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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I’m always excited to see new ideas when it comes to tiki, especially tiki mugs. Mugs from Lowtiki have a distinct style pulling from the spooky, the tropical and the beautiful. Sam, is the woman behind these incredible mugs and she’s from the Pacific North West just like me and when you live in a city that rains nine months out of the years, Sam’s mugs brighten the day! Here’s is Sam’s story…
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Jeanie and I were excited at the opportunity to visit this recently opened Tiki bar in Vancouver, Washington, and called ahead to make sure we would be able to get a seat…
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The Liki Tiki is in the attic of Lin Cooper’s garage, well it’s more of crawl space but you can fully stand up in it. The only way to get up to this attic or should I say “Liki Tiki” is by a small ladder.
All the dark wood and sharp angles of the garage’s roof are the perfect bones for a tiki bar to be built in, all you got to do is get an actual bar up there! This is exactly what Lin did. After lugging a bar up the small ladder, he added some bamboo furniture and lighting. If there’s anything that you can take away from Lin’s tiki bar, is that you can make anything into a tiki bar, you just need to think outside of the box, or should I say garage?
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Batten Down The Hatches!
Welcome to The Hatches. It’s Ken Herold’s home tiki bar located in the Seattle neighborhood of Leschi, which is only a couple minutes away from my home, so I didn’t have to travel far to visit this awesome bar. The Hatches combines elements of tiki and nautical, and Ken did a great job of mixing the two together. Speaking of mixing, Ken can make a perfect Mai Tai and a Three Dot And A Dash! Here is Ken’s story on how The Hatches came to be …
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Inside Passage — the new immersive bar on Capitol Hill near downtown Seattle wants to let you know that it is not a tiki bar …
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The Backside Of Water, what an interesting name for a tiki bar, right? But if you love Disney and more specifically, The Jungle Cruise, you will totally get it! When Chris and Lauren Ringlee bought their new home with a finished basement, they knew what they had to do, they built a tiki bar! Here is their story …
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Usually when I write about a tiki bar, I mention what city or town it’s located, but when the tiki bar is collapsible and can pop up anywhere, location doesn’t really matter. John Betts was thinking of building a shelf to display his growing tiki mug collection but decided instead to build a tiki bar that he can set up outside on his deck and serve his guests tiki cocktails from. When it starts raining here in the Pacific Northwest, John can easily tear down his bar and pack it away for the Winter. John invited me over for drinks at his home in Redmond WA and we talked about his one of a kind tiki bar called, The South Pacific Libation Company …
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Before you reach Susan and Eddie Pena’s home tiki bar, you have to walk through the kitchen, then the dining room, then the living room and finally you turn to your right and bam! You are in The Mainlander Room. Susan and Eddie Pena’s home is a totally mid-century modern time capsule and once you step inside their home, you are transported back to a time before the internet and cable television.
The Mainlander Room is right next to the living room and the transition between the two is seamless, with some of the tiki and mcm blending the two styles together. When I visited The Mainlander Room, I honestly didn’t want to leave! Susan and Eddie, I can’t wait to come back, in the meantime, here is their story …
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When I first stepped inside The Riviera Room, the first thing I noticed was a collection of Otto Von Stroheim’s Tiki News editions displayed on the wall. I knew right there that the owner of the The Riviera Room knows his tiki. That man is Paul Brown and his home tiki bar feels like a tiki bar that would have been built back in the late 1960’s. It’s cozy, comfy and cool. Oh, did I happen to mention that there is an actual Shag painting on the wall?
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