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Home Sweet Tiki Home #3 Dawn Frasier’s Bamboo Grove Of Westwood – Seattle WA

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Dawn Frasier - Bamboo Grove Of Westwood

Tiki Modern…

We have all heard the term but do we really know what Tiki Modern is. Tiki Modern is the perfect combination of Tiki and Mid-Century Modern. The look is clean, streamlined and cool unlike traditional Tiki that tends to be more cluttered. If you want a great example of Tiki Modern look no further that Dawn Frasier’s home: The Bamboo Grove Of Westwood. I will let the pictures do the talking…

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Unlikely Tiki #3 – Matthew K. (Industrial Musician)

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Matthew K. Unlikely Tiki 3

Matthew K. and I have know each other for a long time…

We both grew up in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania, and I consider Matthew K. to be one of my best friends. Matthew K.’s musical tastes have always been on the darker side of music. I’m talking industrial, Goth, noise, experimental, etc. Matthew K. went onto write and create his own music as well. We’ve known each other since the mid 90’s and both have grown an interest in Tiki. I actually didn’t even know Matthew K. had an interest in Tiki until a few years ago. If anyone would be an Unlikely Tiki, it would be Matthew K. I’ll let him take it from here…

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Secret Tiki Escapes – Episode 3: The Turkeymingo Club

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Secret Tiki Escapes behind the scenes Episode 2

Secret Tiki Escapes is a collaboration between BossaNova Life, Sveinn Photography, and yours truly, Tiki With Ray. In each episode, we visit a home Tiki bar, talk to the owner, have a Tiki drink or two, and Sveinn does a photo shoot with a pinup model.

On this episode of Secret Tiki Escapes the gang heads to Portland Oregon to visit The Turkeymingo Club. The Turkeymingo Club is hidden behind Kristy and Miguel’s home in their garage. It may be cold at first but after a couple drinks, the place warms right up!

Secret Tiki Escapes behind the scenes Episode 2

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Tiki Blogging #7 Cult Of George

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Cult Of George Blog George Koroneos

Punk rock, wrestling, comics and tiki!

It’s awesome to discover other people that are into Tiki. It’s even better when there are other commom interests as well. I came across the blog: Cult Of George and I knew imediatley that I met a kindred spirit. George Koroneos, the man behind Cult Of George writes about wrestling, punk, metal, comics and Tiki bars. All things that I love as well! I grew up in Pennsylvania right next to New Jersey where George lives. I have a feeling that we have been to some of the same rock shows over the years. I live out in Seattle now but hopefully our paths will cross again at a Tiki bar real soon. I will let George take it from here…

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Tiki VIP #31 Nadia Reddy- Author Of Tiki ABC (The first Tiki children’s picture book in the world!)

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Tiki ABC

Hey Gang! I would like you to meet Nadia Reddy. She wrote and illustrated the first Tiki children’s picture book ever! It’s called Tiki ABC. The story is simple, Nadia wanted a children’s Tiki picture to read to her baby. She searched around and found that none existed, so she wrote her own. I love that! If you want something and it doesn’t exist, create it yourself. Here is Nadia’s story…

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