Post #574277 by Tiki Lee's on Tue, Feb 1, 2011 11:50 PM

OK...

When you make your establishment look like everyone else's with a bland, neutral tone to the color, decor, style, etc., it's makes it easier to sell to other corperations who might be interested in buying the place if the present owners want to dump the property. If a potential buyer can buy a property that looks really similar to their other properties, the cost to make it "their own" is minimal, and thusly, very attractive.

The Hanalei has been bought and sold twice since Tiki Oasis moved there, and perhaps the current owners are hedging their bets "just in case".

By the way, the great tiki stuff that got chucked in the dumpster was "rescued" by the gardeners and now resides in various places throughout Tiajuana. They tried to get me and my wife to go down there and buy some of the "Azteca" things they took out of the trash when we were at the first T.O. there in the parking lot.

We didn't go. We bought something else from them...