Official Introductions Thread. New Members, Post your introduction here... - General Tiki

M Maui_Matt Member Joined: Nov 16, 2002 Posts: 47	M Maui_Matt Posted posted on Sat, Nov 16, 2002 1:23 AM Thought I would just say hello and introduce myself. I live in Northridge, CA and I frequent a few of the tiki places in LA. Mainly Bahooka and the Tonga Hut in North Hollyweird(Yeah I know the place is a dive, but there is something special about it. Maybe it's the 80 year old grandmas getting tanked up?). I have a somewhat modest collection of tiki paraphernalia. My great uncle(Mom's uncle) worked for Steve Crane during the 50's and 60's as an artist, so when he died my family got a box from him. I called it the "Hawaiian pottery shit" box when I was younger. Little did I realize til later on that it was filled with all sorts of Steve Crane bowls and mugs that my great-uncle worked on. A few of the pieces are prototypes of the mugs that were used in the restaurants. My uncle also worked on several hotels in Hawaii in the 60s and did the big tiki restaurant in Montreal(Can't remember the name). Other than that I collect whatever I can find for cheap. One of my other cool pieces is a giant trashcan from the Polynesian Village in Disney World. It is one of the cans that sits around the hotel. There is the hotel's tiki logo on both sides, with the words "WASTE PLEASE Mahalo" This is a really cool piece too. I just wish I could get a bar going. Aloha

Thought I would just say hello and introduce myself. I live in Northridge, CA and I frequent a few of the tiki places in LA. Mainly Bahooka and the Tonga Hut in North Hollyweird(Yeah I know the place is a dive, but there is something special about it. Maybe it's the 80 year old grandmas getting tanked up?).

I have a somewhat modest collection of tiki paraphernalia. My great uncle(Mom's uncle) worked for Steve Crane during the 50's and 60's as an artist, so when he died my family got a box from him. I called it the "Hawaiian pottery shit" box when I was younger. Little did I realize til later on that it was filled with all sorts of Steve Crane bowls and mugs that my great-uncle worked on. A few of the pieces are prototypes of the mugs that were used in the restaurants. My uncle also worked on several hotels in Hawaii in the 60s and did the big tiki restaurant in Montreal(Can't remember the name).

Other than that I collect whatever I can find for cheap. One of my other cool pieces is a giant trashcan from the Polynesian Village in Disney World. It is one of the cans that sits around the hotel. There is the hotel's tiki logo on both sides, with the words "WASTE PLEASE Mahalo" This is a really cool piece too. I just wish I could get a bar going.

Aloha

Post #13933 by Maui_Matt on Sat, Nov 16, 2002 1:23 AM