PTD's Tiki Atonement (or how I learned to love

G GatorRob Member Orlando Joined: Aug 20, 2004 Posts: 1784	G GatorRob Posted posted on Thu, Jan 17, 2008 6:34 AM Very brave to step forward and show us your "sins" PTD! Most all of us do the same thing early on, unless you grew up surrounded by great mid-century tiki and knew what it was from the get-go. I did not. Growing up, I had no exposure to vintage tiki. I know I would have fallen in love with it early on if I had just been exposed to it, but being a military brat growing up, there was no tiki around. So my early purchases were much like yours until I read the BOT and then I jumped out of the kiddie pool and headed straight for the deep end! Those masks remind me of a mask that I do have hanging behind my bar. It is more Chinese than tiki, but considering it came from the Chin Tiki in Detroit, it stays!

Very brave to step forward and show us your "sins" PTD! Most all of us do the same thing early on, unless you grew up surrounded by great mid-century tiki and knew what it was from the get-go. I did not. Growing up, I had no exposure to vintage tiki. I know I would have fallen in love with it early on if I had just been exposed to it, but being a military brat growing up, there was no tiki around. So my early purchases were much like yours until I read the BOT and then I jumped out of the kiddie pool and headed straight for the deep end!

Those masks remind me of a mask that I do have hanging behind my bar. It is more Chinese than tiki, but considering it came from the Chin Tiki in Detroit, it stays!

Post #355497 by GatorRob on Thu, Jan 17, 2008 6:34 AM