Post #173297 by Kona Chris on Wed, Jul 20, 2005 2:00 AM

Hello all!

I'm yet another new member, and new to the idea of thinking about "tiki" as anything other than my knowledge of the Kon Tiki here in Tucson, which is someplace that I've always enjoyed going to, but had never really given it the thought it deserved.

My current interest was sparked one night while I was bored at work, and I was surfing the web, looking for interesting things to do on an upcoming trip to LA. I was looking for a specific, and very stylized 50's coffee shop (which I later found out as a prime example of the Googie style) and happened to stumble from site to site, till I found Tiki Central. I'd always known about Tiki, but hadn't ever consciously thought about Tiki.

Since I was going to LA, I was looking for various places I could visit, and things I could see. Two places that caught my eye were the Tiki Ti and Oceanic Arts. I'll add another post regarding my visits to both those places, with pictures.

I also went to Disneyland, for the first time since 1983, and what I wanted to see most there was the Enchanted Tiki Room, after reading all about the remodel here on Tiki Central. It was tons of fun, and my girlfriend and I enjoyed our Dole Whip Floats as well. I wanted to pick up a Pele mug, but unfortunately they were out of them. I instead picked up one of the 11x14 "Waking Jose" Shag prints that they were selling.

For me, so far, Tiki has been all about something fun and interesting, but it has touched something inside of me that had been dormant.

I want to thank all of you for being here, keeping the torches burning for those who have only just or are yet to discover the spirit of Tiki. I'm happy to be able to find a place to share my own Tiki journey.

As for my screen name, I chose it to reflect one of my other passions, which is coffee. Not necessarily Kona coffee, but I figured it would work :) http://www.coffeegeek.com is one of my other main hangouts online.

Chris

[ Edited by: Kona Chris 2005-07-20 02:18 ]