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TIKI TI 50th Anniversary! - Photos and Fun |
Rawim
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Aug 04, 2010
Posts: 109
From: Palmdale, CA
|  Posted: 2011-04-29 08:20 am Permalink
I had a great time there yesterday even if it was only for an hour.
Highlight might have been Jeff Berry cutting in line in front of me so he could get to the "VIP" section.
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hulahoney
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Nov 01, 2004
Posts: 16
From: The Isle of Hula, CA
| Posted: 2011-04-29 08:59 am Permalink
Last night was an absolute blast!
Thank you to the Buhen family for their hospitality, for all the regulars who worked hard last night, for all the patrons over the years... the Tiki Ti is something really special and I'm glad I can say I was there to celebrate the 50th anniversary!
From my phone...
I was excited to see familiar faces in line!
King Kukulele
Some of my loot!
And some snaps from my camera
The man who started it all 
Me with Holden, Crazy Al, and Anders
Still a solid line
Mahalo to everyone at the Ti last night That was one for the record books!
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Coco Joe
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 27, 2008
Posts: 721
From: Los Angeles
| Posted: 2011-04-29 09:14 am Permalink
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Joe Banks
Grand Member (4 years) 
Joined: Aug 02, 2007
Posts: 518
From: Hollywoodland
| Posted: 2011-04-29 09:40 am Permalink
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sneakyjack
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 25, 2004
Posts: 988
From: NYC Area
| Posted: 2011-04-29 10:31 am Permalink
looks fun a s always..
I gots to get me one them Tiki Tis license plate frames from my tiki themed VW bus- How do you do it?
Anyone? I'm hoping I can get one through the tiki-ti site time will tell.
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congawa
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 11, 2008
Posts: 340
From: Long Beach, CA
| Posted: 2011-04-29 10:37 am Permalink
Looks like fun...sorry to have missed the anniversary celebration. Due to work load and a previous obligation, I couldn't get there until about 7:45pm, and after being in the line that didn't move for 30 min., and operating on 3 hours sleep with work again today, I headed home.
Today is the first day I might have a chance to be there around 5 or 6, but I'm sure I'm a day late and a dollar short. Is anybody from TC going to be there tonight, around 4-7, or later? I know the mugs are gone, at this point I'm just hoping for a sizzle stick.
Caltiki Brent
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Tonga Tom
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Sep 24, 2009
Posts: 1035
From: 2 mi. south of the Hut
| Posted: 2011-04-29 11:13 am Permalink
Great photos hulahoney, thank you!
Congawa, they should have 50 mugs per day unless they decided to blow them all out yesterday.
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Doctor Z
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Joined: Aug 01, 2002
Posts: 1603
From: The Hale Moana Lounge, Torrance, CA
| Posted: 2011-04-29 11:19 am Permalink
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On 2011-04-29 11:13, Tonga Tom wrote:
Great photos hulahoney, thank you!
Congawa, they should have 50 mugs per day unless they decided to blow them all out yesterday.
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Yes, great pix Hulahoney!!
Quote from Tiki Ti on FB last night: "Tiki Ti is simultaneously happy that tonight's crowd bought the remaining supply of mugs, and sad that we will have to wait for three weeks for more. Seriously."
Looks like you're gonna hafta wait a spell...
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10562
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2011-04-29 11:52 am Permalink
Yeah, they decided to blow them all out last night instead of waiting...I can tell, my signing hand hurts! Wow what a blast! EVERYONE was there last night - at one point, once they made it in!
After being there the second day from 4:00 pm on, I hit a wall around 9:00 pm. Enjoying so much accolades and good company, and lots of vessels full of frothy goodness...
...things began to look a little fuzzy...
..even though I was being held up by such upstanding Tiki Ti citizens as Beachbum Berry and Martin Cate!:
(..with back up by Sabu)
But it sure was satisfying to sit with Jeff Berry under our name tag dated 10 years ago, and muse about how we never would have guessed that his research here would inspire a new wave of mixologists all over the world, and that I would drink out of a Tiki Ti logo mug I designed!
Thank you Tiki Ti for being there!
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hulahoney
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Nov 01, 2004
Posts: 16
From: The Isle of Hula, CA
| Posted: 2011-04-29 12:50 pm Permalink
I have all the videos from my camera posted on Youtube...
Check them out at Tiki Ti 50th Anniversary
Enjoy!
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TIKIWAGON
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Sep 09, 2002
Posts: 282
From: England
| Posted: 2011-04-29 1:15 pm Permalink
Looks like great fun and we arent jealous at all!,Cant wait to come over again for a california tiki vacation later in the year
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Tonga Tom
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Sep 24, 2009
Posts: 1035
From: 2 mi. south of the Hut
| Posted: 2011-04-29 4:42 pm Permalink
On 2011-04-29 11:19, Doctor Z wrote:
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Quote from Tiki Ti on FB last night: "Tiki Ti is simultaneously happy that tonight's crowd bought the remaining supply of mugs, and sad that we will have to wait for three weeks for more. Seriously."
Looks like you're gonna hafta wait a spell...
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WOW! I'm so glad I made it on Wednesday, but it ooks like last night was a total blast!
That's $7,000 worth of mugs in two days!!!
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10562
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2011-04-29 4:56 pm Permalink
Thank You for the shout-out, Mr. Nichols!:
http://www.lamag.com/askchrisblog/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10232136
Here is one occasion where a flash actually yielded better results than non-flash photography, the photo that Cass took of Adrian (Polynesian Pop) posing with the "V.I.P." corner gang!:
Would you look at those shirt colors! If that photo doesn't spell "Happiness is being at the Tiki Ti" I don't know what does!
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Chippy
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 24, 2010
Posts: 222
From: Sunny Southern California
| Posted: 2011-04-29 7:29 pm Permalink
It truely was a great event yesterday.
I even had fun waiting in line, chatting it up with everyone.
I just wish TikiSkaBro and I could have hung out a little longer.
Thanks for sharing all the great photos.
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TwoChordTom
Tiki Centralite
Joined: May 07, 2011
Posts: 12
From: Behind The Orange Curtain - California
| Posted: 2011-05-07 12:36 pm Permalink
Here are three photos from April 28th. What a great time. More mugs should be "incoming" next week.
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