Tiki Caliente May 9th-May 11th 2008 in Palm Springs - California Events

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11616	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Feb 4, 2008 12:02 PM Doug's wonderful rendering of Ed Crissman's Tropics Tongue Tiki inspired me to post a little history of this iconic carving: The tastefully refurbished Tiki in 2002, with torches blazing again The Tiki in 1992, as seen in the BOT. It used to have a torch on top of his head, once The original full size Tiki in 1963, in its original location by the right driveway, as a sign post for passersby, before the tooth of time cut him and his hairdo a bit shorter. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-02-04 12:03 ]

Doug's wonderful rendering of Ed Crissman's Tropics Tongue Tiki inspired me to post a little history of this iconic carving:

The tastefully refurbished Tiki in 2002, with torches blazing again

The Tiki in 1992, as seen in the BOT. It used to have a torch on top of his head, once

The original full size Tiki in 1963, in its original location by the right driveway, as a sign post for passersby, before the tooth of time cut him and his hairdo a bit shorter.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-02-04 12:03 ]

Post #359062 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Feb 4, 2008 12:02 PM