Tim Humphrey discovered his love of tiki not by going to a tiki bar or seeing a tiki mug on a shelf at a thrift store but by buying a Volkswagen camper van. Tim’s original idea for the van was to give it a good cleaning. Tim bought a bamboo window shade and a tiki mask for the van and the tiki transformation went from there. Here is the story of The Tiki Van!
A literal hole in the wall in an “up and coming” neighborhood.
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If there’s a tiki bar in Hell, it would be The Inferno Room!
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When I drove up to Grant Shaw’s place on Camano Island, I didn’t know which building was his home and which building was his garage!
Grant has a huge garage with an even bigger tiki bar upstairs on the second floor. It’s called The Cam-Tiki Terrace and it may be the biggest home tiki bar I’ve visited yet! Here is Grant’s story …
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I just drove ten hours to get drunk and watch mermaids swim …
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How does jumping on a bus and visiting a bunch of home tiki bars sound to you?
Continue reading “Tiki Kon 2019 Pageant Of The Pacific: Day Three – Home Tiki Bar Tour”
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.
Love was in the air at Tiki Kon this year!
The early bird gets the worm, or should I say, the early bird gets the tiki?
There’s surf music and then there’s rock music, but Friday’s entertainment at Tiki Kon was surf music that ROCKS!
