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

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Feb 16, 2005 5:13 PM On 2005-02-16 11:00, Trader Woody wrote: Sabu's great photos show how much a 'classic' Tiki bar actually derives much of it's decor from well beyond the South Seas. True true...what I always wanted to know is WHO came up with those damn' green Chinese tiles Trader Vic's always used for room dividers? They spread into several other classic Tiki lounges. Why, warum and weshalb? An intriguing Far Eastern mystery! 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. That's right, let dem purists sulk in their richly-textured-with-rare-carvings environs, while we express ourselves in our "tropical whatever" party pad! :wink:

On 2005-02-16 11:00, Trader Woody wrote:
Sabu's great photos show how much a 'classic' Tiki bar actually derives much of it's decor from well beyond the South Seas.

True true...what I always wanted to know is WHO came up with those damn' green Chinese tiles Trader Vic's always used for room dividers? They spread into several other classic Tiki lounges. Why, warum and weshalb? An intriguing Far Eastern mystery!

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.

That's right, let dem purists sulk in their richly-textured-with-rare-carvings environs, while we express ourselves in our "tropical whatever" party pad! :wink:

Post #141651 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Feb 16, 2005 5:13 PM