Tiki Ti and Trader Vic Beverly Hills - General Tiki

K kick_the_reverb Tiki Socialite Escondido, CA Joined: Jul 17, 2002 Posts: 581	K kick_the_reverb Posted posted on Fri, Feb 7, 2003 10:43 AM Wow, we really Hijacked this thread...sorry Al. How did I find out about Tiki? (warning -long story that has no connection to this thread) Well, let's put aside Easter Island stuff, Kon Tiki and everything similar (because I assume you meant Poly-Pop, and not real polyneasian history). Let's also put aside Disney's Tiki Room - because when I was 13 and went to Disney World i did not go to the Tiki room, although the images of the different "idols" scatterd around adventure land kinda stuck in my head (and were added to the old Disneyland viewmaster pics I had when I was 5). So, I guess it really began with surf music (and how did I get to that? well- that's a story for another bulletin board :wink: ) - It must have started with a Bomboras CD I got, Shag and Mark ryden art and maybe some other CD's that I had. I had ordered some albums from the States and in the package there were extra promo posters - Christmas on Big Island (Blue Hawaiians) and Suburban Savage (Tiki Tones). I really liked the images, but I did not know anything about Tiki Bars, Tiki mugs, etc. When my wife (then girlfriend) was moving to Israel she brought me some Glow in the Dark Tiki wall stickers and some Glasses from "the Tiki bar" in San Diego. We decided that in the future we'll "Tikify" our place. One day I found a copy of Tiki News at Tower Records and I bought it, this led us to start looking for Tiki stuff on the net. We stumbled upon James' tiki bar review page (and learned a whole bunch of stuff there), and then (I think through Cowabunga mailing list) found out about Sven's Book, ordered it and read it from cover to cover. More Shag art helped fuel the fire, and we decided that when we go to the States to get married we'll carry out a Tiki quest. Before our trip we had a rooftop gig/birthday party for me, that we wanted to be Tiki style...so I built the 8 foot Moai as a prop to the party, we bought a whole bunch of cane and bamboo stuff, etc. We tried making drinks but we did not have Berry's books, nor the right indgredients, so the results were bad. When we went to the States (Got married in Vegas in an Elvis/Blue Hawaii ceremony)we carried out our "Tiki Quest" (which included $300 of stuff bought at Oceanic Arts) we got to visit several Tiki landmarks (Taboo Cove, the stripped down joint at the Luxor, Caliente Tropics,Emeryville TV, Tiki Ti,Mai Kai). BTW - I learned about this place from Aquarj who really helped me during our trip - he was like an encyclopedia of knowledege about where to go and what to do. He was on Cowabunga mailing list and told me about this place. So - that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Thanks for asking - I had to figure it out as I worte it, and I also had to ask my wife if she knows... Hope it wasn't too long. Time to pick up the Galil again, Ran From the Land of the $27 Myers's [ Edited by: kick_the-reverb on 2003-02-07 10:45 ] [ Edited by: kick_the-reverb on 2003-02-07 11:46 ]

Wow, we really Hijacked this thread...sorry Al.
How did I find out about Tiki? (warning -long story that has no connection to this thread)
Well, let's put aside Easter Island stuff, Kon Tiki and everything similar (because I assume you meant Poly-Pop, and not real polyneasian history). Let's also put aside Disney's Tiki Room - because when I was 13 and went to Disney World i did not go to the Tiki room, although the images of the different "idols" scatterd around adventure land kinda stuck in my head (and were added to the old Disneyland viewmaster pics I had when I was 5).
So, I guess it really began with surf music (and how did I get to that? well- that's a story for another bulletin board :wink: ) - It must have started with a Bomboras CD I got, Shag and Mark ryden art and maybe some other CD's that I had. I had ordered some albums from the States and in the package there were extra promo posters - Christmas on Big Island (Blue Hawaiians) and Suburban Savage (Tiki Tones). I really liked the images, but I did not know anything about Tiki Bars, Tiki mugs, etc. When my wife (then girlfriend) was moving to Israel she brought me some Glow in the Dark Tiki wall stickers and some Glasses from "the Tiki bar" in San Diego. We decided that in the future we'll "Tikify" our place. One day I found a copy of Tiki News at Tower Records and I bought it, this led us to start looking for Tiki stuff on the net. We stumbled upon James' tiki bar review page (and learned a whole bunch of stuff there), and then (I think through Cowabunga mailing list) found out about Sven's Book, ordered it and read it from cover to cover. More Shag art helped fuel the fire, and we decided that when we go to the States to get married we'll carry out a Tiki quest. Before our trip we had a rooftop gig/birthday party for me, that we wanted to be Tiki style...so I built the 8 foot Moai as a prop to the party, we bought a whole bunch of cane and bamboo stuff, etc.
We tried making drinks but we did not have Berry's books, nor the right indgredients, so the results were bad.
When we went to the States (Got married in Vegas in an Elvis/Blue Hawaii ceremony)we carried out our "Tiki Quest" (which included $300 of stuff bought at Oceanic Arts) we got to visit several Tiki landmarks (Taboo Cove, the stripped down joint at the Luxor, Caliente Tropics,Emeryville TV, Tiki Ti,Mai Kai).
BTW - I learned about this place from Aquarj who really helped me during our trip - he was like an encyclopedia of knowledege about where to go and what to do. He was on Cowabunga mailing list and told me about this place.

So - that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Thanks for asking - I had to figure it out as I worte it, and I also had to ask my wife if she knows...
Hope it wasn't too long.

Time to pick up the Galil again,
Ran

From the Land of the $27 Myers's

[ Edited by: kick_the-reverb on 2003-02-07 10:45 ]

[ Edited by: kick_the-reverb on 2003-02-07 11:46 ]

Post #22290 by kick_the_reverb on Fri, Feb 7, 2003 10:43 AM