What got you into it? - General Tiki

E emspace Member Vancouver Joined: Jan 05, 2003 Posts: 879	E emspace Posted posted on Sun, Mar 30, 2003 6:41 PM Welcome Luminoir! Your sig animated GIF rocks! Grew up early '60s around grasscloth wallpaper, Danish Modern teak, African masks, and Tiki stuff, books, CoCo Joes etc. sent over by my Mom's sister from Kailua, Oahu (married to military air-traffic controller). Exotica, bossa and mambo on the hi-fi. Parents were dance teachers and party animals (though poor as churchmice, we lived in an apartment - poor but COOL). Visited Oahu 1968-9, caught it like the FLU! Many years pass: the Book Of Tiki. Epiphany! Hawaiiana addiction becomes Tiki addiction - this helps tie it all together with more childhood memories of visiting our local Polynesian restaurant ("the Beachcomber") and other 1960s phenomena. I'm a lucky, happy boy. aloha, emspace.

Welcome Luminoir! Your sig animated GIF rocks!

Grew up early '60s around grasscloth wallpaper, Danish Modern teak, African masks, and Tiki stuff, books, CoCo Joes etc. sent over by my Mom's sister from Kailua, Oahu (married to military air-traffic controller). Exotica, bossa and mambo on the hi-fi. Parents were dance teachers and party animals (though poor as churchmice, we lived in an apartment - poor but COOL).

Visited Oahu 1968-9, caught it like the FLU! Many years pass: the Book Of Tiki. Epiphany! Hawaiiana addiction becomes Tiki addiction - this helps tie it all together with more childhood memories of visiting our local Polynesian restaurant ("the Beachcomber") and other 1960s phenomena. I'm a lucky, happy boy.

aloha,
emspace.

Post #28657 by emspace on Sun, Mar 30, 2003 6:41 PM