Post #513464 by tikifred on Thu, Feb 25, 2010 5:15 PM

Hi everybody, just introducing myself. Live in Philly, where there seems to be more Tiki traditions and stories than actual Tiki bars or restaurants. I think I was inoculated early on with the bug when my family took me to Disneyland and Hawaii when I was 7 years old. Now I've collected some Tiki mugs, a few wood carvings and some of those concrete Rapa Nui heads on ebay. (One of those next to a little machine that has a small fountain in it and you can give a room an instant Tiki bump!)
I have been partnered for 13 years and the whole Tiki thing is a sore topic. I can only put so much Tiki stuff around the house before the alarms go off and I have to put it away.
I finally negotiated that I could put a Tiki bar in our "rumpus room" on the lower level of the house, which currently is sitting pretty much empty except for our treadmill.
Anyway, I've enjoyed reading your posts and TC is a fun place to kill time looking at all the great pictures.