About Tiki Makaio

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