Post #12087 by ikitnrev on Sun, Oct 27, 2002 9:32 PM

There is a website I found a few years ago, titled Avocado Memories, where a man named Wes Clark takes a fond look at some of the photographs from his family album - mostly of his 'parent's failures with interior decorating' while growing up in the Los Angeles areaduring the 1960's.

Of particular interest to this list is that Wes's father was very much into the tiki/Hawianna spirit, enjoyed Martin Denny, and tried to turn his backyard into a tropical paradise. He only partially suceeded - and it is a bit fascinating to see the slow backyard decay over the years - all documented with family photos.

The following link will take you the the first of the backyard photos .... click through the series .... about 8 photos later you will see some very interesting back wall paintings of tiki gods, circa 1961, in the L.A. Silverlake region.

http://www.wesclark.com/am/am_15.html

There is also a page about a backyard tiki hut that Wes's father built in the early 60's.

http://www.wesclark.com/am/tiki_hut.html

Interestingly enough, I later discovered that Wes Clark now lives only a few miles from my current home. I've met him, and plan on inviting him over to see my own current tiki room.

Vern