{"id":180,"date":"2006-10-14T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-14T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/10\/14\/cold-case-file-3992-mai-kai-tiki-heist\/"},"modified":"2013-03-29T09:11:04","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T16:11:04","slug":"cold-case-file-3992-mai-kai-tiki-heist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/10\/14\/cold-case-file-3992-mai-kai-tiki-heist\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold Case File #3992 – Mai Kai tiki heist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did I mention I am a Mai Kai<\/a> geek? Forget about it being the current<\/em> best tiki palace, maybe best ever<\/em>. The owner(s) certainly have been and are mai kai (the best).<\/p>\n

When it opened, it was out on its own on Highway 1. They quickly transformed the area around them to match their tropical interior. Very early on they had a few large tikis installed at the road side. Those tiki stand as sentinels to this day, except one.<\/p>\n

Here is an image of the area in question.<\/p>\n

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To the left you see the classic Barney West tiki that was the inspiration for the Hukilau 2006 mug<\/a>. But what is that one in the center? Artist’s imagination?<\/p>\n

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Here it is again in one of the more common long postcrads with a man in a suit and a woman in a red dress, lovingly caressing the mystery tiki.<\/p>\n

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And here we have a group of folks huddled around the spot where he once was, wondering just what happened. Did he ever exist? The answer is yes.<\/p>\n

That tiki was part of the decor out front. As they widened US 1 over the years, the Mai Kai<\/a> had to squeeze itself back a bit to make room for the road. I am told the big tikis were moved a few times. But the tiki in question was stone and huge. It was moved permanently some time in the night in the sixties. Someone came in with a crane and grabbed it and it was never seen again. Here is a photo for identification.<\/p>\n

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If you have seen this tiki, please call LOgan 6-1513 with\u00c2\u00a0any and all leads. Or email me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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