Post #241507 by Swanky on Fri, Jul 7, 2006 7:01 AM

On the 29th, my tiki underground gets exposed. I've been to a few luaus at friend's houses, but no one has been to mine yet. I'll be kickin' it old school and seeing how people react. Maybe it'll awaken something in some visitors. Maybe I can give them some magic. "Black Magic" from the Mai Kai drink list not withstanding!

Even in the old days when the Polynesian palaces were in their hayday, there were those "underground" people who took it home. Relished it. Added tiki bars to their houses and threw luaus in their yards. It's all the same today. Some walk in the Mai Kai and think it's tacky, kitsch, weird or wonderful. We carry the torch of those who loved it. We just don't have as many actual places to go out and enjoy it as they did. We joined a 40 year old underground, rather than creating it.