: Corona, Ca
| Posted: 2010-04-13 3:47 pm Permalink
Started our road trip watching the sun rise from the Cabazon Dinosaurs
Beautiful sunrise through Palm Springs area
Saw this guy on in the middle of the desert
Finally made it to the promised land
For dinner, I had seafood in the middle of the desert
The Tikiyaki Orchestra performance was stellar as always!
Good Friends... Good Times...
The following day we went to Taliesen West by Frank Lloyd Wright
Followed by a walk around Old Town Scottsdale
And the glorious Hotel Valley Ho
Capped off the weekend with Happy Hour at Trader Vic's
The Relight the Night event was EPIC and the Kon-Tiki was incredible!
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Swamp Fire
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Joined: Jul 31, 2003
Posts: 1020
From: Long Beach, CA
| Posted: 2010-04-13 4:11 pm Permalink
@ PollyPop, NO SLEEP TIL TUCSON!! Man you guys are hardcore! Let me guess, you made it home Monday morning just in time to go to work.
Kon Tiki Mai-Tais must bring out the love in me. I lost count of how many people I said "I love you man" to.
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Swamp Fire
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Posts: 1020
From: Long Beach, CA
| Posted: 2010-04-13 5:46 pm Permalink
Re-Light the Night, Kon Tiki Tucson!
Crazy Al, the calm before the storm...
The Swank Bastards take the stage.
The Swank Bastards and Szandora.
Al and Maggie love it!!!
Tikiyaki take the stage.
Focus Jim, focus...
A bunch of hillbilly's I ran into at the show.
No pictures please...
One of many tikis in Mark and Maggie's back yard.
Thank you Kon Tiki and Mark and Maggie for putting on such an awesome event!
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jpmartdog
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Joined: Mar 27, 2005
Posts: 650
From: Amesbury, Mass
| Posted: 2010-04-13 6:29 pm Permalink
Great Pictures everyone - I am very jealous!
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RevBambooBen
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Joined: Nov 12, 2002
Posts: 7198
From: Huntikington Beach
| Posted: 2010-04-13 9:01 pm Permalink
Awesome Pics!!!
( lot's o Orbs.... spooky!!!)
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WooHooWahine
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Joined: Mar 04, 2005
Posts: 2902
From: Mission (Impossible) Viejo, Ca
| Posted: 2010-04-13 9:14 pm Permalink
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On 2010-04-13 21:01, RevBambooBen wrote:
Awesome Pics!!!
( lot's o Orbs.... spooky!!!)
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SoccerTiki actually had an encounter with "The Ghost"
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JOHN-O
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: May 16, 2008
Posts: 2465
From: Dogtown, USA
| Posted: 2010-04-13 10:10 pm Permalink
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On 2010-04-12 17:41, Beach Bum Scott wrote:
Got a personal tour of the Meet Rack and saw a Tiki there!!!!
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BBS, please elaborate on the Meet Rack. My intel informs me this is an S&M themed dive bar.
Was TC hanging out there ?? Man, there's a lot of cool stuff in Tucson.
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bigtikidude
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Joined: Aug 10, 2004
Posts: 8263
From: Anaheim,Ca.
| Posted: 2010-04-13 10:33 pm Permalink
Great pics, thanks Doug and Poly Pop.
Jeff(btd)
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tobunga
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Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Posts: 896 | Posted: 2010-04-13 10:36 pm Permalink
Wow! What a great event! Or, at least I think it was... I found a bunch of pix on my camera that I only vaguely remember taking...
We started out our trip on Friday, stopping in Scottsdale to visit Drift Lounge...
... and then Trader Vic's.
The next morning, we headed out to Tucson, but stopped in at the Fry's Electronics, because it's so cool, and when are we going to be in Scottsdale again?
Snapped a couple of pix of Kon TIki before the crowd descended, as we roamed the restaurant in awe of its magnificence!
Then, got some pix of the evening's events... (this is the part that's as blurry in my mind as these next two pix...)
The relight sign pix...
And caught this shady character lurking about in a restricted area...
After it was all done, due to vending and other circumstances, I realized I spent probably less than 20 minutes inside the Kon Tiki the whole night...
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cheeky half
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Joined: Nov 22, 2002
Posts: 790
From: Tucson, AZ
| Posted: 2010-04-13 10:41 pm Permalink
Mark and I would like to thank everyone for coming out and making Relight the Night an amazing event! There was a lot of fire but everyone was really basking in the glow of the love.
We are truly grateful to the orchestration of the Tikiyakis, thee swank of the Bastards, the shrimps of the Chaperone, the flam of the Chen and the dis of the Illusionists.
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