Official Introductions Thread. New Members, Post your introduction here...

Aloha TC,

My name is Eric aka “SeekingTiki” I've been hovering for a while and have been enjoying reading all about everyone. My better half vwtikigirl has been keeping me in the loop about what’s new. After meeting a few of you at our local digs and at Tiki Oasis 4, I can no longer be a spectator and decided I must participate!

I have been into the tiki scene and hawaiiana for most of my life. I remember the 70’s, using tiki swizzle sticks, brought from Hawaii, as light sabers for my star wars action figures. (It hurts to think what I did… but hell I was just a kid.) My neighbor used to bring me back mugs and swizzle sticks from all the tiki bars they visited, mostly Hawaii and Vegas, man what I wouldn’t do to have a few of those again…

Now in my 30’s I am happily married with one child. We enjoy fruity beverages, great music (APE etc.), and we collect Munktiki, Bosko, Tiki Farm, and Vintage mugs and we are always looking to trade, sell or buy mugs. Well I think I have rambled enough about me…

Hello, My name is Jimmy, Ive been collecting early rattan furnitures, hula nodders,old skateboards, vintage BMX, late 50's- early 60's furnitures/items, into vintage VW's etc, just started collecting tiki, cool stuffs there, cool site also , any locals here, email me

[ Edited by: Aloha-Brah on 2004-06-13 15:47 ]

[ Edited by: Aloha-Brah on 2004-06-13 15:48 ]

welcome aboard all ya newbies n oldbies! extra long alloooohhhha to Seeking Tiki for joining at the Grand Member Level!

elicia

Just wanted to say "hello" to everyone out there. I live in San Diego. We need a tiki event in SD. We have the Bali Hai, Mister Tiki's, Trader Mort's, the Half Moon Inn and Bosko. Has potential for a great weekend.

On 2004-06-13 16:07, nicktiki wrote: We need a tiki event in SD. We have the Bali Hai, Mister Tiki's, Trader Mort's, the Half Moon Inn and Bosko. Has potential for a great weekend.

Where were you last night while we were at Mister Tiki?
https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=9085&forum=4&89

Hello..
My name is Cindy. I had a great time last night at Mr. TIKI's. Look forward to seeing you all again..

:tiki:

I second that emotion!

On 2004-06-13 17:18, Doctor Z wrote:

On 2004-06-13 16:07, nicktiki wrote: We need a tiki event in SD. We have the Bali Hai, Mister Tiki's, Trader Mort's, the Half Moon Inn and Bosko. Has potential for a great weekend.

Where were you last night while we were at Mister Tiki?
https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=9085&forum=4&89

I would have loved to have went to Mister Tiki's. I have a son who is two weeks old and he's been a little sick. When he gets better(maybe this week), I'm going. Too bad I missed you guys.

Hello folks!

MaDD Tiki> HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDYYYYYYYYYY :) Welcome to the party.

Ah, just found this. Glad to be here. I'm basically a retro-grouch with a taste for the tiki lifestyle. It's a wunnerful thing and as I'm discovering, so is this forum. Thanks Hanford Lemoore.

alohaz from the sunny south of Maui! Glad to be among other tiki-heads. I'm an artist and would appreciate anybody taking time to check out my web site. Hi to Al & Shelly and to da Gecko, my bud on Oahu. Aloha, all...yer a fun bunch!
the Tiki Queen

welcome aboard folks, the bar is on the Aloha Deck :)

Wow, this is one of the best and informative message boards I've ever come across regarding one topic, all that is TIKI!

Looking forward to learning as much as possible and as quickly as possible from all of your posts.

Now, as a start, I think I need to schedule a day trip to Chan's in Jersey!

"The only time I ever said no to a drink was when I misunderstood the question."

Will Sinclair

(I meant learNing, not learing!. Though I MAY do that also...)

[ Edited by: JerseyRED on 2004-06-16 09:42 ]

Welcome to TC, JerseyRED!

I'm a fan of Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys as well. Enjoy perusing the past posts - there are so many interesting topics here - and we look forward to seeing more of your own posts in the future. If you instigate a trip to Chan's, I'm sure you'll have some interested takers.

Sabu

Hi there everyone! :)
My name is Lenore, and I am 29 years old, currently living in Miami Florida. I grew up in New Orleans, was born in Brazil, and moved to Miami to study interior design.
I am now a designer, and I specialize in home accessory designs with a retro flair!

I love all things tiki, and vintage 40s and 50s decor. This is 90% of the style I design in primarily. I am in the midst of starting up my own business, in which I will only focus on retro-decor (home accessories).

