Jimmy Buffett is a tiki lover - General Tiki

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Fri, Jul 13, 2007 12:27 PM Tikis, not pink flamingos and parrots. I am seeing something a bit weirder now though. There was a swing from Polynesia and tiki to south Florida and the Carribean and just sort of "party island." That was happening without Jimmy Buffett. He just sort came to embody it. Now, there are more and more place calling themselves tiki bars that aren't. Like it's the phrase of the day. But the weirdest is that I am seeing these faux tiki bars start to have tikis. Real tikis. In Mexico. Tropical places, that have always had an island look, are tacking on tikis to their decor. Nothing else changes. And they have no reasoning. So it makes it even more bizarre when it has "tiki" on it, and "tiki" in it, and yet it is still not a tiki bar. Try to explain that to outsiders.

Tikis, not pink flamingos and parrots.

I am seeing something a bit weirder now though. There was a swing from Polynesia and tiki to south Florida and the Carribean and just sort of "party island." That was happening without Jimmy Buffett. He just sort came to embody it.

Now, there are more and more place calling themselves tiki bars that aren't. Like it's the phrase of the day.

But the weirdest is that I am seeing these faux tiki bars start to have tikis. Real tikis. In Mexico. Tropical places, that have always had an island look, are tacking on tikis to their decor. Nothing else changes. And they have no reasoning. So it makes it even more bizarre when it has "tiki" on it, and "tiki" in it, and yet it is still not a tiki bar. Try to explain that to outsiders.

Post #318449 by Swanky on Fri, Jul 13, 2007 12:27 PM