Why is the tiki life important to you? - General Tiki

T Tiki-Toa Member Somewhere on Planet Tiki Joined: May 30, 2004 Posts: 1012	T Tiki-Toa Posted posted on Thu, Sep 9, 2004 9:14 PM On 2004-09-09 21:02, Humuhumu wrote: ....I'll just say that when I walk into a good tiki bar, especially a good home tiki bar, though I get the same feeling from a good Trader Vic's or Tiki-Ti, it feels like a no-contact massage. I don't understand it entirely, but that environment--with its dim lighting, clutter, and a vague air of mystery--completely relaxes me even if I'm not drinking. It's nutty. It feels like home to me more than any other environment I've ever encountered. It's like one big, grassy, musty, dusty womb. WOW!.....that is by far one of the coolest and most definitive statements of tiki I think I have ever heard.

On 2004-09-09 21:02, Humuhumu wrote:
....I'll just say that when I walk into a good tiki bar, especially a good home tiki bar, though I get the same feeling from a good Trader Vic's or Tiki-Ti, it feels like a no-contact massage. I don't understand it entirely, but that environment--with its dim lighting, clutter, and a vague air of mystery--completely relaxes me even if I'm not drinking. It's nutty. It feels like home to me more than any other environment I've ever encountered. It's like one big, grassy, musty, dusty womb.

WOW!.....that is by far one of the coolest and most definitive statements of tiki I think I have ever heard.

Post #113478 by Tiki-Toa on Thu, Sep 9, 2004 9:14 PM