Post #5147 by GECKO on Mon, Aug 5, 2002 5:01 PM

Aloha friends,

Finally, I can respond to everyone. Sorry, I have been busy working on a friends bar, plus I've been carving for some people coming to visit da islands that I met on ebay. busy busy! I will also be meeting up with Weird Unc Tuesday for some drinks & pupu's at my favorite Tiki bar La Mariana. Finally meeting some faces.

The Andrew sister

Anyways, you will have to excuse my gramar.....you know "da kine"
Grab a mai tai an some grinds cuz dis may take a while ya.

KAILUAGEOFF, Now this brahda can write! you should write your own book. well, I finally did the interview with the paper yesterday and it went pretty good. We didn't really discuss the new Bar a whole lot being that we know now Oceanic Arts is doing the decor. I'm happy that I get to see Leroy's work here. We didn't discuss alot about that Allen dude article because he didn't want to keep beating a dead horse. He wanted to talk positive things about the all mighty Tiki. He took everyones input and said he will look at it for reference. He mainly wanted to do the article on me and positive stuff about the Tiki Culture. He asked about my background, my last carving on ebay which was a trader vic style suffering bastard, somewhat. He said he was going to put in the paper that I made a tiki that looks like trader vics "suffering basterd drink", I said "No, it's a mug not the name of the drink" I hope he dosen't twist a whole lot of my words around to make me look stupid! I told him about all the cool people u can meet on Tiki Central. He asked "Has anyone ever met a boyfriend or girlfriend or even got married" on Tiki Central? I said "I don't know but I imagine it could happen" I don't know where he wants to go with that? As long as he says positive things, I'm cool. So, the article will be out in a couple of weeks. About what we love so much.
thanks for your input "Kailuageoff"!!!

TIKIBONG, Wassup dude! I told him about the music, he's going to put something in the paper about that. I also showed him a picture of your Tiki bar on the page so he could get a clue of what we collect for our bars, like fish floats, mugs, da kine...
well take it easy and tell da wife hello!

BAMBOO BEN, howzit dude! Looks like they won't be needing anyone of us but I think we may be doing some work together in they near future as long as this keeps getting bigger or Oceanic Arts is going to have to hire some new carvers and such. I was saposed to go to your shop with crazy Judy Swain of bamboo to you but never ended up going because we were so busy. Whats funny is I don't think she really wanted me to meet a whole lot of people because she told me not to say I was a carver when she took me anywhere....? She didn't like sharing her carvers with anyone. Maybe when I go back to Oceanside I'll stop by for a few drinks. Thanks for the offer with the help! Like I said if I get a big hotel deal I'll call u for the bar.

CHIKITIKI, howzit! Yes I know how Judy is. She is very buisness minded! Like I said in the post to Bamboo Ben, she was going to take me to his shop and Tiki Farm but I coundn't bring any of my Tikis because she basically wasn't getting a cut of the profit. I love her but I think I lost a few connections that could have helped me out at the time. I will always carve for her if she wants cuz she bought alot of my Tikis. I wasn't working when I was in Oceanside, so yes carving was all that I was doing. Now I work at Pearl Harbor in a civil service position. I might have to quit because of how busy I'm getting. I don't know what's going to happen after the add comes out? What carvings did you do for Judy? Do you still carve for her? Have you been to her new shop? if so have you seen any of my Tiki's over there? Nice talking to ya.

Big Bro, wassup brah! I think you are right on the money, they are going to OA because of your book and that they have been around for so long. My buisness just started a month ago. I haven't advertised my buisness because I'm not ready for a bunch of orders. I can handle one big contract like Tiki's Grill & Bar but not several. I'm so busy getting stuff by word of mouth. One day I'm hoping "South Seas Primitive Arts" will be the next OA. Sven, did you know that Don The Beachcombers wife is alive and well here in Honolulu. The guy that did the interview told me she still does things concerning tourist here on Oahu. He was going to give me the number of how I could contact her but I forgot to get it after the interview. Dam! I'll call him later though. I bet she has some awsome pictures that would blow us all away! Maybe I can start a book and you can do the dam grammar! other wise it would be in piegon! Let me get a hold of her and see what she say's about getting some copies of some pictures and whatever else. Email me cuz I'm serious. Mahalo.

SWANKY, Howzit! yes I said the music and everything I could imagine but he would stop writing because I think he wanted to stick to writing about what we enjoy instead. Thanks for your input. I'm happy to see Aloha is flowing in the state of Tenese... you know DA KINE! Everytime us locals get introuble with words "da kine" is da answer! I dont know how to spell it "TN" Aloha brahda!

TIKI MAXTON, Aloha bro! he read your dancing post and said that sounded good. I don't know what he'll say if anything about it. He dosen't know if there is going to be a band. I'm sure there is though! good thinkin' Thanks for your respond! Come out to La Mariana on a Friday night, you won't have to dance cuz all the people come and sing a whole lot of classics and you just sit there and listen to ther beautiful voices and thank God your on da Islands! They use to sing at the Tahitian Lani befor it closed down. Now they all come to La Mariana since alot of the "TL" decor was purchased. Mahalo

THE ANDREW SSISTER, Curious as to what the name means. Cool to see the ALOHA SPIRIT in England! Are you from there? Eva been to da islands? Thank you for your respond it sounded great! lets see what happens when the bar opens in October.

MAHALO EVERYONE who responded! From my Ohana to Yours, ALOHA!

Gecko