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Exotica 2003 in Chicago: Who's coming? |
kongtiki
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Joined: Apr 26, 2002
Posts: 68
From: Chicago
|  Posted: 2003-05-02 09:24 am Permalink
Well hey there Dawn! Check out the newly launched http://www.konakai.com/exotica site for all of the information on events, vendors, artists and more that will be a part of Exotica 2003. And then look for big updates comingin early June and July as well....
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Dawn32
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Joined: May 02, 2003
Posts: 127
From: Hala Kahiki, Illinois
| Posted: 2003-05-02 09:37 am Permalink
Thanks for the link! I would like to maybe host something at my place before the Hala Kahiki event since I'm right in melrose Park (10 minutes away) and I've got a decent deck and nice size place. That way I can get some advise on my place too! let me know what you guys think.
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jtmpls
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Joined: May 02, 2003
Posts: 1 | Posted: 2003-05-02 09:55 am Permalink
I'll be there!! Possibly 2 of us if Mr. Grad student can go the weekend before school starts up.
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thejab
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2984
From: Forbidden Island, CA
| Posted: 2003-05-02 12:21 pm Permalink
Just checked out the updated web site and I'm real excited now! Getting to visit the Kona Kai is going to be a real treat. And I like the variety of events that are planned. Robin and I already booked our flight. We are going into Midway via Southwest on the 15th. and returning on the 25th. So we'll have plenty of time to check out all the museums and architecture before the events.
Lisa, that road trip from here sounds like fun but I can't take off much more than a week and that wouldn't leave much time to spend in Chicago.
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AmazonAnne
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Joined: Mar 10, 2003
Posts: 4
From: Chicago
| Posted: 2003-05-02 1:15 pm Permalink
Well we'll sure be at the events,Me & my husband Stefan, we live right by Chef Shangrila!!
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tikibars
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Joined: Apr 11, 2002
Posts: 2014
From: Aku Hall, Chicago
| Posted: 2003-05-03 12:15 am Permalink
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On 2003-05-02 02:24, tikivixen wrote:
Anyway, I was born in Illinois. I owe the darned state a visit at least once in my life. And although budgetary restrictions may result in my sleeping in a cardboard box under someone's hedge, still...
Wonder if anyone's planning on driving from California? Hmmm? Do I hear a road trip, I'm hoping???
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I have an extra cardboard box you can rent.
Don't worry about sleeping in it; half the population of this city calls the ol' fridge-box their home. That, or sleeping on the 'L'.
As for the road trip - well, you know I'm gonna advocate that!
Having just made the drive from Vallejo to Chicago this week... I recommend wearing your seatbelt in Iowa (I wasn't speeding, but the no-seatbelt ticket cost me $50!), and thrifting in Nebraska.
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cynfulcynner
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1800
From: Ocean Beach, San Francisco
| Posted: 2003-05-04 9:54 pm Permalink
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On 2003-05-02 02:24, tikivixen wrote:
Wonder if anyone's planning on driving from California? Hmmm? Do I hear a road trip, I'm hoping???
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Ever since James showed us the pictures from his book tour, I've decided that the Grinning Miata, a co-driver and I need to travel Route 66 together....
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mattfink
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Joined: May 05, 2003
Posts: 579
From: Detroit
| Posted: 2003-05-05 11:09 am Permalink
Matt from Detroit/www.planetrockabilly.com checking in here. I will be bringing my wife and myself. I know that quite a few other people from Detroit plan on going as well.
Aloha!!!
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tikivixen
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Joined: Aug 28, 2002
Posts: 724
From: Vallejo CA
| Posted: 2003-05-05 7:29 pm Permalink
tikibars wroteQuote:
| I have an extra cardboard box you can rent.
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Really? That would be divine. Are your rates reasonable? 
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| Don't worry about sleeping in it; half the population of this city calls
the ol' fridge-box their home. That, or sleeping on the 'L'. |
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I take it there's a homeless population in Chicago. I thought they'd all moved
out here!
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| As for the road trip - well, you know I'm gonna advocate that!
Having just made the drive from Vallejo to Chicago this week... I
recommend wearing your seatbelt in Iowa (I wasn't speeding, but the
no-seatbelt ticket cost me $50!), and thrifting in Nebraska. |
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You weren't wearing your seatbelt?! Tsk Tsk. We all know how villainous
trees love to leap out in front of unwary drivers.
It does sound like some of us will indeed be road-tripping, time/money issues permitting. YES--I cannot resist the siren song of Omaha thrift. Not to mention, all those decaying roadside attractions and wistful old motels...
--tikivixen
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tiki junkman
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Joined: Mar 25, 2003
Posts: 148
From: Kava Lava Lounge, Aurora, IL
| Posted: 2003-05-06 12:02 am Permalink
count me in...
finally a tiki event that i don't have to buy a plane ticket for. all my money right now is getting me down to the huki in june. can't wait for that one but the exotica 2003 looks like its going to be a hoot!
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cynfulcynner
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1800
From: Ocean Beach, San Francisco
| Posted: 2003-05-13 1:59 pm Permalink
It looks like Tikivixen, and I will be road trippin' it from San Francisco to Exotica. Does anybody want to caravan with us?
(mmmmm.....Carhenge)
--cindy
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thejab
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2984
From: Forbidden Island, CA
| Posted: 2003-05-13 2:23 pm Permalink
Robin and I will be flying to Chicago for the event and driving back on a 2 week road trip! That way we can carry all our thrift store loot home with us. Yeehaw!
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Dawn32
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Joined: May 02, 2003
Posts: 127
From: Hala Kahiki, Illinois
| Posted: 2003-05-14 05:49 am Permalink
I'm not new at collecting tiki and other barware stuff but will be new to attending Exotica. Please be nice and say 'hi' if you see a female by herself at these events. My friends don't have the same interest in this stuff as I do, so it looks like I'll be going solo.
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Dawn32
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Joined: May 02, 2003
Posts: 127
From: Hala Kahiki, Illinois
| Posted: 2003-05-22 08:25 am Permalink
I was wondering if there is gonna be someway of knowing when new information is posted about Exotica 2003 without just going to the site all the time. Will there be an email sent out to those who said they are going?
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Parrothead Mike
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Joined: May 21, 2003
Posts: 10
From: Gastonia, NC
| Posted: 2003-05-22 5:22 pm Permalink
I'll be in Chi-Town from Thursday thru Saturday of that week anyway, so I'll definitely be there.
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