Post #321704 by VanTiki on Sat, Jul 28, 2007 7:14 PM

Okey-doke,

I dunno if this post belongs in this thread - but I just got back from a trip to the "Windward Mall" in Kaneohe, Oahu to check out the new Boarders Books that opened yesterday. Lo and behold, when gazing across the mall I spied a new store called "Tiki Tiki"! Ms. VanTiki and I darted through a maze of kiosks and cell phone carts to check it out. Sigh. Here is a cell phone shot of the store:

yep - a couple of international marketplace-esque tikis and a ton of "Authentic Hawaiian" jewelry in the shape of fishhooks and the like. Also a bunch of Hawaiian weaponry - this is an interesting trend. Looks like this is now being produced in China in mass quantities, as I also saw a fellow selling shadow-box framed "Replica Hawaiian and Chinese antiquities" at Costco (of all places) last weekend. All are made of a koa-esque wood and the assembly and finish is terrible. Didn't get close enough to see if the shark teeth were real. I dunno why I was so bummed - I guess my hopes of an enchanted tiki room of 6 foot tikis reasonably priced were a tad far fetched :)