I’ve visited quite a few home tiki bars over the years, but Corey Whitworth’s Flora Lounge was the first home tiki bar that I ever slept in …. Thanks Corey! Before I called it a night, I took some pictures and I knew I had to do a blog post on The Flora Lounge. Here is Corey’s story …
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #56 The Flora Lounge – Kansas City MO”
I don’t even know where to begin with this …
When it comes to bars or restaurants, it’s important to create an experience that is unique and can’t be duplicated elsewhere. I think it’s safe to say that there is no other place quite like Betty Danger’s Country Club …
Continue reading “It Isn’t Tiki But Damn! #1 Betty Danger’s Country Club – Minneapolis MN”
Psycho Suzi’s Motor Lounge is a tiki bar and restaurant in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It might also be the last of the “old school” tiki bars.
Sometimes you have to take inventory of your life and ask what’s really important …
Continue reading “Low Carb Tiki Diet: Part 2: Making Sacrifices For The Things You Love”
Sometimes trying to figure out a name for your home tiki bar can be a little challenging. For Dave Gambale though, it was easy! He named his home tiki bar after one of his old favorite tiki bars from San Mateo … The Lanai.
Kim and Dave Gambale have since moved up to Vancouver WA, so The Lanai Vancouver it is! Here is Dave’s story …
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #55 – The Lanai Vancouver, Vancouver WA”
I will always remember driving to New York City from Pennsylvania, the first thing you would see was the twin towers of The World Trade Center. Those towers were tall! I wonder if it was just me, but there was always this weird optical illusion with the twin towers, the further away you were from them, the larger they appeared!
But when you were Downtown, near the WTC, they didn’t seem nearly so big.
The McMenamins Elks Temple in Tacoma Washington doesn’t look that big from the outside, but you have no idea just how huge this place is until you step inside …
We all know Star Wars isn’t Tiki and Tiki isn’t Star Wars, but can you combine the two?
I believe that answer is YES! Proof positive of a perfect example of a Star Wars themed tiki bar is Peter Haugen’s Tatooiniki. Peter combined elements of Luke Skywalker’s home planet Tatooine and a classic tiki bar to create a truly unique space. Here is how his home tiki bar, Tatooiniki, came to be. A Long Tiki Time Ago, In A Tiki Galaxy Far, Far, Away …
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You know? You should start a blog!
And with that, Jay Cocorullo became Trader Jay and started blogging! Jay is based out of sunny Florida and grew up on a steady diet of Walt Disney World and The Enchanted Tiki Room. When Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto opened, things were taken to a new level with Jay. Here is his story …
Jeff Nelson is a tiki mug collector and he has a confession to make …
Continue reading “Confessions Of A Tiki Mug Collector #1 Jeff Nelson – Lake Stevens WA”
