Tiki Around Portland: August 2012 Edition

With Mayor Sam Adams declaring last summer, August Tiki Month in Portland, there's now been a whole lot of tiki going on. Not that there wasn't already a whole lot of tiki going on last August in Portland. It's just that this August there's been even more.

Tiki Month kicked off with the 10th year of Tiki Kon. It was a three day event with live music, vendors, symposiums, tropical drinks, the original home bar tour and so much more. Drew and I both went down to help out our friends putting on the event on Friday and Saturday. Of course, Saturday was a record breaking day in regards to the heat. Poor Drew was setting things up for the big event that night while I had my feet in the pool enjoying a Mai Tai. Mahalo Drew for all your hard work in that heat.

At Tiki Kon with an amazing flower in my hair from our garden
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Engagement Party 1 Year Ago

We can't believe it's already been one year since out engagement party. Especially since that means that our wedding is in less than 4 weeks now. WOW! Less than 4 weeks to go!

We thought it'd be fun to re-visit our engagement party and re-live that fun day filled with friends and family. Mom threw the engagement party for us at our house since most of the guests live closer to us. She thought it would be easier for all of them to attend. It was also closer for family driving down from Seattle.

Invitations to our engagement party were sent out and the day for the party finally arrived. Mom and Maid of Honor, Nicki, came up early to set everything up for the party. Mom even made a Paradise Delight cake with layers of guava, lilikoi and lime all topped with whip cream and guava glaze. Drew helped them set some things up while I was off being a proper bride-to-be getting my hair done all fancy.

I'll let some photos from the party tell you the rest of the story.

Mom putting the finishing touches on the cake.