Waiter, My Papaya has been previously fondled

We went to visit out parents, and – Tiki Bar TV ‘s 4th birthday party!  In the afternoon we went to a LA tiki icon – the Tiki Ti!  we got a picture with the son of the original owner and another friend ( one of the tiki central tangaroa’s ) we met there.

That evening at the TIki Bar TV event , Barbara got a hold of La La and had her show up and snuggle with me for a picture, and we met Dr Tiki right by the entrance. Barb also got to cuddle up to “Drink Bot”. It was a very strange evening, but surprisingly fun. I made sure to thank the entire cast for their 4 years of effort producing a show that’s helped me relax and not take my self so seriously. ( BTW: LaLa was pressing her breast into me, and I have to say , she’s one of the warmest I’ve ever encountered :)  If only I was 30 years younger :) )

Here’s Barb and “Mr Ambassador” – before she realized who he was :)

Here’s barbara and “Drink Bot”:

Everybody loved the volcano :)

Some of the raffle items, a couple of barb’s mugs ("weepin' Maui onion" and "ulalena mega" mugs ), a gift certificate from the Hawaii store, and several ceramics pieces from local artists Pat Colyar, Robert Moreno, and Carol Goechel ( sp ? ) . 

Everybody loved the Dirtnapple recipe, and the kids present loved the sodas and pinball and video games. There was WAY too much food for everyone. We made a special soda for our neighbor friend Maddie – lemon lime soda, banana syrup, and cinnamon syrup. ( mostly because she asked, and because she’s always coming around and helping with the dogs – and she helped us do some of the stamping on the walls. )

We took in $380 in cash donations, and a carful of food which we’re going to take to the local QFC for the local food bank.

Barb and I are matching that $380 as well to Northwest Harvest, and Microsoft’s giving campaign will match our donation, so, Northwest Harvest will get a little under $1200. ( I would not ask Microsoft to match the full amount, since  it didn’t come from me. That just wouldn’t be appropriate. )

A successful night, i think.

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PiDay website

Barb has 2 pinball machines, one of which is “EarthShaker” . It starts up with “AJSTMENT FAILURE” which probably means something to do with the batteries.  I’ve replaced the batteries with no effect, and now I think I’ll have to replace the battery holder ( which is recommended as a good thing to do ).

After all this time, I’m doing electronics again.

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Volcano building.   next step , barbie virgin sacrifice!

I’d call these 3 guys the 3 stooges, but I don’t really want to offend them and risk injury to poor barbie there…

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This weekend I get to start doing the hitching wrapping and turk’s head knots. More photos then.

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I get to wrap one of the support beams in our new lounge with hitching secured by Turk’s heads.

I’ve done them before, but never this big – usually they’re about an inch to inch and a half around, this one gets to be about 8 inches in diameter.