On The Origins of Tiki Central and the Tiki Rebirth (Q & A) - General Tiki

T tikibars Tiki Socialite Aku Hall, Chicago Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2034	T tikibars Posted posted on Sun, Aug 20, 2006 4:25 PM On 2006-08-19 21:33, Aaron's Akua wrote: Three questions, actually: Can you tell us a few of your stories or misadventures in researching Road Trip? (the ones you had to leave out). ~ What are your five favorite Tiki Bars of all time? (and why?). ~ And most importantly, did you manage to write off your accumulated bar tabs as a business expense? I just re-read some stuff that I hadn't looked at sine I wrote it 6 or 7 years ago, I hope my feeble attempts at humor come across as such - for example calling Bacardi (very sarcastically) top shelf rum! Poke around the archive of the TBRP and you'll find some of the adventures still posted. Try (for example) the pair of reviews of the places in Kentucky for a taste of danger, and the review of Bali Hai in Chile for some more cut material. Read the whole page forOmni Hut, as thre is a lot of non-Tiki road trip info there. Poke around, there's more cosmo tidbits here and there. Not many surprises here: Mai Kai, Hala Kahiki, Trader Vic's Atlanta, Tiki Ti, Aku Hall (in my house!). Plus let me mention two ex-favorites: original unrenovated Islands Room (San Diego), and Kahiki in Columbus. Why? Again no surprises: all of have great TiPSY Factors, most have great drinks, and all are templates of what a great Tiki bar should be. I didn't get hep to that rather obvious idea until just after TRT came out (which made me just enough of a legit writer to justify the write-offs - I can produce check stubs from royalty payments if I ever get audited); now I definitely write off all bar tabs and travel expenses! Oh, and Swanky thanks for pointing out that my TBRP history page, which you linked to, is from my perspective. It definitely is my own perspective, and is absolutely not meant to be a definitive history of the Poly Pop revival. It is only meant to be some personal reflections on my years working on the TBRP, written in a fit of nostalgia as I pulled the plug on the site for good. Hope it is entertaining for some of you.

On 2006-08-19 21:33, Aaron's Akua wrote:
Three questions, actually:
Can you tell us a few of your stories or misadventures in researching Road Trip? (the ones you had to leave out). ~ What are your five favorite Tiki Bars of all time? (and why?). ~ And most importantly, did you manage to write off your accumulated bar tabs as a business expense?

I just re-read some stuff that I hadn't looked at sine I wrote it 6 or 7 years ago, I hope my feeble attempts at humor come across as such - for example calling Bacardi (very sarcastically) top shelf rum!
Poke around the archive of the TBRP and you'll find some of the adventures still posted. Try (for example) the pair of reviews of the places in Kentucky for a taste of danger, and the review of Bali Hai in Chile for some more cut material. Read the whole page forOmni Hut, as thre is a lot of non-Tiki road trip info there. Poke around, there's more cosmo tidbits here and there.

Not many surprises here: Mai Kai, Hala Kahiki, Trader Vic's Atlanta, Tiki Ti, Aku Hall (in my house!). Plus let me mention two ex-favorites: original unrenovated Islands Room (San Diego), and Kahiki in Columbus. Why? Again no surprises: all of have great TiPSY Factors, most have great drinks, and all are templates of what a great Tiki bar should be.

I didn't get hep to that rather obvious idea until just after TRT came out (which made me just enough of a legit writer to justify the write-offs - I can produce check stubs from royalty payments if I ever get audited); now I definitely write off all bar tabs and travel expenses!

Oh, and Swanky thanks for pointing out that my TBRP history page, which you linked to, is from my perspective. It definitely is my own perspective, and is absolutely not meant to be a definitive history of the Poly Pop revival. It is only meant to be some personal reflections on my years working on the TBRP, written in a fit of nostalgia as I pulled the plug on the site for good. Hope it is entertaining for some of you.

Post #249962 by tikibars on Sun, Aug 20, 2006 4:25 PM