One Man’s Tiki Journey from Germany – Gregor (TikiTropic)

 

I always love hearing people’s tiki origin stories. I find it fascinating learning the seeds and the steps a person has experienced on their way into the tiki lifestyle. This is one man’s tiki story. His name is Gregor, he’s from Germany and he asks…

Is Gregor into Tiki? What do you think?

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #106 The Lucky Star Tiki Bar – Whidbey Island WA

Imagine being in the army and you’re on base. Imagine a tiki bar on this base. Think of the makeshift tiki bar on the TV show M.A.S.H. This is what Will Locksmith Hawkins created in the basement of his home and it’s so cool. I’ve been to many tiki bars but I’ve never seen anything like this!

Oh, did I forget to mention there’s an actually a wing from an airplane hanging about the bar?

 

 

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Tiki VIP #50 Chrissy Weena – Ceramics by Weena Bee

I recently was in Denver on a home tiki bar tour. About thirty of us climbed onboard a chartered bus and it drove us all around to three home tiki bars in and around the Denver. One of the tiki bars was about forty minutes outside of Denver so to kill time we did tiki trivia and I actually won! The prize was a tiki mug made by Chrissy Weena. This mug was beautiful! Chrissy has also made mugs for some of the local bars in Denver like Hell or High Water. Here is the story of Chrissy and Ceramics by Weena Bee…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #105 Ka Laki Lolo Tiki – Dundee MI

 

Sometime life imitates art, or is it the other way around?

Mr. X’s Valet, a painting from Shag, was the inspiration for the Ka Laki Lolo Tiki. Art decided to use elements of the tiki bar in that Shag painting and Ka Laki Lolo Tiki was born! Art and Maria’s home tiki bar is in Dundee Michigan and when things get cold in the winter they have a wonderful tiki bar to escape to. It’s an enclosed patio turned tiki bar and Art and Maria can enjoy a Mai Tai or two even though it might be two below outside! Here is their story…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #104 The Midwatch Bar – Duval WA

If you ever served in the Navy and was out to sea, you probably have spent some time being on watch. Midwatch is the time between midnight to 4:00 AM and this is how Mike met his now wife Shannon and Midwatch is the name of their home tiki bar. I’d say it’s fitting! Here’s a little bit more of how Mike met Shannon and how their home tiki bar came together, Ships Ahoy!!

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #103 3 Palms Tiki Lounge – Las Vegas NV

You can build a tiki bar but not in my living room!

And with that Kitty and Mike got to work on converting their spare bedroom into their home tiki bar. Three large palm trees line the front of their mid-century modern home so naming their home tiki bar was easy, they called it 3 Palms Tiki Lounge! Here is Kitty and Mike’s story…

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Tiki Lifestyle – By Don Logay (An Article For Vegas Legal Magazine)

I’d like to present to you this article by Don Logay. He reached out to me a couple months ago and asked if I could help him out with information for an article he was going to write about living the tiki lifestyle. I was flattered to be asked to be a resource and I talked with Don over the phone giving him all the tiki knowledge I can. Don really did his homework and his write up on the tiki lifestyle covers all the bases! Click on Tiki Lifestyle by Don Logay or you can read it here in Vegas Legal Magazine

Enjoy!

 

Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #102 Kanaloa’s Demise – Kent WA

Kanaloa is a god symbolized by the squid or the octopus…

Situated in Chris and Cathy’s backyard is Kanaloa’s Demise. The theme of their bar is all things octopus. You will find, pantings,  lamps and other amphoral related to the might sea dweller, the octopus. Want to learn more about octopuses, or should I say octopi? Want to learn more about how this incredible nautical theme bar came to be? Keep reading…

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