Dave Chaney has a love for punk rock, tiki and horror, especially The Creature From The Black Lagoon. I love when people combine the things they love into their home tiki bar. It really gives you a glimpse into someone’s passions why enjoying a Mai Tai or two. Dave’s home tiki bar is a perfect example of this and here is his story …
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #84 The Lagoon – St. Helens OR”
On this episode of Secret Tiki Escapes we head to Happy Valley OR to visit Heather and Donald Water’s Hula Hideaway …
Continue reading “Secret Tiki Escapes – Season 2 Episode 5: Hula Hideaway- Happy Valley OR”
How does jumping on a bus and visiting a bunch of home tiki bars sound to you?
Continue reading “Tiki Kon 2019 Pageant Of The Pacific: Day Three – Home Tiki Bar Tour”
The theme of Tiki Kon this year was Pageant Of The Pacific and it conjured up pictures in my mind of a time when people would dress up and go out to fancy supper clubs where they would dine, dance and be entertained. Saturday’s entertainment was all about creating this experience with an incredible variety show that truly felt like it was taken out of the 40’s.
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 …
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #45 Ohana Gardens – Portland OR”
If you live in the Pacific Northwest, you know about McMenamins.
McMenamins restores old, classic, historical buildings and turns them into brewpubs, movie theaters, restaurants, and music venues. They do a really great job of maintaining the integrity of the buildings and the food and drinks are great! But what you may not know is that they also build Tiki bars…
Continue reading “Tiki Bar Review #46 Kapu Hut – McMenamins North Bank Eugene, OR”
The Turkeymingo Club.
What a mysterious name for a Tiki bar, right? But the mystery doesn’t end there! There are hidden ducks and other treasures to be found in Kristy and Miguel’s Tiki escape. How did the Turkeymingo Club came to be? It started with a man learning how to make cocktails…
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #31 The Turkeymingo Club Portland, OR”
And with the sound of the gong, the entire room fell silent…
Justin DuPre and Greg Clap got married at Tiki Kon 2017 and we all got to be part of the celebration! Here’s how they did it…
Day One of Tiki Kon was jammed pack with Tiki drinks, live bands, and even more Tiki drinks. As much as I would have liked to have slept in Saturday morning, I knew I couldn’t. The Island Marketplace was going on and the good Tiki stuff sells quickly. They say the early bird gets the worm, so I got up, got dressed, choose my aloha shirt for the day, got some Starbucks (hey, I’m from Seattle!), and headed to the Island Marketplace…
Continue reading “Tiki Kon 2017 Caribbean Castaway, Day Two: The Island Marketplace”
Let’s talk about the Alibi in Portland, Oregon…
Most people who are familiar with the Alibi tend to have a love/hate relationship with this bar, myself included! Okay, “hate” may be too strong of a word. The word actually would be “disappointment.”
