Post #151207 by mexatiki on Tue, Apr 5, 2005 4:48 PM

WOW....ok let me set the record straight for everyone. My name is Art Cruz....some 11 years ago my then girlfriend Susan "Cruz" Nobleza (Cruz being her mothers maiden name) and I started a store called CRUZ...which became Aloha-cruz.com....TOGETHER we started and founded DA SHOW...Yes we where on the very high end level....that relationship ended 2 1/2 years ago....I floundered for a bit and I am now married to my wife Maria and we are expecting our first child in August...no doubt in my mind my soon to be born son will be a tiki lover...I plan on putting him in some tini tiki clothes from http://www.beachdudeinc.com (shameless plug I know but KC is a good friend).
7 months ago I started working with Surfing Cowboys....they started off doing lots of vintage suurf skate and hawaiiana...almost a small CRUZ Hermosa Beach...they have now eveolved into an excellent source for mid-century furniture....they still have a little surf skate but much more furniture....I know this is long but stick with me folks....When my ex and I still had the store in Hermosa Beach I had met a consigner named Kathy Urso....YES back in those days I was rather tought to deal with...well it was that "tought to deal with: attitude that made Kathy think I might be a good person to start a biz with...so about 6 weeks ago we struck a deal and found a spot on Abbot Kinney...
I am happy to say that Cruz Vintage is born and my goal is to have a place where people can come and enjoy tiki....I am working on building all areas of what I dealt in before plus the furniture....I am very easy to deal with and frankly my new goal it to help people build their collections...the tiki garden is growing and is being recieved very well by all who have graced it. Please come in and visit...I am more than easy to deal with as my life has become very simple...I hope this clears up some of the confusion....
I know that people sometimes process things in the ways they need to....that is why you will not find me in any of the history for aloha-cruz.com. http://www.cruzretail.com / cruzvintage.com are now where my heart is...so come on in and check it out.