Hukilau Plans
It’s just a couple of weeks away. Last year was a crazy weekend. I hardly slept! It was the first year I have actually gotten to enjoy the weekend and Read More …
If it’s Swank…
The book about the penultimate Tiki establishment
It’s just a couple of weeks away. Last year was a crazy weekend. I hardly slept! It was the first year I have actually gotten to enjoy the weekend and Read More …
I participate in this for one real reason: to promote Dixson’s Barbeque. There are a lot of people perpetrating BBQ on American, Tennessee, and Knoxville, but there is none as Read More …
This year was the first annual Tiki Eyeball. It was an event by Wizzard Road Shows, which does a number of car events over the summer. I was contacted to Read More …
Classic Poly Pop architecture. What’s the place to the right? Tahitian what? Update: Of course Mimi has cool pics of the Waikikian and the Tahitian Lania on her site. Thanks Read More …
Just your typical scene of Hawai in 1964. Men in suits and skinny ties and ladies in dresses. Waiting for dinner outside the Hilton Hawaiian Village Luau. Maybe Alfred Apaka Read More …
Basement Kahuna arrives here today and we depart for Tiki Eyeball in the morning. I am in my office today, listening to my Exotica and islands music playlist and I am Read More …
UCLA has made a library of LA photos from 1920-1990 available and searchable online. I tried the names of some Polynesian Pop locales to see if I got a hit Read More …
Via vintage Hawaii Kai Menu: Hmmm. Now I want to go to Trinidad and Haiti!
I bought mine a long time ago, before the prices went crazy. The one that just sold on Ebay has much better paint than mine. They were lazy and left Read More …
No, I am not talking about Dick Cheney’s philosophy, but a great website. Retro Views has many original photographs of motels used for postcards back in the day. You can Read More …
Part one in a series that may or may not continue: This is the Ren Clark’s Severed Head tribute mug by NOTCH. There are not many mugs out there cold painted like Read More …
Humu Humu has posted her feelings about the closing of Trader Vic’s Beverly Hills. I commented on that and wanted to bring it here and share my thoughts. There is Read More …
NSFW vintage 60s cartoon from Playboy. There were a lot of really crude girlie mag cartoons at the time with the beachcomber/tropical island theme. I wanted to share this one Read More …