I am really excited to meet other people with similar interests here! I signed up in order to make new friends, with a similar passion for tiki. I would love to meet new people, both online and in person! So lets luau! :D I just wanted to say hi, and blow tiki kisses! :wink:

~Lenore

Hi everybody!

I'm Jason, I've been a SoCal boy all my life (born in Long Beach, raised in OC), and I've loved tiki for years. I just stumbled into this place after a friend pointed me to Cherry Capri's site (how awesome is she?). Everybody is really friendly and informative, and I'm already caught with the infectious spirit here. I love photography and old cars (especially woodies), and I'd like to move into shooting tiki related stuff as well. Also I'm into digital art and 3D modeling and animation, and I just might have to create some virtual tiki's (has anybody else ventured into this realm before? I think the anachronism inherent in using state of the art computer hardware and software to delve into such an ancient medium is delicious :) ) At any rate, I'll post more when I have some actual work to show, until then, I'll just bask in all the glories of tiki present here!

Cheers,
Jason

[ Edited by: VayVay on 2004-06-17 00:39 ]

[ Edited by: VayVay on 2004-06-17 00:40 ]

Aloha, y'all...

My name is Brian Poust from Atlanta GA, a long time fan of our own Trader Vics but have also visited some other fine spots in the US, most notably The Tonga Room in SF though that was some years ago.

My main thing is tied into the Mod tip but my girlfriend and I both have a healthy obsession with 50s/60s decor and the insurmountable lure of tikis.

Mostly musical in nature, my other online hobbies include researching soul music from the state of Georgia, and serving as Music Editor for http://www.uppers.org - Your guide to the pleasures of modern living.

Happy to be here!

Kip? Get Out!?!?! Is that you? Welcome, welcome, welcome to Tiki Central! Geez chicky it took you long enough to find this place! Check your Personal Messages ~ Dawntiki :tiki:

Greets,

My name is Ron, a.k.a. Chairman--due to an incident involving a couple of bottles of sake, a karaoke bar and the song stylings of Mr. Sinatra--and I'm hooked on Tiki and the whole retro-Cocktail lifestyle and my patron saint is Hilo Hattie. I'm a nearly-native Californian (moved here when I was 3), currently residing in the beautiful San Fernando Valley. I look forward to hanging out with a crowd where I'm not likely to be the only one in an aloha shirt. :)

-Ron a.k.a. Chairman
"Dooby dooby doo."

Aloha, I'm a newbie, recently relocated from Florida to Nashville, and hopefully the next promotion is Hawaii. Omni Hut is great and so are the local antique/retro shops. For rockabilly fans, Nic Roulette from The Blue Moon Boys also moved here a few months ago, the new band is The Hilbilly Casino. They play at Mercy Lounge and Wolfy's on Broadway.

Is anyone in Music City?

-Todd

Hello all,

Greg here. New to the tiki thing, but enjoy all things with a history that are a little bit left of normal. Just started collecting tiki mugs but am quite ignorant on it. Having fun though. Have been collecting beer stuff from the state of Rhode Island for the past 25+ years with my dad. Oddly enough all of my hobbies have to do with alcohol.......there must be a meaning in there somewhere. Maybe it's because we're BOSox fans up here. Anyway, have enjoyed looking over these forums over the past couple of days. Neat site.

On 2004-06-18 20:43, RIBEERGUY wrote:
Oddly enough all of my hobbies have to do with alcohol.......

Welcome to Tiki Central RIBEERGUY !!

Hi, brand new and glad to be here. San Diego boy, deeply interested in drinking and architecture, would love to do an "architectural" crawl through So. Cal. to uncover tiki artifacts/remnants/motels and then wrap it up by getting completely blotto.

Peace out,

SS

Aloha Satan's Sin. You've come to the right place. The tiki bar is open and the torches are burnin' bright.

How rude of me. I posted a few before seeing this thread, and introducing myself.

Mike aka Mutant
Stuck in the great Tiki Wasteland (Ohio.)
Building a Tiki Bar in my basement, to compliment my slightly mid-century/contemporary "Rumpus Room".

Glad to be here. I just signed up for Grand Membership, I hope the initiation isn't too painful. :wink:

Mike

[ Edited by: TNTiki on 2004-11-06 18:29 ]

Greetings all! I met alot of you at the 2003 Hukilau in Ft. Lauderdale and look forward to seeing a few again this year. Already booked up and going to the Summer Jamboree in Senigallia, Italy then straight to Hukilau 2004. Hope to meet up up with the folks we partied with last time...

A Hui Ho!

