Post #724238 by creativenative on Wed, Jul 30, 2014 4:14 AM

Aloha TikiTomD

Five things: One, is that Nani Maka Maloney, at your Christmas party, the same as the actress Nani Maka in the now cult tiki movie classic Pagan Island?

from a Florida tourist weekly you provided on another thread

frame from Pagan Island

Two, what happened to the gorgeous mural from Julian’s Dining Room, is it still there? Love your homage to it in the Blowfish Bar.

Three, love also that little hut. Tell me it's background. Is it a remodel of the model from page 2 of this thread.

Four, here are three Miguel Covarrubias works from the web that I like. I know you were researching him. You have great art in the Blowfish that I would love to also own but my favorite is late 20s to early 40s Art Deco works from or about Polynesia. Miguel is from that period and here are three examples of his work that would fit in any tiki bar.

Finally five, This art in the Blowfish is, at some distance, my view from my roof. Need to build a second floor! At one end of Kaneohe Bay is Chinaman's Hat, the little island you see in this print, but the proper name for it is Mokoli'i which in Hawaiian legend is the piece of the dragon's tail that the goddess and younger sister of Pele, Hi'iaka killed. At the other end of Kaneohe bay is Coconut Island (Moku o Lo'e), the original Gilligan's Island.

We, on TC, are all connected by some degree. :)

Matt

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