How do you celebrate someone’s birthday? You take them up to Canada to The Shameful Tiki Room! It was Samantha’s big day, I tagged along, and Samantha’s husband Jason Craig wrote about it…
The Modern Bartender – Bar Supply and Tiki store in Vancouver B.C.
You may know Rod Moore as the man behind The Shameful Tiki Room in Vancouver B.C. but you might not know that he also has a bar supply shop that has all your needs covered. This fine establishment is called The Modern Bartender…
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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #38 Kimo’s Hu-La-La Lounge – Everett WA
When Kym Wells isn’t playing bass for his 80’s retro band aptly called The Retro’s or working on pinball machines he’s relaxing in his home tiki bar with his wife Cheryl. The name of his tiki hideaway is called Kimo’s Hu-La-La Lounge and it’s truly breathtaking. I’ll let Kym take it from here…
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Tiki VIP #32 Jim Kruize – Gone Tiki
Your life should be filled with interests and hobbies that change constantly!
I actually met Jim along time ago back in 2004 and I didn’t realize it…
Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #37 The Blue Ka-Tiki – Salida CA
It’s one thing to borrow the name of a tiki drink to use as your home tiki bar’s name but it’s even better when you were too drunk to remember the drink you wanted to name your bar after! This is the case of The Blue Ka-Tiki. Dwayne and his wife really enjoyed their drink at Trader Sam’s. The drink was so good that they couldn’t remember what it was called! I can tell you this, it wasn’t called a Blue Ka-Tiki…
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Home Sweet Tiki Home #3 Dawn Frasier’s Bamboo Grove Of Westwood – Seattle WA
Tiki Modern…
We have all heard the term but do we really know what Tiki Modern is. Tiki Modern is the perfect combination of Tiki and Mid-Century Modern. The look is clean, streamlined and cool unlike traditional Tiki that tends to be more cluttered. If you want a great example of Tiki Modern look no further that Dawn Frasier’s home: The Bamboo Grove Of Westwood. I will let the pictures do the talking…
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Unlikely Tiki #3 – Matthew K. (Industrial Musician)
Matthew K. and I have know each other for a long time…
We both grew up in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania, and I consider Matthew K. to be one of my best friends. Matthew K.’s musical tastes have always been on the darker side of music. I’m talking industrial, Goth, noise, experimental, etc. Matthew K. went onto write and create his own music as well. We’ve known each other since the mid 90’s and both have grown an interest in Tiki. I actually didn’t even know Matthew K. had an interest in Tiki until a few years ago. If anyone would be an Unlikely Tiki, it would be Matthew K. I’ll let him take it from here…
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Secret Tiki Escapes – Episode 3: The Turkeymingo Club
Secret Tiki Escapes is a collaboration between BossaNova Life, Sveinn Photography, and yours truly, Tiki With Ray. In each episode, we visit a home Tiki bar, talk to the owner, have a Tiki drink or two, and Sveinn does a photo shoot with a pinup model.
On this episode of Secret Tiki Escapes the gang heads to Portland Oregon to visit The Turkeymingo Club. The Turkeymingo Club is hidden behind Kristy and Miguel’s home in their garage. It may be cold at first but after a couple drinks, the place warms right up!
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How Hawaiian Music Influenced Country Music
Tennessee, the birthplace of country and western music. Right?
This might be true but country and western pulled some of it’s sound from Hawaii by borrowing one instrument: the steel guitar!
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Tiki Blogging #7 Cult Of George
Punk rock, wrestling, comics and tiki!
It’s awesome to discover other people that are into Tiki. It’s even better when there are other commom interests as well. I came across the blog: Cult Of George and I knew imediatley that I met a kindred spirit. George Koroneos, the man behind Cult Of George writes about wrestling, punk, metal, comics and Tiki bars. All things that I love as well! I grew up in Pennsylvania right next to New Jersey where George lives. I have a feeling that we have been to some of the same rock shows over the years. I live out in Seattle now but hopefully our paths will cross again at a Tiki bar real soon. I will let George take it from here…