Post #141060 by TikiTikiTavi on Mon, Feb 14, 2005 7:20 AM

My Tiki Bar is staying tiki and I have no plans to combine the two. I asked the question here because our guest wasn't totally satisfied with my answer that tiki is not caribbean so, I figured the forum would give me additional information that I could pass along.

I realize Tiki and Caribbean share similarities such as palm trees, tropical drinks and feelings of a warmer climate but other than that, I believe they are two separate, yet enjoyable, entities. I guess you could say it's like comparing soccer to football. Both have a ball, players, a field and the object is to get the ball to the other end of the field but they are two different cats for sure.

I am a big fan of the caribbean too so that's probably where the confusion began since our current location for the tiki bar is where we used to have the hot tub and a caribbean theme. We have not given up on the caribbean though... my next huge project (you know, the one you start and half-way through wish you hadn't) is to build a caribbean/pirate themed wine cellar in the basement. Stone walls, torch lighting, treasure chests... I know, I know, pirates didn't have wine cellars, they stole rum and buried it in the ground and.... :)