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Tiki Lifestyle – By Don Logay (An Article For Vegas Legal Magazine)

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I’d like to present to you this article by Don Logay. He reached out to me a couple months ago and asked if I could help him out with information for an article he was going to write about living the tiki lifestyle. I was flattered to be asked to be a resource and I talked with Don over the phone giving him all the tiki knowledge I can. Don really did his homework and his write up on the tiki lifestyle covers all the bases! Click on Tiki Lifestyle by Don Logay or you can read it here in Vegas Legal Magazine

Enjoy!

 

Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #102 Kanaloa’s Demise – Kent WA

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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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Straight Edge Tiki #5- Libations Arts for Brain Health Coloring Book (Eric Spruth)

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I recently stopped drink alcohol because of health reasons and as of this writing I haven’t had a tiki drink in over four months and counting! I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about the drinking I have done over the course of my life and even thou I never plan on drinking again, I have and always will have a relationship with alcohol. It was mostly good until it wasn’t. Unless you never started drinking, you also have a relationship with alcohol and hopefully that relationship is a good one.

The Libations Arts for Brain Health Coloring Book was created for this reason. It’s a coloring book that makes you think about your relationship with alcohol. Eric Spruth is an art therapist and he is going to tell you about this therapeutic coloring book…

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Tiki VIP #49 Lowtiki – Tiki Mug Artist from The Pacific NW

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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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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #101 The Aloha Lounge – Chicago IL

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There’s a lot of tiki going on in the Mid-West. I’ve visited five different tiki bars in the Chicago area and that’s not including Foundation up in Milwaukie! A couple of new tiki bars have recently opened up in Illinois and Wisconsin which I need to visit, but the one tiki bar that I want to visit the most is the home tiki bar of Carl and Debbie Michels. It’s call the Aloha Lounge and it is full on mid-century tiki! Here is Carl and Debbie’s story…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #100 Perry’s Aristocrat Lounge and Hash Bar – Las Vegas NV

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When you live in a city where you have two great tiki bars, that being Frankie’s Tiki Room and The Golden Tiki, it’s easy to get inspired to build your own. That’s exact ally what Perry Hitechew did! Perry hasn’t officially named his home tiki bar yet but the working title as it stands is Perry’s Aristocrat Lounge and Hash Bar. Here is Perry’s story…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #99 The Smoking Monkey Tiki Lounge – Las Vegas NV

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There’s just something about a smoking chimp wearing a fez that really resonates with many people…

It’s lowbrow art at its finest. There’s mugs, paintings and a home tiki bar named in honor of this fez wearing monkey! It’s called The Smoking Monkey Tiki Lounge. It’s Lola and Jimmy’s tiki bar in their back yard and it’s in Vegas Baby! Their story is a tale of punk, tiki and a love of all things mid-century. Read on…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #98 King Kahuna Lounge – Longmont CO

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The seeds of tiki were planted for me when I stepped foot in The Jungle Room at Graceland twenty some odd years ago and the same is true for Grey. Grey’s grandparents took him to Graceland when he was young and it made an impression on him. Grey came to Graceland as a fan of Elvis and after seeing The Jungle Room, he also became a fan of Witco! Grey’s home tiki bar is an homage to The King and Witco. It’s called King Kahuna Lounge and here is Grey’s story…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #97 The Coconut Smuggler’s Lounge – Portland OR

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I’ve known Robbie for a little while now and I remember her talking about building her own home tiki bar. I was excited to see what she would come up with. Not too long-ago Robbie finished her bar and called it The Coconut Smuggler’s Lounge. I saw some pictures posted on Facebook and I knew I needed to see Robbie’s bar in person. I happened to be down in Portland a couple weeks ago, so Heather and Don Waters and I paid The Coconut Smuggler’s Lounge a visit, and I was blown away…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #96 Cap’n Dan’s Dive Bar – Plano IL

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I’m totally surprised that nobody has come up with the idea of using the word “dive” to combine a “dive bar” and a “nautical themed bar” but Dan Mazanec did! Dan combined the aesthetics of a tiki bar, nautical bar and old school dive bar all into one and the end result is a truly unique place! Dan call’s his home bar Cap’n Dan’s Dive Bar and here is his story…

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