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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #138 Kokomo Oasis Portland OR

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Kokomo Oasis

Remember that Beach Boys song from the 80’s, Kokomo?

Can you tell me how to get to Kokomo? Is it a real place? I really don’t know. But I can tell you that I’ve found a home tiki bar that was inspired by that Beach Boys tune, it’s call Kokomo Oasis. Kokomo Oasis can be found behind Paul and Jayme Obais’s home in Portland OR. The devil is in the details and the closer you look, the more you’ll discover, like a hidden message carved out in Morse code underneath the bar! It took me a little bit to decipher but I got it! Here’s Paul to clue you into more details way down in Kokomo…. Oasis!

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #84 The Lagoon – St. Helens OR

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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 …

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Tiki Kon 2019 Pageant Of The Pacific: Day Two – Tony Starlight, The Libertine Belles , The Starella Sisters And Elvis!

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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.

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #45 Ohana Gardens – Portland OR

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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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Tiki Bar Review #46 Kapu Hut – McMenamins North Bank Eugene, OR

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Kapu Hut McMenamins North Bank

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…

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Tiki Kon 2017 Caribbean Castaway, Day Two: The Island Marketplace

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Island Marketplace - Tiki Kon 2017 Caribbean Castaway

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…

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