Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #45 Ohana Gardens – Portland OR

Ohana Gardens

Form follows function, but in the case of Jackie and Eric’s Ohana Gardens, it’s a different story. When you have a large backyard with plants, trees, bees, and chickens, you need tools and supplies, but more importantly, you need somewhere to store them. Jackie and Eric originally planned on building a storage shed …

They ended up with something way cooler …

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #44 Hala Kahiki Derby – Derby, England

Hala Kahiki Derby England

I met Neil and his wife Carla at Tiki Kon 2018. They came all the way from England to attend Tiki Kon and visit as many tiki bars they could on their trip. That’s hardcore! Neil mentioned that he has his own tiki bar back home in Derby … I had to do a post on it! Here is Neil’s story …

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #43 The Bamboozled Bungalow – Seattle WA

Bamboozled Bungalow Seattle WA

Jeanie and Tom and have been into Tiki a long time …

They were collecting tiki mugs and making tiki drinks back in the mid-90’s. If there were other people into tiki in Seattle, they wouldn’t have known. Jeanie and Tom were part of the second wave of tiki and didn’t even know it! The Bamboozled Bungalow is where Tom makes his drinks and Jeanie displays her mugs. Here’s a peak inside their piece of paradise, hidden in their basement …

Bamboozled Bungalow Seattle WA

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The Pau Hana Lounge (On the Hiyu) – A Tiki Bar That Is On A Boat, Seattle WA

Pau Hana Lounge Hiyu

Nautical artifacts are commonly found in a tiki bar, but what about if a tiki bar is on a boat? This is The Pau Hana Lounge. It’s a tiki bar that was built inside one of the passenger decks of “On the Hiyu”. On the Hiyu is a restored ferryboat from 1967 that Jeff Wilson and David Crellin restored and repurposed into a floating arts and entertainment venue. David Crellin invited me on board to show me around. We sat down in the Pau Hana Lounge, sipped some rum, and talked …

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