Post #88844 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Apr 29, 2004 2:52 AM

You guys are completly nuts! Whatever gave you the idea that any of this mattered!!? :)

Great work, Sabina and Vern. Sabina, I have to admit I had not perused your site until now, but what a thrill! I had heard so much about Vera's White Sands, but never seen any images, and now I feel like I have been there! I would say that, judging by the lamps and that one long nose Moai, some of the decor came from the Sea and Jungle store. That shell outrigger is insane! You know, even if this place would close tomorrow, it is at least preserved in some form now, thanks to you.

Regarding the Honululu Tikis, I don't know the carver, but they are definitely from Orchids Of Hawaii catalogue, like the ones at the Hawaii Fountain, Chan's Dragon Inn, and Tiki Port (in "Locating Tiki"). I never liked the colors, but I have to differentiate an earlier statement. Since these are made of wood, and from the 70s (not the fiberglass casts from the 80s), they are from the late phase of the Tiki period, and not yet examples of the Tiki devolution of the 80s. And anyway, since they have been imbued with all the mana and ohana of the Honululu, they are shining examples of Polynesian Pop now!