2 Buses,
40 Tikiphiles,
5 Home tiki bars.
This is the Puget Sound Tiki Tour!
Home Tiki Bar
Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #44 Hala Kahiki Derby – Derby, England
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 …
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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #43 The Bamboozled Bungalow – Seattle WA
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 …
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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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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #42 The Hollywood Lanai – Hollywood CA
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 …
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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #41 Tapu Tiki – Ventura CA
The Tiki scene is growing in Ventura California thanks to people like Josh Papuzza. He bartended at Ventiki and went on to build his own home tiki bar called Tapu Tiki. Here is Josh’s story…
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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #40 The Drunken Flamingo Bar and Seabean Lounge – Tacoma WA
Heather and John had a dream…
That dream was to build a tiki bar in their basement. There was just one problem, their home in Seattle didn’t have one. So, they moved to Tacoma, bought a house with a basement and got to work. I’ll let Heather and John take it from here…
Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #39 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
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
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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