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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #111 Smuggler Rob’s Tiki Bar – Spokane WA

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Smuggler Rob

Smuggler Rob doesn’t have a name for his home tiki bar yet but that isn’t going to stop me from doing a spotlight on his bar! You can find Rob’s tiki bar hidden in an add-on shop in his garage. It’s small and cozy and it’s the place you want to retreat with Spokane’s cold and snowy winters. Spokane is a five hour drive from my place in Seattle and once the weather gets nicer, I’m heading out to check out Smuggler Rob’s Tiki Bar!

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Tiki VIP #51 Ashley Morgan – Sleepy Siren Treasure Co.

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Ashley Morgan - Sleepy Siren Treasure Co.

Q: What does Jacques Cousteau and Ashley Morgan have in common?

A: They both love the sea AND Ashley Morgan created a mug in honor of Jacques called Jacques Tu’Slo which is a skull!  Ashley’s style blends pirate, the sea, tiki and a little bit of creepy for good measure! Sleepy Siren Treasure Co. is located up here in the Pacific Northwest in Tacoma and I’m excited to see what she comes up with next! Here is Ashley’s story…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #110 A True Creepy Tiki Bar in Florida

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If you know me, I like my tiki with a bit of horror thrown in for good measure. When I saw pictures of Darren Perks tiki bar, I had to do a post on it! I’d say that Darren’s bar is more horror than tiki but that’s ok with me. Darren actually created all the creepy things you will see inside. As of this writing, there is no name for Darren’s ultra-scary tiki bar but Darren can tell you the story so far…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #109 The Kraken Lounge – Angola IN

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All dressed up and no place to go…

I’ve been to Indiana many times. I’ve literally driven through the entire state from east to west and back again, mostly to go to Indianapolis to visit my tiki friends and visit The Inferno Room. Paula Kasun lives in Angola which is located in NE Indiana almost to the very top corner of the state. Needless to say, if Paula wants to Tiki, she has a long drive ahead of her. It’s about a three-hour drive to The Inferno Room! As they say, if you can’t get to the tiki, you bring the tiki to you. (I just made that up) and that’s exactly what Paula did. Paula built her own tiki bar in her basement. It’s called The Kraken Lounge and here’s Paula’s story…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #108 The Taratupa Lounge Denver CO

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Phil likes TV shows, a lot! He has a collection of tv shows and movies that’s so big that he has shelves and shelves of dvds. I honestly felt like I was in a video store but actually I was in his basement. What’s also in Phil’s basement is his home tiki bar. It’s called The Taratupa Lounge and it’s taken from the TV show McHale’s Navy.

Phil also likes 80’s video games, a lot! He has a second tiki bar with a bar top filled with almost every tv arcade systems from back when I grew up in the 80’s. He even has a Vectrex!

Phil also likes Tiki, a lot! And here’s his story…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #107 The White Whale – Milwaukee WI

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Zach Marsh has a barber shop. It’s not just a barber shop, but a tiki barber shop! It’s called Southpaw Barbershop and it’s in Saint Francis WI. If you need a trim, I highly recommend Zach, you’ll leave with a fresh trim and a total relaxing tiki experience. Speaking on relaxing experiences, Zach has a tiki bar behind his home. It’s called The White Whale and it’s where Zach goes when he wants to relax. Here’s his story…

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One Man’s Tiki Journey from Germany – Gregor (TikiTropic)

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I always love hearing people’s tiki origin stories. I find it fascinating learning the seeds and the steps a person has experienced on their way into the tiki lifestyle. This is one man’s tiki story. His name is Gregor, he’s from Germany and he asks…

Is Gregor into Tiki? What do you think?

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #106 The Lucky Star Tiki Bar – Whidbey Island WA

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Imagine being in the army and you’re on base. Imagine a tiki bar on this base. Think of the makeshift tiki bar on the TV show M.A.S.H. This is what Will Locksmith Hawkins created in the basement of his home and it’s so cool. I’ve been to many tiki bars but I’ve never seen anything like this!

Oh, did I forget to mention there’s an actually a wing from an airplane hanging about the bar?

 

 

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Tiki VIP #50 Chrissy Weena – Ceramics by Weena Bee

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I recently was in Denver on a home tiki bar tour. About thirty of us climbed onboard a chartered bus and it drove us all around to three home tiki bars in and around the Denver. One of the tiki bars was about forty minutes outside of Denver so to kill time we did tiki trivia and I actually won! The prize was a tiki mug made by Chrissy Weena. This mug was beautiful! Chrissy has also made mugs for some of the local bars in Denver like Hell or High Water. Here is the story of Chrissy and Ceramics by Weena Bee…

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