Post #626361 by The Monitors on Fri, Feb 24, 2012 9:53 PM

Hi TC,

I live in Valencia, California a piece of Northern Los Angeles suburbia. Our biggest claim to fame is Six Flags Magic Mountain and Cal Arts. With Cal Arts in our backyard, you would think the entire town would be running with hipsters. So many graphic and visual artists graduated from Cal Arts and had to walk around town to buy their groceries. Notable alumni are: Eric Fischl (painter), John Lasseter (Pixar), Tim Burton, Michael Richards (Kramer from Sienfeld), and Paul Rubens (Pee Wee Herman), yet the entire town is full of squares.

Despite lack of culture of the squares, I still love this place and call it home.

Hypothetically speaking, if a tiki bar opened in Valenica would YOU come up here to have a drink once in a while? I realize that a bar needs a steady stream of customers --usually the locals, but in my case they're all squares, so I'm counting on Cal Arts. However, most of them are students thus money is tight.

If so, how often?

The vision for the bar would be similar to Tiki-Ti. It would be very small; probably a maximum capacity of 20-30 people. No beer, just tiki drinks. No hip hop, just exotica. Obviously, cool tiki art from Tiki Central artists. The goal is to be half as cool as Tiki-Ti. Come on, let's be honest, if a place could be half as cool as tiki-ti, then they already succeeded.

in summary:

1. Would you come up?
2. If so, how often?
3. Where are you from?

Thank you.