Official Introductions Thread. New Members, Post your introduction here... - General Tiki

T TikiX Member Sacto, Ca Joined: Feb 16, 2004 Posts: 4	T TikiX Posted posted on Thu, Feb 19, 2004 5:57 PM Aloha all! I too have been lurking around here for quite a while; although I have only recently been back to visiting everyday, and it's great. What a wonderful distraction at work! I have been a closet tiki fan, and have a modest collection that I have been working on for a year or so. The past few months I have developed more of an addiction, and have been collecting a broader selection of pieces. It's hard to say what originally attracted me to tikis besides the kitsch factor, but I would have to say in the end it's the alcohol. The building that I moved into last year is a 160 year old corner building in the China Town section of a Northern California town. The lower floor used to be a very posh Chinese restaurant called the "King's Inn". It closed in the 1960's sometime, but what was left behind is most amazing. The basement of the restaurant was a private tiki bar for the more wealthy patrons, and it remains in excellent condition to this day (although unused). The mural paintings are even in great shape. I am currently trying to procure the building (more on that some other time). So that's my introduction. Thanks for the fish! Cheers! Chris

Aloha all!
I too have been lurking around here for quite a while; although I have only recently been back to visiting everyday, and it's great. What a wonderful distraction at work!

I have been a closet tiki fan, and have a modest collection that I have been working on for a year or so. The past few months I have developed more of an addiction, and have been collecting a broader selection of pieces.

It's hard to say what originally attracted me to tikis besides the kitsch factor, but I would have to say in the end it's the alcohol.

The building that I moved into last year is a 160 year old corner building in the China Town section of a Northern California town. The lower floor used to be a very posh Chinese restaurant called the "King's Inn". It closed in the 1960's sometime, but what was left behind is most amazing. The basement of the restaurant was a private tiki bar for the more wealthy patrons, and it remains in excellent condition to this day (although unused). The mural paintings are even in great shape. I am currently trying to procure the building (more on that some other time).

So that's my introduction. Thanks for the fish!

Cheers!
Chris

Post #76936 by TikiX on Thu, Feb 19, 2004 5:57 PM