Post #247659 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Aug 8, 2006 2:33 PM

On 2006-08-08 13:47, Chip and Andy wrote:

On 2006-08-08 09:51, Humuhumu wrote:

These are marketed and described all over Florida as "tiki huts," where they can be seen beside seemingly every hotel pool and in plenty of backyards. ...

To put it in the most direct way: what, exactly, would need to be done to this lovely example of a bar to make it Tiki?

How about THIS (left page):

Oh damn, now I am not only being sarcastic, but definitely unhumble by abusing this thread to post pages from my new book! Will I ever learn? (plus it brings up that whole "Is Leopard print Tiki?" conundrum, oy veyh!)

Sorry guys for the joke, it's not your fault, and I know you asked an honest question:

As Humu said, Tikis, in this case in the form of masks, on the front face of the bar, or small ones on the posts would be the right start. Then Oceanic tribal shields, spears, clubs, plus fishnet floats and pufferfish lamps to flesh it out. Its not JUST Tikis, but also the right accoutrements (usually not from Accoutrements Inc.!) that make it a Tiki Bar.

Boy, that's it, I'm spent. I'm gonna stop acting like I own Tiki and answer everybody else's questions. That was enough to last for a while. Gonna check out now, have an early call time tomorrow (9 hrs time difference here in Berlin), don't make it an even bigger mess now, kids!