Post #28507 by powerofthetiki on Fri, Mar 28, 2003 7:53 PM

I guess you can say that I was born into it in 1957. My dad was one of the many tile setters that worked on the front and back rainbows at the Hilton Hawaiian in 1957. My parents loved the islands and would go back every other year till they passed away my dad was 60 and my mom passed last year at 83.

I can remember when I was growing up in the 60’s my parents had what I would call a somewhat Tiki bar in the basement. They had Shag style prints on the knotty pine walls and some other Tiki style decoration’s spread around. Friends and neighbors would come over once or twice a mouth the blender would be whirling around mixing up frozen drinks, my dad would have that cocktail shaker shaking away. After one or two drinks everyone would head over to the Jade East in Towson for dinner and drinks. Then they all came back and partied and dance the night away.

So to me it is a way keep to my parent’s lust for life and fun alive. I never though of tiki as being hip. It is just away of life for me

powerofthetiki

[ Edited by: powerofthetiki on 2003-03-28 19:57 ]