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B BadHawaiianShirt Member Chicago, IL Burbs / Cape Coral, FL Joined: Jul 29, 2011 Posts: 1	B BadHawaiianShirt Posted posted on Fri, Jul 29, 2011 2:13 PM Aloha!! ...again! :) I was on here many years ago (pre-Kids!) under the login: Zuke Can't seem to login under that name and it's tied to an email addy that no longer exists. I even found my original post here: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=6&forum=1&vpost=150366 I'll paste that below and UPDATE the relevant info. :) Greetings! Long time lurker and finally joining in the discussions, since I finally have something to share. Completed the build on my long planned dream TIKI BAR! I owe a lot to this board here. Got many of ideas from some of the picture posts. Learned I didn't have to buy my bamboo via a website, but rather right at my local Pier 1 Imports and Hobby Lobby. I'll post a Thread with pics and details about my Tiki Bar. But of course just wanted to say HI first. I belong to one message board already that I post at quite a bit. And this place seems about on par with them in the friendly dept. My vitals: -42 on April 21st -Married, 2 kids (almost 3 and almost 6) -Work as a Email Marketer/Web Designer & now Hawiian Shirt entrepreneur! -Lived in the Chicago 'Burbs my entire life I have lots of close friends and consider myself very social. We plan LOTS of events and are fond of our annual traditions (super bowl, football pools, pub crawls, poker games, golf outings, etc.). I'm a poker fantatic. Play in many regular games. Big fan of the "mid-century" look. So, attracted to Tiki of course. Grew up with parents who played a LOT of swing and jazz and grew up liking it myself and play a lot at home. Massive record collection! But I dig everything from Dixieland jazz to punk, really. I am also insane about movies. Have a pretty large collection of that too and a pretty nice Home Theater right next to the ole Tiki Bar that I'm pretty proud of too. So... as you can see, I'm really quiet and shy. Questions? Comments? Flames? ...so most still applies!! Been a tough few years with raising my two boys and being unemployed for a bit. Things are settling down in all aspects and a little more time for my passions: like TIKI culture and graphics. I have been painting more murals of late and even added to my Tiki Basement bar. (The original pictures of that are here: http://www.zortea.us/TikiBar/index.php We recently even went to Hale Kahiki out here in River Grove (I have pics I'll post here later!) and been hard at work developing a private label Hawiian Shirt company with a friend from high school! Very early stages, but you can see that site here: http://www.badshirtgoodtimes.com/ I hope to contribute more here and maybe get out to some events, now that the wife and I occasionally LEAVE the house!! We're planning on hitting some tiki bars in LA when we head out there on business soon. Look forward to interacting more here!

Aloha!!

...again! :)

I was on here many years ago (pre-Kids!) under the login: Zuke

Can't seem to login under that name and it's tied to an email addy that no longer exists. I even found my original post here:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=6&forum=1&vpost=150366

I'll paste that below and UPDATE the relevant info. :)

Greetings!

Long time lurker and finally joining in the discussions, since I finally have something to share. Completed the build on my long planned dream TIKI BAR!

I owe a lot to this board here. Got many of ideas from some of the picture posts. Learned I didn't have to buy my bamboo via a website, but rather right at my local Pier 1 Imports and Hobby Lobby.

I'll post a Thread with pics and details about my Tiki Bar. But of course just wanted to say HI first. I belong to one message board already that I post at quite a bit.

And this place seems about on par with them in the friendly dept.

My vitals:

-42 on April 21st
-Married, 2 kids (almost 3 and almost 6)
-Work as a Email Marketer/Web Designer & now Hawiian Shirt entrepreneur!
-Lived in the Chicago 'Burbs my entire life

I have lots of close friends and consider myself very social. We plan LOTS of events and are fond of our annual traditions (super bowl, football pools, pub crawls, poker games, golf outings, etc.).

I'm a poker fantatic. Play in many regular games.

Big fan of the "mid-century" look. So, attracted to Tiki of course.

Grew up with parents who played a LOT of swing and jazz and grew up liking it myself and play a lot at home. Massive record collection! But I dig everything from Dixieland jazz to punk, really.

I am also insane about movies. Have a pretty large collection of that too and a pretty nice Home Theater right next to the ole Tiki Bar that I'm pretty proud of too.

So... as you can see, I'm really quiet and shy.

Questions? Comments? Flames?

...so most still applies!! Been a tough few years with raising my two boys and being unemployed for a bit. Things are settling down in all aspects and a little more time for my passions: like TIKI culture and graphics. I have been painting more murals of late and even added to my Tiki Basement bar. (The original pictures of that are here: http://www.zortea.us/TikiBar/index.php

We recently even went to Hale Kahiki out here in River Grove (I have pics I'll post here later!) and been hard at work developing a private label Hawiian Shirt company with a friend from high school! Very early stages, but you can see that site here: http://www.badshirtgoodtimes.com/

I hope to contribute more here and maybe get out to some events, now that the wife and I occasionally LEAVE the house!! We're planning on hitting some tiki bars in LA when we head out there on business soon.

Look forward to interacting more here!

Post #599859 by BadHawaiianShirt on Fri, Jul 29, 2011 2:13 PM