Post #416207 by bigtikidude on Wed, Oct 29, 2008 6:28 PM

Big Jeff, There ARE no photos of the Luau or ANY mid-century Tiki haven without flashlight lighting, that was the way it was done back then. If you can't imagine what the interior looked like without that, what do you like about Tiki then? ALL the interiors of vintage Tiki bars out there, and in my books, were shot that way. Well, here is my attempt to bring the Luau postcard down to the lighting level it really had:

Yet clearly, that still doesn't do it justice.

But if you think that colored fishnet floats and basket lamps give a place circus colors, then you might feel that my house looks like a carnival tent:

and the Munich Trader Vic's is really a Ringling Brothers operation:

Notice what happened to the green Naugahyde covered benches here?

Sven, and Congawa,
ok you made me see the light, or lack of it.
see sometimes a picture, or incorrectly lighted picture does not say a 1000 words, or if it does, maybe they are misread or misunderstood.
Comprende?

Jeff(bigtikidude)