Post #697026 by Phillip Roberts on Tue, Oct 22, 2013 9:29 AM

Aloha,

On 2013-10-22 07:58, lucas vigor wrote:
of course there is no tiki in hawaii right now.

**OK, now you are just being silly. **

265 pages say different and that's just on Oahu. Yes, the loss of the International Market Place, Tahitian Lanai, and others means less but... La Mariana, Tiki's and a number of other Grills use the decor we love. There is decoration of a Polynesian manner in most hotels and resorts. Even Disney's Aulani resort is modeled on the Wimberly and Cook design of the main lobby at the Coco Palms. The Tahiti Nui and (now) Tiki Iniki on Kauai got stuffs. I haven't even mentioned the home bars.

There is methamphetamine "ice"

and there isn't in LA and other parts of America? Please!

...and Reggae music. When I lived there in the 80s, it was all about Heavy Metal.

There's reggae, metal and even punk everywhere INCLUDING Hawaii.

Were you aware of the Waitiki 7 playing exotica with the Hawaii Youth Symphony and Jimmy Borges later this week? Want Hapa Haole tunes? Look no further than the Halekulani nightly at Sunset.

But had you gone to Waikiki in 1960s or 1970s, it would have been a whole different thing. You would have found plenty of tiki...

(albeit, probably shipped there by WITCO and Oceanic Arts.....)

Yes, some of that and also much made by Edward M. Brownlee, Tavana and many other talented sculptors. As well as imported items from the South Pacific by Spence Weaver (Spencecliff) and Don the Beachcomber himself.

Gecko even makes Tiki Mugs just like companies Terra Ceramics, Polynesian Pottery and others...

No Tiki? Think again.