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T tikiyaki Tiki Socialite The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA Joined: May 18, 2004 Posts: 2725	T tikiyaki Posted posted on Thu, Jul 17, 2008 8:47 AM On 2008-07-17 04:40, MrBaliHai wrote: As with most awesome things, tiki that is, Polynesia as kitsch party motif was invented right here in Los Angeles. Except it wasn't kitsch back then. In the meantime, here are some of the few, the proud, the tacky: the grand tikis of the Southland. Oh sweet frozen Mai Tai on a stick, is there some quota for the number of times the words "kitsch","tacky", and "freaky" must appear in any article about Tiki? Funny , about 7 years ago I was speaking to an older woman I was woking with and told her I was into "Tiki Culture" and she snidely said "Tiki Culture...isn't that an Oxymoron ? ".... She DID give me a Trader Vics salt and pepper set as an -XMas gift tho'. :)

On 2008-07-17 04:40, MrBaliHai wrote:

As with most awesome things, tiki that is, Polynesia as kitsch party motif was invented right here in Los Angeles.

Except it wasn't kitsch back then.

In the meantime, here are some of the few, the proud, the tacky: the grand tikis of the Southland.

Oh sweet frozen Mai Tai on a stick, is there some quota for the number of times the words "kitsch","tacky", and "freaky" must appear in any article about Tiki?

Funny , about 7 years ago I was speaking to an older woman I was woking with and told her I was into "Tiki Culture" and she snidely said "Tiki Culture...isn't that an Oxymoron ? "....
She DID give me a Trader Vics salt and pepper set as an -XMas gift tho'. :)

Post #394645 by tikiyaki on Thu, Jul 17, 2008 8:47 AM