Post #471670 by AquaZombie on Sat, Jul 25, 2009 2:00 PM

Thanks for the support, Mai Tai, even though this was supposed to be an innocuous FYI thread, not a discussion per se (I try to avoid those, unless they're in person). I've been official FI/Conga PR guy for only a few months (after being their unofficial PR guy for years!) and I gotta say, I'm totally above this fray! Maybe I'm sticking my head in the sand but I hear nothing but love for this place and the Conga Lounge, too! But I don't hang out online all that much, I'm posting here now mostly because it's part of my job. I prefer direct conversation and my "office hours" are Fridays and Saturdays, 8-midnite at the FI door, so you got something to say about FI, lay it on me, cats! (Mostly all people want to talk about with me is the Parkway!) I don't feel this negative vibe supposedly lurking around, but then I stay out of that loop. ALL the TCers I've met, on the Crawl and at Oasis, at tiki bar openings and elsewhere, are very cool and friendly people. To me, Tiki is all about a Live and Let Live Lifestyle. There's plenty of Tiki to go around for everybody, whether you own a aloha shirt or not! I love FI, I love Conga, I love Kona Club, I love Trader Vic's, I love all the Bar Area tiki joints and I'm looking forward to checking out Smuggler's Cove, too. Maybe it's just me, but if there was really that much drama to deal with, I'd bail - I just left a nasty situation with the folding of Speakeasy Theaters and believe me, drama is the last thing I need. To me, wasting time arguing about what is Tiki and what ain't is so, well, un-Tiki. I'm sure some native Polynesians just laugh at us for turning an authentic pagan religion into a pop subculture, but so what? The Aloha Spirit is all about Love, folks. Everyone is entitled to the expression of their opinions over a socially neutral scorpion bowl. That may sound like hippy-dippy koom bi ya b.s. but that's my honest opinion. Now how about a group lei!
Cheers, Will