Post #271863 by Humuhumu on Mon, Dec 11, 2006 8:05 PM

...for our next flight to actually make it out of the Portland airport (we already missed one connection today).

...for there to be more direct flights between San Jose and Redmond, OR.

...more aloha wear... always, more aloha wear

...to find better-organized postcard bins at antique malls

...news reporters to finally learn that tiki does not automatically equate to "kitch" or "tacky," and can actually be quite elegant

...to have a few unexpected, serendipitous tiki discoveries in the midst of my already blissfully tiki-packed life

...to someday have enough money to hire Tiki Diablo to come and deck out my home in tiki goodness

...to learn all about someone who played a role developing golden age tiki from their son or daughter who happened to be Googling their family name (I love it when that happens)

...for Tiki-Ti, the Mai-Kai, and all my other favorite old time classic tiki joints to have yet another stupendously successful year of operation

...for Forbidden Island and all my other favorite new-but-still-classic tiki joints to continue disproving the "you just can't open a quality tiki joint today" myth

...for all the 'Ohana Huts to make their way to their new homes safe & sound, to be enjoyed for many years to come

...to find a Mainlander tiki mug, with all the paint intact, for like five bucks at a little antique mall set back on a dusty road in the middle of nowhere.

...for the band at the Tonga Room to, uh, be given an offer they can't refuse to play somewhere else, on the same day that Waitiki comes to town looking for a new, permanent gig