Moi

TNTiki and Swanky, please keep me posted on anything happening around here in TN. Today I went towards Memphis and stopped off in little towns while I was exploring and searching for Tiki.
Found one but the guy said, "yer looking fer whatt?" "well hell son, just look around, we got all kinds of things in here." as he was watching a little tv he said, "The race is on (Nascar)and its gettin good."

Sometimes its fun to ask just to get a reaction.Its gettin good!

[ Edited by: TNTiki on 2004-11-06 18:29 ]

Aloha,
I've been a subscriber but have never introduced myself. I feel as though I have been under the spell of Tiki ever since I was a small boy. I lived in Micronesia from 1948-49 and was lucky enough
to see native polynesians fishing with nets from shore and outrigger canoes in blue shark-infested waters while living on a coral atoll. My dad was stationed in Kwajelein and my brother and I along with my mom were able to tag along. I surf and collect Tiki along with other Hawaiiana. I collect Hot Rod memorabilia and love Tiki Bars. I love all kinds of exotic / lounge/surf music and go to see and hear Dick Dale as well as the Insect Surfers and the Blue Hawaiians. I met the drummer from the Infrareds recently and got a copy of their CD; I don't know if it's the latest , but if you haven't heard it yet and like surf music, this is smokin'!!
Hope to hear from some of you. A great website Hanford! Keep up the good work.
Mahalo !

On 2004-06-17 09:25, DawnTiki wrote:
Kip? Get Out!?!?! Is that you? Welcome, welcome, welcome to Tiki Central! Geez chicky it took you long enough to find this place! Check your Personal Messages ~ Dawntiki :tiki:

DAWN!!! YES it IS ME! How are you? :D I actually thought of you the other night when I was at Mai Kai! I dont live far from there at all... and had a date on Saturday night that took me there for dinner and a show. (How sweet is HE? To indulge me in my tiki fever!)
Are you going to the Hukilau this year?
HEY! EMAIL ME! Love ya and I miss ya! :D

smooches
Lenore (Your lil' Kip!) :wink:

Hi. I'm a new Marylander member. Any other Marylanders know where I can go in the DC/Baltimore area for a good Mai Tai?

SpaceKitty, check out the Maryland/Virginia/DC Tiki Webpage for more info on your area, & maybe contact members Sabina, Johntiki, Turbogod & ikitnrev, among others.

On 2004-06-25 13:58, freddiefreelance wrote:
SpaceKitty, check out the Maryland/Virginia/DC Tiki Webpage for more info on your area, & maybe contact members Sabina, Johntiki, Turbogod & ikitnrev, among others.

"and the rest..." :)

including...

On 2004-06-25 14:04, Johnny Dollar wrote:
"and the rest..." :)

including...

Ahhh yes, J$ and PoweroftheTiki, the Professor and Mary Ann of the local gang!
:) and who can forget the disappearing Suburban Hipster, WHERE ARE YOU SB?
Welcome Spacekitty, as the whos in whoville say, "We are Here! We are Here!"

[ Edited by: Turbogod on 2004-06-25 14:47 ]

Hello! all, im new here and very excited about this forum. Im from Copenhagen Denmark, Im a dj and a cook, and soon im going to try and carve me a Tiki, with help from the carving thread, thanks for this great and very usefull forum. Tollund Manden
((-_-))

Hi everybody,

Found the board while doing some research on converting my garage. You all have been a great resources of info and funny too

hello all. i've been around for a few weeks and have been posting some and just saw this. well, my name is brent jones. i live in la mirada, ca and have grown up there my whole 29 years of my life. i've liked tiki related things for a while, but got the big bite last september when my family was in maui and me and my wife bought a tiki from tevita over in kehei. about 2 months ago i started carving and am totally addicted to it. eveyone here is so friendly and encouraging. thanks for all the ideas. i have a feeling my house will be going through a transformation soon. keep the ideas coming. thanks all!!!

Aloha,
I am new to Tiki Central, but not to tiki culture, I am from Kauai, now living in Los Angeles. I should be posting pics of my Tiki room and my New Tiki that is almost finished, soon. till then.

dime29

shaka......alldo

New member to TC but have been collecting for over six years. We have a business called Taboo Tiki where we make Tiki bars, poles and other Tiki themed items up here in BC, Canada.

right on!
Where in BC are you?

[ Edited by: TNTiki on 2004-11-06 18:41 ]

Welcome Taboo Dan!
I'm over in Victoria

Hi I am new here.Just joined yesterday.
My real name is Jaime.

welcome shaveice!
Where are you from?

Hi to all my fellow tiki freaks
I am new to this board , found it a few days ago looking for info about tiki huts . WOW!!!
so much info . I am getting ready to build a 12x12 tiki hut in my back yard .
Thanks for a great forum
Time to read more
dtikiman