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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #133 The Luna Lagoon – Santee CA

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The Luna Lagoon

Paige and Christian Luna both have a love for tiki and goth. Outside behind their home in Santee CA, you will find a little shack. It used to be a home office, now it’s the Luna Lagoon. The Luna Lagoon is named after their favorite Universal Monster movie, The Creature From The Black Lagoon and their last name, “Luna” which in Spanish means moon. Paige and Christian created a cozy spooky tiki goth bar that showcases their passions and it’s what makes The Luna Lagoon so special. Here is Paige and Christian’s story…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #132 The Tiki Playground –  El Cajon CA

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The Tiki Playground

I was pretty much born and raised into the tiki lifestyle…

When Kailani was growing up, she spent her summers on O’ahu where she learned Hula. She performed as a child and never stopped! Maybe you can see Kailani dance in the San Diego area or you can come to Kailani and Alan’s Tiki Playground.  The Tiki Playground is an outside tiki bar that looks over an impressive view over El Cajon. Hanging on the walls are pictures of Kailani’s family and various tiki and Hawaiian items that Alan has found over the years. Kailani and Alan are very welcoming and The Tiki Playground might be one of the most relaxing home tiki bars I ever visited. Aloha!

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #131 Gecko’s Grotto – La Mesa CA

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Gecko's Grotto

Traveling to Hawaii is not cheap, especially if you have three kids!

So, what do you do? Well, Steve and Amy brought Hawaii to them and built a tiki bar in their home. After their kids moved out, they converted one of the empty rooms into Gecko’s Grotto. With the help of Buzzy, they built a home tiki that’s truly stunning at night or even during the day! Here is how the Gecko’s Grotto came to be…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #130 Lei Low Lounge – El Cajon CA

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Frank and Kathy are into many different things. Kathy likes to collect gumball machines (she has a lot!) while Frank loves music (he’s a drummer) and Star Trek. They both love Disney and they both love Tiki!  Their home tiki bar is a place for Frank and Kathy to show off all the things they love. The name of their bar is Lei Low Lounge, it’s located in El Cajon and they pretty far out in the country so they don’t have many neighbors. This is a good thing because they built a stage right outside of their tiki bar and they have bands play regularly. There’s a lot going on at Frank and Kathy’s Lei Low Lounge and here is their story… 

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #74 The Lumi-La Lounge – San Diego CA

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You live here?!?!

Jennifer and Kenn Watson’s daughter Gillian gets that a lot. Imagine being a kid and having your friends over and taking them into your parent’s home tiki bar. All your friends would think you have the coolest parents ever! Speaking of cool parents, when Jennifer’s parents came back from their dates at the various tiki bars in the area, they would bring back the tiki mugs and give them to Jennifer, in fact she still has them and they can be found in The Lumi-La Lounge …

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