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Puamana & Selector Lopaka's backyard Bali Hai |
Selector Lopaka
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Joined: May 07, 2003
Posts: 204
From: Jet City
|  Posted: 2003-10-11 11:33 am Permalink
Lopaka is Robert in Hawaiian (Robert is my real name), and Selector is another name for DJ in Jamaica, hence the name Selector Lopaka. I spin records here in Seattle under that moniker.
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OceaOtica
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Joined: Sep 29, 2003
Posts: 869
From: la, home of Tiki Ti
| Posted: 2003-10-11 12:11 pm Permalink
excellent work. that is quite a slice of paradise you have there. hope i can come and see it in person one day.
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GECKO
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Joined: Jun 01, 2002
Posts: 1049
From: South Sea Arts Honolulu
| Posted: 2003-10-15 01:06 am Permalink
1 word fo dis place..ONO!!
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Cultjam
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Joined: Apr 21, 2002
Posts: 367
From: Phoenix, Arizona
| Posted: 2003-10-15 11:55 am Permalink
GASP!!!!
I'm making one of your pics my background. That could convert anyone to tiki.
Correction!
FreddieFreelance, thanks for pulling this thread up! It's not noon yet, I'm not a morning person!
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Tiki_Bong
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 0 | Posted: 2003-10-15 1:17 pm Permalink
Puamana,
Very nice indeedie! Beachdude (KC Heylin) is my buddy that sold me the old Tepco kava bowl (I'm gonna give him sh$& for not letting me know about those tapa lamps!).
Do your neighbors think you're a California whacko or something?
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Exoticat
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Joined: Feb 08, 2003
Posts: 481
From: Hutikihi Island ~ near Seattle
| Posted: 2003-10-20 7:05 pm Permalink
{{{{{ B O I N G G g G g ! ! !}}}}
That's the sound of my eyes popping right out of my head! What can I say? Sheer perfection! Truly a magical little paradise...can't believe it's in the NW!!! You have just set the bar for tiki design very high!
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Raffertiki
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Joined: Oct 31, 2003
Posts: 1527
From: L.I.
| Posted: 2003-10-31 4:48 pm Permalink
That's awesome.
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tikifille
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Joined: Nov 18, 2002
Posts: 123 | Posted: 2003-11-02 8:15 pm Permalink
Puamana & Selector Lopaka- Thanks so much! Your photos saved me $100sss. I have a very Polynesian backyard (yeah yeah yeah photos to come..one day I'll go digital blah blah) and I had been contemplating a boardwalk style walkway. Bare bones estimate was $500 for lumber only and the construction chick doing all the work. I made no progress in 2 yrs. because I couldn't cope with this intense construction project. Then your pictures (clouds part, sun shines, birds sing) and I have since bought 900 lbs. of stone. I set them into the lawn and reseeded around them. I need about 600 lbs. more to complete the path. THANKS FOR THE INSPIRATION!!!! (Photos soon....yeah really. I promise.)
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SES
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Joined: Sep 14, 2003
Posts: 992 | Posted: 2003-12-28 2:16 pm Permalink
Did you ever take a night view photo?
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Humuhumu
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Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 3536
From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2003-12-28 2:54 pm Permalink
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FLOUNDERart
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Joined: Sep 02, 2003
Posts: 1140
From: Orlando Florida
| Posted: 2003-12-28 2:55 pm Permalink
I'm curious about the moai in your yard, is it concrete?
Awesome transformation, I would love to do the same some day when I buy a house were I know I'll stay.
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Humuhumu
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Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 3536
From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2003-12-28 3:04 pm Permalink
Weird -- my message above got so goobered up somehow that I can't even edit it. Could one of the moderators kindly tackle it for me?
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Oh yes, I did promise some photos earlier, didn't I? Here's a bunch, and there are more here.
These guys live aloha more than anyone I know!
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Selector Lopaka
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Joined: May 07, 2003
Posts: 204
From: Jet City
| Posted: 2003-12-28 4:29 pm Permalink
The birdbath Moai is concrete, we picked it up at a local garden shop. Some friends of ours just saw the same Moai in three sizes at a garden shop in Vancouver BC recently. Ours is the largest size.
In regards to a night shot, the best of them are up. This project wasn't finished until mid August 2003, and we never got a chance to get torches up before it all went dormant for the winter.
We planted a ton of bulbs (lilies, irises, and more) in late fall, and we (im)patiently await spring. We're so psyched to watch the garden come back to life, and have the whole season in 2004 for Backyard Bali Ha'i fun and frolic. We hope some of you TCers passing through Seattle, as well as all you locals, will get to see it. Mahalo Humuhumu for your pics! Happy New Year everyone!
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SES
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Joined: Sep 14, 2003
Posts: 992 | Posted: 2003-12-28 4:35 pm Permalink
It's really gorgeous!
Thanks for the update and photos!
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hala bullhiki
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Joined: Nov 26, 2002
Posts: 570
From: champaign,illinois
| Posted: 2003-12-28 11:18 pm Permalink
good lord! that is absolutely breath taking.......amazing work
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