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G GlennTiki Member Alameda, CA Joined: Apr 30, 2010 Posts: 16	G GlennTiki Posted posted on Fri, Apr 30, 2010 8:10 AM Aloha. It's finally time to step forward and admit I have a tiki addiction. It may be genetic. My grandfather was stationed at Pearl Harbor during wartime as a Navy diver and my father has made annual trips to the Marshall Islands on business for decades, bringing home some cool handmade stuff from the islands. I met Don Ho and got to hang out with him backstage after a show while on a vacation in Honolulu during my college years. Yes, he offered me some sparkling wine (with tiny bubbles). My wife and I have hosted an annual tiki party in the San Francisco East Bay area since the early part of this decade, and my collection of tiki-esque stuff grew over the years until I couldn't contain it any longer. We now have a full-fledged tiki room in our home, complete with masks, vintage ceramic mugs, and vintage Hawaiian LPs. I have finally decided to embrace my inner tiki and join Tiki Central. I am sure I have way more in common with everyone here than I would care to admit, and acknowledging this I suppose is the first step toward recovery? I feel very lucky to live in an area that is home to Smuggler's Cove and Forbidden Island. Martin Cate is like the second coming of a certain beachcomber who set us off on this course ... I look forward to meeting all of you, if I haven't already during my tiki bar travels. Cheers to you all, and aloha. GlennTiki

Aloha. It's finally time to step forward and admit I have a tiki addiction.

It may be genetic. My grandfather was stationed at Pearl Harbor during wartime as a Navy diver and my father has made annual trips to the Marshall Islands on business for decades, bringing home some cool handmade stuff from the islands. I met Don Ho and got to hang out with him backstage after a show while on a vacation in Honolulu during my college years. Yes, he offered me some sparkling wine (with tiny bubbles).

My wife and I have hosted an annual tiki party in the San Francisco East Bay area since the early part of this decade, and my collection of tiki-esque stuff grew over the years until I couldn't contain it any longer. We now have a full-fledged tiki room in our home, complete with masks, vintage ceramic mugs, and vintage Hawaiian LPs.

I have finally decided to embrace my inner tiki and join Tiki Central. I am sure I have way more in common with everyone here than I would care to admit, and acknowledging this I suppose is the first step toward recovery? I feel very lucky to live in an area that is home to Smuggler's Cove and Forbidden Island. Martin Cate is like the second coming of a certain beachcomber who set us off on this course ... I look forward to meeting all of you, if I haven't already during my tiki bar travels. Cheers to you all, and aloha.

GlennTiki

Post #527157 by GlennTiki on Fri, Apr 30, 2010 8:10 AM