Post #256752 by Humuhumu on Mon, Sep 25, 2006 1:29 PM

Man, what a wonderful day! The weather was perfect, and sellers & buyers alike were beaming with a very successful day. I ran the booth of Forbidden Island decor leftovers (the FI gang had a lot of guests to take care of), and by the end of the day, pretty much all that was left were a couple of fake plants and some cleats (wannabuya cleat?). Being behind the booth, I didn't get to chat with people for very long, but I got to give some smiles and waves across the parking lot to plenty of folks, which was nice. Connecting someone with something they're excited to get, at a great price, is always fun.

Since I was busy working, my pictures are of the calm before the storm, when we were getting set up, and then a handful of pictures at the end of the day when it was wrapping up. You can see them all here:

http://photo.humuhumu.com/v/fiparkinglot/

:down: Nacho's amazing tiki bar, which was just as cool inside as out:

:down: The Forbidden Island booth:

:down: Mugs for sale at Martiki's booth (run by the lovely Dr. Boo Loo):

:down: Dr. Tiki Mojo's Tiki Hunters booth, his lovely wife Eva pictured:


:up: Jungle Trader is on the right

:down: Jungle Trader, Suzanne, Chongolio (that's a person!?), Haoleakamai, Marie & Jon-Paul:

:down: A booth shared by FI waitress Melissa (who owns Alameda's Retro Diva Pinup) and Beckie (who owns Icon Vintage in Berkeley), it's been a long time since I've seen a vintage clothes booth this big, it was killing me to have to look at it from across the lot! At the end of the day, they pulled out some super-small stuff for me to try, and I got a great new dress:

:down: Otto's Tiki News booth, with Tiki Art Now books, and Crazy Al:

:down: Jungle Trader, Polynesiac & Chongolio man their booths:

:down: A happy customer at the end of the day: the bar ran out of glasses at one point, so this fellow bought this glass from Martiki's booth to fill up at the bar:

:down: I was too busy to shop, so Hanford had to do it for us... we loved this lamp at Martiki's table, so we bought it, even though we don't have a table to put it on. Presto, once the dust cleared from the inital rush, I spotted a half-pretzel rattan end table that matches my living room set! Score!

Congratulations on such a massively successful event to the whole Forbidden Island gang!

Critiki - Ooga-Mooga - Humu Kon Tiki

[ Edited by: Humuhumu 2006-09-25 13:30 ]