Post #540769 by TIKI-RAY on Sun, Jul 4, 2010 6:16 PM

Not a problem , it just bothers some of us that the Tropics owners just dont seem to give a hoot about why some of us keep coming back there . We were at the Tropics during Modernism week and noticed this problem. My personal favorite tiki there is the parking lot tiki. But when I went to see my old friend , all I could find was an overgrown Bougainvillea bush with a malibu light glowing behind it . I pulled the bush open like Indiana Jones only to find the tiki sneering at me like it had been forgotten . I mentioned this to the manager at the office and made a polite request to have the bush trimmed around all the tikis . All I got back was a dumb look and a question as to "WHY , whats the big deal "?
We got there to Tiki Caliente 2 early on Thursday before it all started and the bush was twice as overgrown . Thats when we really sorted of demanded attention to it before the rest of the gang showed up . They were still confused . After all, the poster for the event was inspired by this tiki, my pendants were inspired by this tiki and still they asked me" Whats the big deal with you guys and tikis "? You would think that if you worked there you might want to know a little about the place, at least enough to bullshit a tourist . Anyways, I love this resort and the restaraunt even through all the changes over the years . If I remember right, My Dad used to take us to that restaraunt as a kid when they used to call it "Sambo's".