Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #39 The Pissed Mermaid Walla Walla WA

The Pissed Mermaid Walla Walla WA

I probably should state my name: Kimi Schroeder.

Quick history: Moved to Walla Walla from So Cal in 1992.

Started the roller derby league Walla Walla Sweets Rollergirls

Skated as Purl Slam in 2009.

Married to Layne for 30 years.

3 kids 14 year old at home, 22 year old in Bellingham, 20 year old in Berkeley.

Kimi, I don’t think I could write a better introduction than that!

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #38 Kimo’s Hu-La-La Lounge – Everett WA

Kimo's Hu-La-La

When Kym Wells isn’t playing bass for his 80’s retro band aptly called The Retro’s or working on pinball machines he’s relaxing in his home tiki bar with his wife Cheryl. The name of his tiki hideaway is called Kimo’s Hu-La-La Lounge and it’s truly breathtaking. I’ll let Kym take it from here…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #37 The Blue Ka-Tiki – Salida CA

Blue Ka-Tiki

It’s one thing to borrow the name of a tiki drink to use as your home tiki bar’s name but it’s even better when you were too drunk to remember the drink you wanted to name your bar after! This is the case of The Blue Ka-Tiki. Dwayne and his wife really enjoyed their drink at Trader Sam’s. The drink was so good that they couldn’t remember what it was called! I can tell you this, it wasn’t called a Blue Ka-Tiki…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #33 Aloha Theater and Tiki Bar Denver, CO

Aloha Theater And Tiki Bar

It all started with some fake palm trees on sale…

John Mumford has been into the Tiki since he was in middle school. His parents actually let him build his own Tiki bar in the furnace room. Those are some cool parents! Fast-forward to 2009. John found some fake palm trees on sale for $50 at a hardware store tent sale and he couldn’t pass up them up! The rest they say is history. Here is John’s story…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #32 The Black Lagoon Room Milwaukee, WI

Katie and Pete in The Black Lagoon Room

The Creature from the Black Lagoon was always my favorite monster. He’s my favorite color (green) and was in 3-D! Katie Monachos and Pete Klockau are on the same page with me. They took the basement of their home in Milwaukee and converted it into a Tiki bar with a nod to the Creature from the Black Lagoon for good measure! Here is their story…

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