Official Introductions Thread. New Members, Post your introduction here... - General Tiki

TS Tiki Shaker Grand Member (8 years) Menifee, CA Joined: Jun 28, 2008 Posts: 775	TS Tiki Shaker Posted posted on Sat, Jun 28, 2008 9:32 AM Hello! What's shakin'? After years of off and on lurking, I've finally decided to join Tiki Central. What was it that finally got me to join? Well, I too stood in that 5 hour hell at Disneyland for tiki goodies this past Sunday. I hopped on here to see if others were venting... and after reading the venting, I felt an intense kinship! I have a small tiki collection, around 40-50 mugs. I don't collect all items tiki. If I find something that is not a mug I like, I give it to my brother. He is the big collector. His entire apartment is tiki. (I need to get him to join one of these days). I also enjoy going to tiki events and tiki bars on the rare occasions I have the time. I've gone to the Tiki Farm sales the past few years... I'm sure I've actually seen quite a few of the members on here! When I lived in LA, I frequented the Tiki-Ti on a monthly basis. When ever I travel, I make sure I look to see if there is anything tiki I should be visiting. For the most part, I collect mid century modern. Not high end stuff, I can't afford that. I also collect cocktail shakers (hence the name I chose for myself). But I have pared that down considerably. (Down to around 50 or so... i used to have 100's). When I lived in LA, I use to go to estate sales in the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys and I use to sell at the Rose Bowl. But after things got harder to find, and competition became too fierce, I decided to just do a little collecting for myself. It took me forever to get rid of the storage units of stuff! My goal lately has been to keep things clean and simple (which is almost anti-tiki, I know... haha). But I find that it makes things easier that way (less cleaning!) That is why I now just keep/buy things that I actually like, not just keep/buy because they are tiki or barware or mid-century, etc... I've included a photo of most of my tiki collection. Well, I hope to frequent Tiki Central more often. Perhaps I'll even be able to contribute something more than just this simple introduction, sometime in the future. Take care, Tiki Shaker [ Edited by: Tiki Shaker 2008-06-28 17:31 ]

Hello! What's shakin'?

After years of off and on lurking, I've finally decided to join Tiki Central. What was it that finally got me to join? Well, I too stood in that 5 hour hell at Disneyland for tiki goodies this past Sunday. I hopped on here to see if others were venting... and after reading the venting, I felt an intense kinship!

I have a small tiki collection, around 40-50 mugs. I don't collect all items tiki. If I find something that is not a mug I like, I give it to my brother. He is the big collector. His entire apartment is tiki. (I need to get him to join one of these days). I also enjoy going to tiki events and tiki bars on the rare occasions I have the time. I've gone to the Tiki Farm sales the past few years... I'm sure I've actually seen quite a few of the members on here! When I lived in LA, I frequented the Tiki-Ti on a monthly basis. When ever I travel, I make sure I look to see if there is anything tiki I should be visiting.

For the most part, I collect mid century modern. Not high end stuff, I can't afford that. I also collect cocktail shakers (hence the name I chose for myself). But I have pared that down considerably. (Down to around 50 or so... i used to have 100's). When I lived in LA, I use to go to estate sales in the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys and I use to sell at the Rose Bowl. But after things got harder to find, and competition became too fierce, I decided to just do a little collecting for myself. It took me forever to get rid of the storage units of stuff!

My goal lately has been to keep things clean and simple (which is almost anti-tiki, I know... haha). But I find that it makes things easier that way (less cleaning!) That is why I now just keep/buy things that I actually like, not just keep/buy because they are tiki or barware or mid-century, etc...

I've included a photo of most of my tiki collection.

Well, I hope to frequent Tiki Central more often. Perhaps I'll even be able to contribute something more than just this simple introduction, sometime in the future.

Take care,

Tiki Shaker

[ Edited by: Tiki Shaker 2008-06-28 17:31 ]

Post #390281 by Tiki Shaker on Sat, Jun 28, 2008 9:32 AM