Tiki and Caribbean. Can they be mixed? - General Tiki

TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Wed, Feb 16, 2005 11:00 AM On 2005-02-14 07:20, TikiTikiTavi wrote: 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. But soccer IS football! (At least from where I'm sitting). Which brings me neatly to the point that everyone's Tiki bar is a culmanation of what they has caught their eye over the years. A 100% purely Tiki (Polynesian) bar would look odd. You couldn't really have glass floats or other beachcombing finds as they can be picked up around the globe. Sabu's great photos show how much a 'classic' Tiki bar actually derives much of it's decor from well beyond the South Seas. Your Tiki bar should be an extension of yourself, so if that includes parrots and reggae, so be it. It's better to have a bar that you love than one that's constructed to please the purists. Trader Woody

On 2005-02-14 07:20, TikiTikiTavi wrote:
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.

But soccer IS football! (At least from where I'm sitting). Which brings me neatly to the point that everyone's Tiki bar is a culmanation of what they has caught their eye over the years.

A 100% purely Tiki (Polynesian) bar would look odd. You couldn't really have glass floats or other beachcombing finds as they can be picked up around the globe. Sabu's great photos show how much a 'classic' Tiki bar actually derives much of it's decor from well beyond the South Seas.

Your Tiki bar should be an extension of yourself, so if that includes parrots and reggae, so be it. It's better to have a bar that you love than one that's constructed to please the purists.

Trader Woody

Post #141551 by Trader Woody on Wed, Feb 16, 2005 11:00 AM