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Post #568720 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Dec 14, 2010 10:08 AM

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I've been visiting O.A. for more research lately, its a nice drive to Whittier on a sunny, warm day...

...only to disappear in the dark bowels of the oldest and biggest Tiki repository in existence.

So, having met Lake Surfer first way back when at Exotica Chicago in 2003, and knowing he would be in town, I gladly took the opportunity to introduce him to Bob and Leroy, who had liked his classic Tiki stylings

Leroy sharing Tiki wisdom with Dave Hansen and his lovely Wahine:

As we were about to leave, a shipment of Bamboo arrived from China:

Talk a bout a truck load of bamboo!

We managed to squeeze in some ribs and Mai Tais at Bahooka before Dave had to go and vend at the Tonga Hut:

Here's to Lake Surfer, staunch upholder of the tradition in the virtual Tiki wasteland of Wisconcin!

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2010-12-14 10:15 ]