By the time you read this, I will be fifty years old …
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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #85 Enchanted Klinki Room – Las Vegas NV
What do you do when Billy Crud carves you a six-foot tall tiki?
You build a home tiki bar to put it in!
Angela and Michael’s Enchanted Klinki Room is not a spelling error! It’s a play on their last name Klingenmeier also, Angela has been a fan of Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room since she was a kid, so I’d say Enchanted Klinki Room is the perfect name for their home bar. Not only did Billy Crud carve the first tiki for Angela and Michael, but he helped with the build of the tiki bar itself and the end result shows, the Enchanted Klinki Room is incredible! Here is Angela and Klink’s story …
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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #84 The Lagoon – St. Helens OR
Dave Chaney has a love for punk rock, tiki and horror, especially The Creature From The Black Lagoon. I love when people combine the things they love into their home tiki bar. It really gives you a glimpse into someone’s passions why enjoying a Mai Tai or two. Dave’s home tiki bar is a perfect example of this and here is his story …
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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #83 The Hala Kahiki Hideaway – Orlando FL
I don’t know too many people that grow pineapples in their backyard but Scott Deeter does and it’s one of many inspirations for his home tiki bar. It’s called The Hala Kahiki Hideaway and it has a Disney, Trader Sam’s, Polynesian Village vibe. Hey, Scott and Kim (Scott’s partner-in-crime) live in Orlando, so there has to be some Disney influence, right! Here is Scott’s story of The Hala Kahiki Hideaway …
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The Beachcomber Bar At Butlin’s Holiday Camp
What is Butlin’s?
What is a Holiday Camp?
And what’s a tiki bar called The Beachcomber Bar doing there?
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A Tiki Themed Trailer Named My Funny Valentine
Some get chocolates for Valentine’s Day …
Some get roses …
Some get a romantic evening,
But for Angela Hoffmann, Her husband gave her a trailer!
And Angela themed it Tiki!
Here is the story of a tiki themed trailer called My Funny Valentine …
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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #82 The Boom Boom Room – Royal Oak MI
I usually like my tiki bars dark but in the case of Matt “Captain” Wittstock’s Boom Boom Room, keep the lights on! I’ve always wondered what a home tiki bar might have looked like in the 70’s and I think I found my answer. There are so many cool little details inside the Boom Boom Room that it would be a sin to turn the lights out. Here is Matt’s story …
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Knobby’s Mai Tai Restaurant – A History In Bits And Pieces Compiled By Bob Cripe
There have been many tiki bars/restaurants that have come and gone over the years. Sometimes the building is demolished and something new is built, sometimes the building gets “repurposed” and becomes another business entirely, or the building is just abandoned and left to rot away. Sadly, when a tiki bar is gone, it’s gone for good and all that is left is the memories of the patrons who were lucky enough to go when the bar was still open …
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Tiki VIP #45 Devon Devereaux – Creepy Tiki
I love tiki bars because they are dark, mysterious and dare I say creepy?
As I’ve gotten more and more into tiki culture, I’ve learned that not everything in a tiki bar necessarily needs to be tiki. There are other elements that play well with tiki, like nautical, Disney, mid-century, atomic age and last but not least, goth and horror. No one combines the elements of goth and horror better than the artist, Devon Devereaux. He is the master of Creepy Tiki and here is his story …
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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #81 PaPa Nui – Charleston SC
It’s hard to deny that World War II had a massive impact on Tiki’s popularity. Many GI’s came back from the war in the South Pacific with a new-found love for all things tropical and shared this love with the rest of their family. This would be the case with Scott Evans. Both of his grandfathers served in the South Pacific and this sparked his interest in tiki. His grandfathers inspired him so much that Scott built his own tiki bar and called it PaPa Nui in honor of his grandfather. Here is the story of PaPa Nui …
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