Post #283382 by Kenike on Mon, Feb 5, 2007 7:11 PM

I'll try explaining it to people one time if they ask. Either they get it or they don't, and most people don't...or I should say they don't understand what's so interesting about it. For those who seem really interested and express a desire to learn, I keep some extra copies of "Tiki Style" to give away.

Some of the worst cases I've seen of people "not getting it" are antique dealers. One couple who own an antique business were running an estate sale recently and advertised on Craigslist with words like "mid century, kitsch, lots of tiki." I thought I'd be hitting a goldmine. I stood in a long line in the cold waiting to get in. When I got in I immediately asked where the tiki stuff was and was told it was "all around." I walked all through the house, spotted some mid-century lamps and furniture but no tiki, so I asked again. One of the dealers walks away, comes back and literally hands me a piece of bamboo. I then had to go into my explanation of tiki and they just stared at me with clueless looks on their faces.