Here is some more of the Real Darb (AKA The Pineappleman) Tiki Oasis Adventures for 2015. In Part 2 some day time fun. At Tiki Oasis Some people like to wait in lines for things in matching outfits.
Daytime fun includes music by the Pool
Some people like Shrunken Heads
Some like their heads much Bigger
Cool Cars --but more on that in Darb's continuing Tales
A lot of Photos are taken
Tikis
Watching the crowds grow as the night nears
The Balconies start filling up
The crowd has made their way from the day time fun
I’m sure you are saying to yourself –What the hell is he
talking about. Let me quote Steve Martin's The Jerk " I know we've only know each other for four weeks and three days, but to me is seems like nine weeks and five days"
If you get there on Thursday night (which we have never
done) and stay through Sunday night Tiki Oasis is actually 4
days, but Tiki Oasis goes beyond the event itself.
Let me explain.
Before Tiki Oasis even starts there is the Pre Tiki Oasis buzz.The anticipation kicks into full gear as you
watch people posting online in preparation.Looking at pictures and videos from previous years.You start to plan what drinks, clothes, mugs and room decorations you are going to bring.
The excitement builds as Room Crawl posters appear online driving you into a Tiki Frenzy at the thought of the bands you want to see after the main stage shuts down for the night. The second I saw this poster for The Hula Girls and The Jimmy Psycho Experiment --my plans for the start of each night were set
Tiki Oasis is like 2 weeks of
total Tiki overload. Those days at work
the week of the event are like torture. You sit at your desk wondering why you don’t have a Mai Tai in your
hand.You can’t wait to pack your Tiki mugs and
gear.
For many people the journey to Tiki Oasis is a part of
the experience.Depending on where you
are traveling from it may involve a stop in Vegas, or a Tiki Bar or maybe just
your favorite traditional restaurant (our tradition is Norte Mexican Restaurant
in Carlsbad by the beach).
Then there are the actual days at Tiki Oasis itself –What
is a blast! - It Looks like the Aliens have landed
Costume Contests
The Bands on the main Stage
The Bands in the room Crawls
Shopping
Then the sadness when you have to leave to head
back home to the really world.
But Tiki Oasis however doesn’t end there. After
Tiki Oasis –you still have Tiki Oasis on the brain for days afterwards as the flood
of Tiki Oasis pictures and videos hit the Internet.You soak it in.You want to forget about work to see what has
been posted online. You start watching You Tube videos to relive the show. Like this clip of the Outta Sites which we only saw from our balcony which was behind the stage.
I'll probably spend a good amount of time today... Catching things on videos today...Still can't let this years Tiki Oasis end yet. You start getting excited about planning for
next year. I call this the Tiki Oasis
Hangover and for me it lasts at least a week until –my mind slowly drifts to
other non-Tiki things. The thought
that Tiki Oasis is now a year away is too difficult to deal with.You start planning a trip to Trader Sam’s or
Don the Beachcombers to get a little taste of Tiki. You start dreaming of visiting that new
Tiki Bar in Vegas that you have a Golden ticket for( we will be heading there in Dec.).
So Tiki Oasis is more than just the weekend itself…….It
is kind of a state of mind that lasts both before and well beyond the event
itself. Tiki Oasis doesn't really end until the last picture is posted. To Follow my Tiki/Retro Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Pineappleman/129377657136907
The Pineappleman here....Beaming down to Tiki Oasis 2015
I’ve already posted about my Clone Darb’s journey at Tiki Oasis. He had quite an Adventuregetting his photo with Tiki Legendslike Big Toe and Tiki Diablo.Taking pictures with the Penguin and Tiki Head guy.
He got to hang out with a great group of people at the room crawls and the car show.All of his additional photos can be found on my Pineappleman facebook page below.
The reason I created Darb was to experience more of Tiki Oasis then ever…..I would say mission accomplished.Here are some of my pictures-which I’ll break up over a couple of blogs.
This batch is all from my cracked I-phone so the quality isn't the best on some pictures. (I’ll get to the camera pictures after I can get them downloaded onto the computer.)
Our traditional Friday arrival always kicks off with the Sip and Shop Rum Tastings.
Shopping and Drinking
"Just like in the Magazine" Navin R. Johnson
Lethal they don't call it Deadhead for no reason.
Painkiller indeed
Don't forget to tip the Bartenders --The Rum is Free. Here is Grey Ghost Rum.
Rum Tasting and Shopping are a dangerous combo
Up next Part 2 ... Shopping, Bands, Room Crawls and more fun
