Tiki in a Tuff Shed!
When Cheryl and Bob Capoocia moved to Spokane WA from San Diego CA, they had to get used to drastically colder temperatures than what they were used to down in sunny CA. To escape the cold weather, they built a Tough Shed and converted it into a tiki bar. Yes, there is heat!
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #49 The Frozen Pineapple Tiki Bar – Spokane WA”
Rick Aronstein loves his tiki drinks …
After enjoying the great tiki drinks at Hale Pele, Rick decided to start making drinks at home. With a copy of Beachbum Berry’s Remixed in one hand and a bottle of rum in the other, Rick started to make tiki drinks at home. If you’re going to make tiki drinks, it would be nice to do it in a tiki bar. Riptide Ricky’s was born! Here is Rick’s story …
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #48 Riptide Ricky’s – Gresham OR”
Most of us would see a toolshed, but for Eric Allred, he saw a tiki bar …
The Edmonds Sneaki Tiki Lounge is Eric’s cozy little tiki bar inside his toolshed. Eric was thinking of tearing it down but instead created an amazing little tiki bar. Eric also collects tiki mugs and has acquired quite a few in a short amount of time. Here is Eric’s story …
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #47 Sneaki Tiki Bar– Edmonds WA”
Who would have thought that having asthma as a kid would be the first step on the road to building your own home tiki bar! For Scott Parker, this is the case and this is his story …
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #46 Comrade’s Grotto – Long Beach CA”
Form follows function, but in the case of Jackie and Eric’s Ohana Gardens, it’s a different story. When you have a large backyard with plants, trees, bees, and chickens, you need tools and supplies, but more importantly, you need somewhere to store them. Jackie and Eric originally planned on building a storage shed …
They ended up with something way cooler …
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #45 Ohana Gardens – Portland OR”
2 Buses,
40 Tikiphiles,
5 Home tiki bars.
This is the Puget Sound Tiki Tour!
I met Neil and his wife Carla at Tiki Kon 2018. They came all the way from England to attend Tiki Kon and visit as many tiki bars they could on their trip. That’s hardcore! Neil mentioned that he has his own tiki bar back home in Derby … I had to do a post on it! Here is Neil’s story …
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #44 Hala Kahiki Derby – Derby, England”
Jeanie and Tom and have been into Tiki a long time …
They were collecting tiki mugs and making tiki drinks back in the mid-90’s. If there were other people into tiki in Seattle, they wouldn’t have known. Jeanie and Tom were part of the second wave of tiki and didn’t even know it! The Bamboozled Bungalow is where Tom makes his drinks and Jeanie displays her mugs. Here’s a peak inside their piece of paradise, hidden in their basement …
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #43 The Bamboozled Bungalow – Seattle WA”
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!
Continue reading “Secret Tiki Escapes Episode 5 – The Enchanted Jungle Lounge”
I can totally relate to Todd and Michelle’s situation …
They live in an apartment in Hollywood and there’s not much room or, an extra room for that matter, to build a home tiki bar. Well, they built one anyway. It’s small, but it’s awesome! Here is their story …
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #42 The Hollywood Lanai – Hollywood CA”
