Post #12966 by TikiMaxton on Wed, Nov 6, 2002 12:17 PM

On 2002-11-05 06:46, Scamboogah wrote:
I have no problem in anyone wanting to be a purist, in fact I commend it. That said, the idea of telling someone who has just gone out of their way to give me something that their gift sucks because they don't have the butt-licking fanboy anal-retentive attitude about it that I do is reprehensible.

Y'know - all this gets a lot easier when you opt for the "Trader" motif rather than a homogenous tiki look. I model Castaway Cove after bars like Tiki Ti, where the stuff that patrons (or aunts or dads or whover) contributes becomes part of the bar's mythology, NOT because it is or is not tiki, but because it's a sign of the bar taking on a life of its own. I always hoped that folks would bring cool stuff to my bar, and I haven't been disapointed. Sure, I have some African masks and a gaudily painted toucan from Malaysia, but to me it makes it MORE like a real (read authentic, like Tiki Ti) tiki bar than not...