Post #94863 by Jay_G on Sun, Jun 6, 2004 1:24 AM

This is my first Post. I'm 32 (almost 33) and I've never been on a tropical Island. I watch a lot of the Travel Channel. Mostly I was watching just Disney stuff, but I set Tivo to record any Hawiian stuff.

I'm not sure when My Tiki obsession started. Maybe it was because of someone I work with going to Hawaii? Maybe it was because of "Whale Rider" the best movie I saw last year? Maybe it was back when I saw Lilo and Stich? Maybe it was because of the Mai Tai's or Jimmy Buffet. I saw the Kon Tiki this year too, a fastinating film, also rented "American Aloha". Never thought of a TIKI house until I saw the one they did on Monster House last year, as by far my favorite, more then the Rennaissance house, and I'm a big Rennaissance Fan (I dress up, go to all the fairs).

I had a party a few month ago only 6 people but it was great. Did a Luau Theme and made shots from Tiki Drink book I had just gotten. Most fun party I evey had, and the first time I got drunk. (Been tipsy before, but not drunk) That's when I started buying Tiki stuff. Since then I've been collecting lots of Tiki stuff and reading this forum. Today I went to Spencers and got the $49 (Medium) light up Moai, and more glasses, and a grass table skirt (all TIki was 25% off). My girlfiend picked up a bunch of TIKI stuff for me at a party store today, but I can't see it until my birthday in 3 weeks.

Now I'm looking to build a Tiki bar, to house my collection, of Fake Tiki and tropical glassware, and drink stuff.

Yesterday I got "The Book of TIKI", all I can say is WOW! What an awesome volume. I'm not done reading it, because I savor every page. For a long time, I was wondering why old Chinese Resteraunts often had names like Hawaiian Island, or Tiki Lau, what was/is the Aku Aku? It's probibly in BOT but I haven't gotten there yet.

I got the TIKI bug bad. Did you see "while you were out" last night? They did a palm tree paradise living room, I also taped "Room by Room" a couple of weeks ago when they did the Tiki Bar in a tropical sun room.

It's almost 3:30 am, and I'm tired and I had a couple drinks so the above post probibly doesn't make a lot of sense, and is full of errors. But I wanted to share my TIKI excitment.

_ Jay