Post #247120 by Ojaitimo on Sat, Aug 5, 2006 11:32 PM

I found Tiki Central while doing a search for my own bar and came across the Trade Wind's thread by chance. She did a number of restuarants as the designer such as the Lobster Trap and the Ole for Martin V Smith who also built the Trade Wind's in the mid sixties, she collaberated with Richard Ellis who was the Tiki artist and someone from 20th Century Film whose name escapes me. This was my favorite place she was the designer for. I remember going to a large property yard in LA where she would look for items to use at the Trade Wind's. It had a boat and rickshaw among some of the items that came from the yard. I have some pictures and articles about the Trade Winds that I will scan and post soon. This was her only Tiki project but the Lobster Trap which is still open in Oxnard, has some of the flavor or it did back then.
My brother Michael C Mc Millen followed in her footsteps and does installation art for various museums around the world. If you do a google search for him or Red Trailer Motel you'll see what I mean.

[ Edited by: Ojaitimo 2006-08-05 23:38 ]