Tiki Hut Quotes

The animators who work here are free to—no, encouraged to—decorate their work spaces in whatever style they wish. They spend their days inside pink dollhouses whose ceilings are hung with miniature chandeliers, tiki huts made of real bamboo, and castles whose meticulously painted, fifteen-foot-high styrofoam turrets appear to be carved from stone.

Blazing bamboo torches lit the way to the tiki hut beside Sarasota Bay at Mote Marine Aquarium. The thatch-roofed pavilion sheltered wooden picnic tables wrapped with raffia skirting and crowned with centerpieces of conch shells filled with sprays of orchids. Potted palms and red hibiscuses had been placed around the perimeter of the outdoor room. The atmosphere was redolent with roasting pork and salt air. "This is ridic!" exclaimed Piper. "We're never leaving." She scooped a watermelon margarita garnished with a paper umbrella from the tray of a passing server. Jack helped himself to a Captain Morgan on the rocks. "To us," he said, raising his glass. Trays of skewered beef teriyaki and sweet-and-sour chicken were passed.

Alvin had gotten in some really cute fall and Halloween items. The man and woman scarecrows were just too cute in their overalls to pass up. I’d also gotten some plastic pumpkins that floated in a pool, but since I didn’t have a pool, I put them in the lake. They were so cute all lit up with their cutout faces. Henry had put bales of hay all over the campground for people to sit on. He’d even put a few around the lake and some of the fire rings. Of course, it wasn’t all cute and adorable. Henry had put up those fake cobwebs all over the outside of the office, tiki hut, and recreational building. Also on the outside of the recreational building, he’d replaced the hanging baskets of ferns and flowers with these battery-operated cauldrons with a red cloth flame that danced around from a built-in fan. It was cute, but they sure were expensive.