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…
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #41 Tapu Tiki – Ventura CA”
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…
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!
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #39 The Pissed Mermaid Walla Walla 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…
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #38 Kimo’s Hu-La-La Lounge – Everett WA”
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…
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #37 The Blue Ka-Tiki – Salida CA”
Secret Tiki Escapes 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.
On this episode of Secret Tiki Escapes the gang heads to Portland Oregon to visit The Turkeymingo Club. The Turkeymingo Club is hidden behind Kristy and Miguel’s home in their garage. It may be cold at first but after a couple drinks, the place warms right up!
Continue reading “Secret Tiki Escapes – Episode 3: The Turkeymingo Club”
There might not be much tiki action going on in Denver but I know where there is some: Coconut Joe’s Tiki Bar! I’ll let Coconut Joe’s owner Brian Ehli tell you all about it…
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #36 Coconut Joe’s Tiki Bar – Denver CO”
Australia has a thriving Tiki scene. You just have to know where to look for it. All Rick Lowe needs to do is walk outside to his rear deck to find his tiki escape. I’ll let Rick tell you all about it…
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #35 Pacific Room – Brisbane Australia”
It can be hard sometimes to come up with a cool name for your home tiki bar…
Or you could just use your last name. Well, that’s what Bill Straw did. There isn’t any straw in the Straw Hut but there’s tons of thatch. Close enough! Here is a look at this incredible home tiki bar…
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #34 The Straw Hut, Hercules CA”
Richard Barnes tells it like it is. The Tiki scene up around Boston is pretty nonexistent. Richard did something about it. He converted his garage into his own Tiki bar called Trader Dick’s. This place doesn’t look real! Here is Richard’s story…
Continue reading “Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #34 Trader Dick’s – East Brookfield, MA”
