Hello everyone, as a member of the r/tiki subreddit for quite a long time, and after the Reddit drama, I figured why not give the tiki folks a place to share in the fediverse. This community is unapologetically inspired by r/tiki as you may have noticed from the description and guidelines. I can only hope for those who jump ship from Reddit can feel they have a safe harbor here.
Haha! You beat me to it! I started the tiki community on lemmy.ml. It keeps going down, but Lemmy.world seems to be staying up for the most part. Great job! Definitely subscribing! Where you from? I'm in Long Beach, Ca.
Aloha @[email protected] Northern California here. I do get to spend some time in southern California so I have got check out some of the So Cal tiki spots. I am actually going to be in Palm Springs in a few weeks so I plan on checking out a couple spots there as well.
Cool! I only discovered the whole "tiki" culture thing a couple years ago when I built my tiki bar in the back yard and started researching it. Now I'm totally getting into it. I'm not a big drinker, but I do like fruit drinks and a relaxed vibe wherever I'm at. And hawaiian shirts are fun. I've always been a huge fan of polynesian art and culture. So that kind of fits.
I haven't been to any tiki bars in real life except for The Secret Island. We've got kids, and it's tough to get time away for just the two of us.