About Tiki Makaio
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My Story
I am a California native that caught the Tiki Bug somewhere early this century…
It started showing up in my thoughts and dreams, slowly, like a mysterious fog that creeps into the harbor under a full moon…
I suppose it was nostalgia and longing for simpler times but also a deep appreciation for the art and atmosphere the originals had conjured out of nothing but their imaginations…
Tiki is, in my opinion, a state-of-the-art, unadulterated and delicious escapism!
Then there were the Drinks, the mugs, the books, and the shirts (I admittedly have a serious problem with shirts) and the list goes on…
So far, I can’t seem to shake this tropical tiki mindset and to this day I haven’t been able to convince myself of any sane reason why I should.
At this point in my life, I have come to terms with the fact that I have become tikified.
So what to do now?
Embrace it, enable it, enjoy it and blissfully let it take me wherever it may…
Mahalo,
Tiki Makaio
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Tiki Makaio’s Tiki Bar
Once upon a time in Fort Lauderdale, Fl
My only remaining photo. Built by Osceola Chikee.