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D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9083	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Sun, Jun 11, 2017 7:24 AM hang10tiki it is so good to have friends. Are those tikis going in your backyard? hang10tiki Oh No! I was hopeful Dan would never have a beard again. =========================== Woo Hoo under doctors orders to take it easy on my hand I told Dan it was time for a short trip to Santa Cruz. I grabbed a book off the shelf to read during the trip and surprise it was set in all the little coastal cities we were about to visit. I love coincidences. Dan wanted to wait until after our garbage was collected so we didn't leave until 7:30 am. Big mistake. Instead of taking 3 hours to get to Santa Cruz it took four and a half hours. Traffic was hardly moving on the 205 highway. Once there we went straight to the pier for lunch at Stagnaro's. Once fed it was time to go to thrift stores looking for treasure. At this one I found another mid-century cat and a small dish with a tiki on it. Dan now has this photo on four different size plates. Next it was onto Soquel where at Atilia's antique store Dan spotted this tiki. The best surprise is that it was plaster and only $10. Back to the pier to Olitas restaurant for dinner and this view. Dan's favorite food is Mexican. We saw some wild life on the pier. The next day we were off to Capitola. The shop across the street is where I bought my wedding dress 39 years ago. It's still the same shop. Around 15 years ago Dan bought some tiki masks from them. They were just decorations but they let them go. Here are the postcard perfect colorful rental homes on Capitola beach. Many years ago when we were young and foolish we watched tsunami waves hitting the Capitola pier destroying it. All the beach restaurants were flooded and we could look inside and see the chairs and tables floating. Now we know to run to higher ground. Since that time the pier has been re-built and for the first time there was a restaurant at the end so we walked out. This place was so cool. All the decorations were nautical. I kept taking photos as inspiration for paintings and mugs in the future. We decided to walk back to the car past beautiful flowers and the colorful rental homes. No one was out so we trespassed. They had been recently painted so they were at their best for photos. Next we left Capitola and drove to Felton. It was time to see Tiki King. He makes the best ukuleles in the world. This one has fur!!! So many special touches. Look at the top for the little tiki. Close up. Here is the man himself! The next morning we packed up and headed to our next destination Monterey. We went straight to the pier where in the parking lot I found this vehicle. I made a mug of this guy with the lantern for Bullet aka kingtiesdye. Look Bullet you could rent this van! Behind Dan you can see the pier we are headed too. We like to walk the pier while the shops are still closed and there are very few people. In the morning the bay is fogged but still beautiful. We left the pier and went for a walk on the other side and looked back. It was now late enough that we could again start to go to antique stores and thrift stores. This trip has been a bonanza of records and CD's for Dan. At a Goodwill outlet the CD's were 10 for a dollar. He picked out 34 and they said that will be $7. He said they are 10 cents each. They said only when you buy them in groups of 10. If not they are $1 each. So he picked out 6 more and got 40 for $4. Weird. After a full day of tiki hunting (no more tikis) we went to Fish Hopper's for dinner. They had volcano bowl drinks. We come here because of the view. We walked around the tourist town the next morning and found Zoltar. He spoke as we walked past and made us jump. So jumping ahead. When we got home and turned on the TV there he was again. Creepy coincidence! Dan is my good sport posing with his new friend. One last look at the bay before heading home. The fog was once again surrounding us. We drove home through Salinas and Gilroy. At a thrift store Dan found his best album. Exotic too. We had a wonderful time and now I'm ready to go back to work. Cheers, Wendy

hang10tiki it is so good to have friends. Are those tikis going in your backyard?

hang10tiki Oh No! I was hopeful Dan would never have a beard again.

===========================

Woo Hoo under doctors orders to take it easy on my hand I told Dan it was time for a short trip to Santa Cruz.
I grabbed a book off the shelf to read during the trip and surprise it was set in all the little coastal cities we were about to visit. I love coincidences.

Dan wanted to wait until after our garbage was collected so we didn't leave until 7:30 am. Big mistake. Instead of taking 3 hours to get to Santa Cruz it took four and a half hours. Traffic was hardly moving on the 205 highway.

Once there we went straight to the pier for lunch at Stagnaro's.

Once fed it was time to go to thrift stores looking for treasure.

At this one I found another mid-century cat and a small dish with a tiki on it. Dan now has this photo on four different size plates.

Next it was onto Soquel where at Atilia's antique store Dan spotted this tiki.

The best surprise is that it was plaster and only $10.

Back to the pier

to Olitas restaurant for dinner and this view.

Dan's favorite food is Mexican.

We saw some wild life on

the pier.

The next day we were off to Capitola. The shop across the street is where I bought my wedding dress 39 years ago. It's still the same shop. Around 15 years ago Dan bought some tiki masks from them. They were just decorations but they let them go.

Here are the postcard perfect colorful rental homes on Capitola beach.

Many years ago when we were young and foolish we watched tsunami waves hitting the Capitola pier destroying it. All the beach restaurants were flooded and we could look inside and see the chairs and tables floating. Now we know to run to higher ground.

Since that time the pier has been re-built and for the first time there was a restaurant at the end so we walked out.

This place was so cool. All the

decorations were nautical.

I kept taking photos as inspiration for

paintings and mugs in

the future.

We decided to walk back to the car past beautiful flowers and

the colorful rental homes. No one was out so we trespassed.

They had been recently painted so they were at their best for photos.

Next we left Capitola and drove to Felton. It was time to see Tiki King.

He makes the best ukuleles in the world. This one has fur!!!

So many special touches. Look at the top for the little tiki.

Close up.

Here is the man himself!

The next morning we packed up and headed to our next destination Monterey. We went straight to the pier where in the parking lot I found this vehicle. I made a mug of this guy with the lantern for Bullet aka kingtiesdye.

Look Bullet you could rent this van!

Behind Dan you can see the pier we are headed too.

We like to walk the pier while the shops are still closed and there are very few people.

In the morning the bay is fogged but

still beautiful.

We left the pier and went for a walk on the other side and looked back.

It was now late enough that we could again start to go to antique stores and thrift stores. This trip has been a bonanza of records and CD's for Dan. At a Goodwill outlet the CD's were 10 for a dollar. He picked out 34 and they said that will be $7. He said they are 10 cents each. They said only when you buy them in groups of 10. If not they are $1 each. So he picked out 6 more and got 40 for $4. Weird.

After a full day of tiki hunting (no more tikis) we went to Fish Hopper's for dinner. They had volcano bowl drinks.

We come here because of the view.

We walked around the tourist town the next morning and found Zoltar. He spoke as we walked past and made us jump.

So jumping ahead. When we got home and turned on the TV there he was again. Creepy coincidence!

Dan is my good sport posing with his new friend.

One last look at the bay before heading home.

The fog was once again surrounding us.

We drove home through Salinas and Gilroy. At a thrift store Dan found his best album.

Exotic too.

We had a wonderful time and now I'm ready to go back to work.

Cheers, Wendy

Post #776859 by danlovestikis on Sun, Jun 11, 2017 7:24 AM