Post #610257 by pjc5150 on Fri, Oct 14, 2011 7:46 PM

So tomorrow I'm heading back to Anna Maria to get back on it. When I was out there working at the Beachhouse, the mgr for the sister restaurant, called "Mar Vista", was really stoked on what I was doing & asked me to come down there to put a number on doing some tiki stuff. I am really hoping that my bid has been approved & I can start working on it this week.

I'm stoked on the big tiki I did at the Beachhouse and so are they, but that's the first really big fixed / in-the-ground piece I've done, and I learned a few lessons along the way. I don't know why, maybe just because of the magnitude of getting such a great gig, but I was a little scared when I started it. "Oh God, what it they're not happy?...what if they don't pay me?...what if, what if, what if????" I barely slept for 2 days prior to starting...

But things went awesome, I got a completely ridiculous amount of media coverage for both myself AND the Beachhouse, and they're super stoked on all of it. So I feel more confident now & feel like I can really blow it out this second time around. There's a huge dead palm right there in front of the outdoor seating area in front of the river. You can't be in that little seating area and not see it. It's a perfect and beautiful place for a tiki. The setting demands something awesome. I'm thinking a sick Lono or ku. Full body, huge headdress, etc. I really hope they give me the green light.

Other than that, I figure that since I'm in the local paper this week I need to get out there and do some hustling and get some residential jobs too. You can see me in the little blurb at the very top of the page...

http://www.amisun.com/imgN/frontpagepdf.pdf

[ Edited by: pjc5150 2011-10-14 19:52 ]