Home tiki bars are usually found in the basement, a garage or even a spare room but in the case of The Headhunters Hideaway, the home tiki bar is in a boat house! Luckily Kim and Mark’s home isn’t too far away from their tiki escape on the water. Here is their story …
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Tiki in a Tuff Shed!
When Cheryl and Bob Capoocia moved to Spokane WA from San Diego CA, they had to get used to drastically colder temperatures than what they were used to down in sunny CA. To escape the cold weather, they built a Tough Shed and converted it into a tiki bar. Yes, there is heat!
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I will always have a soft spot for this cozy little bar …
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Most of us would see a toolshed, but for Eric Allred, he saw a tiki bar …
The Edmonds Sneaki Tiki Lounge is Eric’s cozy little tiki bar inside his toolshed. Eric was thinking of tearing it down but instead created an amazing little tiki bar. Eric also collects tiki mugs and has acquired quite a few in a short amount of time. Here is Eric’s story …
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2 Buses,
40 Tikiphiles,
5 Home tiki bars.
This is the Puget Sound Tiki Tour!
Jeanie and Tom and have been into Tiki a long time …
They were collecting tiki mugs and making tiki drinks back in the mid-90’s. If there were other people into tiki in Seattle, they wouldn’t have known. Jeanie and Tom were part of the second wave of tiki and didn’t even know it! The Bamboozled Bungalow is where Tom makes his drinks and Jeanie displays her mugs. Here’s a peak inside their piece of paradise, hidden in their basement …
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #43 The Bamboozled Bungalow – Seattle WA”
Nautical artifacts are commonly found in a tiki bar, but what about if a tiki bar is on a boat? This is The Pau Hana Lounge. It’s a tiki bar that was built inside one of the passenger decks of “On the Hiyu”. On the Hiyu is a restored ferryboat from 1967 that Jeff Wilson and David Crellin restored and repurposed into a floating arts and entertainment venue. David Crellin invited me on board to show me around. We sat down in the Pau Hana Lounge, sipped some rum, and talked …
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Tiki apartments were the rage back in the sixties during the height of the Tiki craze. Sadly most of these buildings were de-tikified, or left to disrepair as Tiki became an afterthought going into the 70’s and 80’s. It’s a shame because these buildings were so cool, and for the tenants living in them, a tropical escape was their home. I wish Tiki apartments would come back, and so does my friend Padraic. So he made one …
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I haven’t experienced déjà vu in a long time but I did at Red Rum …
Continue reading “Tiki Bar Review #48 Red Rum – Bellingham WA”
McMenamins is known for restoring old, classic buildings but this time they built from the ground up …
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