On this episode of Secret Tiki Escapes we head to Gig Harbor WA to visit Stephen Curran’s home tiki bar: Twa-Wal-Kut’s Rocking Jellyfish Lounge …
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Secret Tiki Escapes – Season 2 Episode 2: Devil’s Reef, Tacoma WA
On this episode of Secret Tiki Escapes we head to Devil’s Reef in Tacoma WA to talk to Jason Alexander!
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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #53 Atomic Bikini Grotto – Springfield OR
The first time I visited Duke and Lola’s home bar, it was a cigar lounge and whiskey bar called the Elephant Head Bar. It had a really great vibe, but I thought that as cool as the bar was, it would be so much cooler if it was a tiki bar! Well, they must have read my mind because that’s exactly what they did. In between filming videos for their BossaNova Life channel, they converted their home bar into a secret tiki escape called the Atomic Bikini Grotto! Here is their story …
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Secret Tiki Escapes – Season 2, Episode 1: The Atomic Bikini Grotto
On this episode of Secret Tiki Escapes we feature Duke and Lola’s own home tiki bar called The Atomic Bikini Grotto.
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Secret Tiki Escapes Episode 5 – The Enchanted Jungle Lounge
On this episode of Secret Tiki Escape, the gang travels to Portland Oregon to visit Keith Hart’s Enchanted Jungle Lounge. It’s a home tiki bar that’s dark, classy and has a few surprises!
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Secret Tiki Escapes – Episode 4: Dawn Frasier’s Bamboo Grove Of Westwood
On this episode of Secret Tiki Escapes the gang makes a special visit to tiki artist Dawn Frasier’s home, The Bamboo Bungalow Of Westwood located in Seattle Washington. Dawn doesn’t have a home tiki bar, her entire house is Tiki!
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Secret Tiki Escapes – Episode 1: The Cave Of Kungaloosh
I am very happy and proud to present to you all the first episode of Secret Tiki Escapes! This show is a collaboration between BossaNova Life, Sveinn Photography, and yours truly, Tiki With Ray. In each episode, we visit a home Tiki bar, talk to the owner, have a Tiki drink or two, and Sveinn does a photo shoot with a pinup model.
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Tiki Bar Review #36 No Bones Beach Club Portland, OR
We all like to snack on something while we are sipping on our Tiki drinks, right? Why can’t it be something healthy? How about something vegan? The No Bones Beach Club is a vegan restaurant that happens to be a Tiki bar, or is it the other way around?
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Tiki Field Report #10 1/28/17 Portland, OR Duke And Lola, No Bones Beach Club, Hale Pele, and Janu-waii Laua!
“Hey man! Next time you are planning a trip to Oregon, let us know. We would love to include you in one of our YouTube videos.”
And with this message, the start of an awesome day of Tiki in Portland OR began!
BossaNova Life (Duke And Lola) Rockabilly, Hot Rod, Burlesque, Tiki Vlog
Rockabilly.
Hot rods.
Burlesque.
And Tiki.
All these subcultures go hand-in-hand and sometimes overlap. Is the connection a love of the Mid-Century culture? Maybe, but I dig it all because I love eye candy and it’s just so damn cool!
Duke and Lola feel the same way! To show the “squares” what they’re missing, Duke and Lola created their own Vlog called “BossaNova Life.” I’ll let them tell you what it’s all about…
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