Tiki in Oct/Nov Reminisce magazine photos added

I just got the latest Oct/Nov. issue of Reminisce magazine today and there is a short but fun article on tiki. Sven is interviewed. (I am on a first name basis with him even though we've never met, He's probably taking out a restraining order right now, come to think of it). There are some cool photos and a brief notes on the Mai Kai and Tiki Ti and Critiki. The article is not the be-all and end-all of tiki info but its nice to see nonetheless. I don't have the computer skills to scan it in but I can post some photos of the article later tonite. ![](https://tikicentral.com/uploads/538/5442b6fa.jpg[/img
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[ Edited by: 2014-10-18 11:54 ]

[ Edited by: TikiGoddess 2014-10-18 11:55 ]

[ Edited by: TikiGoddess 2014-10-18 11:56 ]

Thanks for the photos, TG. I love the opening chapter spread, I wanted that Worlds Fair photo as the Tiki Pop cover, but could not figure out how to colorize it realistically. The Tiki Gardens cover was accepted by both, the museum and Taschen, so it won.

I have not seen that waitress photo before, wonder where they got it from. Weird that they picked Harry Belafonte as the music example. I guess we did not get to touch on Martin Denny in the interview. Oh well, as mentioned here
( http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=33273&forum=11 ),
Calypso was also frequently played in rumpus rooms across America.

Their recommended Tiki supplier, Retroplanet.com, does not show the best taste in Tiki mugs, but it DOES offer the "Kiresten Tiki Pop Mug" :)
http://www.retroplanet.com/search?q=Tiki&Search.x=8&Search.y=12&Search=Search

I hope they sent me a sample issue, I am working in Germany for a while so I won't know til December. Seems like one can't get single issues, just subscriptions.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2014-10-19 03:27 ]

On 2014-10-18 19:38, bigbrotiki wrote:
I have not seen that waitress photo before, wonder where they got it from.

I have never seen that photo either. The captions says it is in a hotel in Pennsylvania.

The only one that I know of that fits this description is the Kona Kai in Philadelphia, but that is not the Kona Kai. The green booths makes one think it is from one of Stephen Crane's Kon Tiki or Ports o Call restaurants.

A mystery location. Does the article say anything more?

DC

I have that issue, and looking at a magnified view of the the table lamps they are 3 (?) sided tiki figures ala TV S&P shape....hmmmm? OGR

The photo is from the Beachcomber Hotel in Harrisburg Pa. Here is the thread.
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=32819&forum=2

Thanks Trav.

Dc

Those Tiki table lamps were supplied by Oceanic Arts:

Cool thread, Trav, I head missed that one until now.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2014-10-19 12:59 ]

This is what the Taschen P.R. person had to say about "Reminiscence" magazine:

"They're a part of Reader's Digest (for readers over 70) and have a circulation rate of 1.1 million.
A bit like AARP."

Nice circulation! AARP? What's that?:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARP

Well, I am not retired yet, but it looks like not a bad deal.

From the Reminisce EXTRA magazine March 2015 Page 39.
Taken in 1961. Check out the cool tiki lamp. The edge of the tablecloth says "Aloha Hawaiian Room"