Post #614605 by Phillip Roberts on Sat, Nov 19, 2011 8:06 PM

Aloha Zulumagoo and Bora Boris,

Well, I'm sorry you both feel that way about this thread. Allow me address your general points. Discussion is good and Tiki Central is THE place to talk about Tiki.

I am proud of the book and am glad you got copies. While people might be aware of it, I don't think that everybody does own it. Traveling Jones for instance just picked it up during their last trip here less than 21 days ago at "Hilo Hatties."

BTW, I do not make marketing decisions such as "buying banners." The book company does.

Just because something didn't make it into the book, doesn't mean it wasn't worthy nor shouldn't be posted. The storyboard at "La Mariana" for instance. You can see much more detail of it than in the photo used in Waikiki Tiki.

I enjoy posting about the current state of Tiki in Waikiki and think some of the people coming here enjoy the thread. We have over 12,000 registered members here on Tiki Central and many lurkers. Read the thread or don't. It's your choice.

I think that pictures of long gone places like the Matson Ticket Office in Waikiki and the threatened Edward M. Brownlee carvings at the International Market Place ARE important. I think it's magical when a tiki carving taken down in 2009 is then found by workers in a forgotten shed and restored to the front of the Hawaiiana Hotel. The fact that some artifacts from The Hawaiian Hut have migrated to Sand Islands La Mariana is cool. When the Tiki at the Shave Ice Stand in the Beach Access lane between The Royal Hawaiian Center and The Outrigger Waikiki shows up on Craigslist and then disappears, I should post about it. When a journalist and I walk around and he points out something NEAT that I've never seen at the International Market Place, I want to tell people. When Tiki Central people come to town, I'm happy to show them things and play the VOICE of Don the Beachcomber.

best,

Phillip