Post #375597 by Brandomoai on Wed, Apr 23, 2008 8:29 AM

I'm too much of a neophyte to be a tiki snob. The only things I've passed over were due to price or poor quality. I can only imagine what most of you would say if you saw some of the stuff in my little tiki, uh, nook (doesn't anyone else collect coconut monkeys...), but I'm just trying to fill space and create an atmosphere. I got bit by the tiki bug when I was planning a tiki party, so I ended up buying a ton of cheap and cheerful crap from dollar/party stores just to make sure the party could be saturated with decorations and all my friends could have colorful drinking vessels. Here's an example that I now hide under the bar:

Yes, this classy ice bucket set me back about $18. I guess I've reached the point where I can comfortably snub cheap party store decorations. But I'm not willing to part with the ice bucket - I paid too much for it! But like anything I've taken interest in, I will eventually become a snob when I feel that I know more about it than all my friends. That said, being a part of this group, with most of the important figures in current Tiki Pop culture as members, will likely always keep me humble.