Post #221673 by Goddess o'pilikoa on Sat, Mar 18, 2006 5:21 PM

This is my first post. Aloha from a Goddess who was Tiki when Tiki was running rampant in SoCal in the 50's and 60's. Should have realized something was up when my favorite attraction at Disneyland was the Enchanted Tiki Room and everyone else in the family was headed for the Matterhorn. Livin' the dream today, livin' on Kauai. Three summers ago, to entertain my then 12 year old niece, I outlined a six foot tall tiki on the carport wall and we painted it in. Added a few chairs, bought a tiki bar that some long gone Tikiphiles built in the '70s and bam...neighbors started wandering in like zombies looking for a place to feed.
The rest is history. Pretty soon, Tiki took over, as Tiki will do, things spiraled out of my control. 50's style puupuu platters were showing up, The Drink of the Day concoctions did, too. Everyone started trying to out do each other. I sat back and let it roll. If you build it, they will come. We have the first official "Tiki Port" in our neighborhood.
At 57 I'm feeling like I'm finally home. As if I've been wandering around in a daze since the fifties and now I'm back. For a while Tiki became a complete obsession (as Tiki will.) The ebay therapy sessions and a cut back in pay have helped curtail it somewhat, but heck, there's always room for more Tiki.
Are we the last of our generation? Heck no. My young niece can't wait to be me!