Post #253452 by Nina Coquina on Sun, Sep 10, 2006 4:17 PM

Hi all, I'm new to the forum and impressed with the sheer talent and interesting people I see here!

I am a freelance writer living in Florida near Venice and am a big collector of vintage tropical things from the 20s-50s including lots of Hawaiiana, Floridiana and some tiki items. I live a short distance from the studio of the late, great tiki carver and my dear friend David Landry, whom I miss so much every single day. I'm honored to own a couple of his carvings and I know his spirit is still a big part of all of us who knew him.

I have a cool '40s rattan tiki bar with vintage barkcloth seats, lots of old tropical prints and paintings, Turner, Bernard, Shirrell Graves among others. I play ukulele like crazy and I love it. My favorite artists are the old Hawaiian performers like King Benny Nawahi and Sol Hoopii.

I am going to try to make it to Hukilau this year, sounds like a blast. Anyway, just wanted to say hi.