The Chest of John Talbot Clifton
An oft overlooked piece in our home Tiki bar is this flat top chest. In the dark bar, you might not even know it is there. It belonged to Col. Read More …
Baby Lu-Lu Brings You Jesus
This is Baby Lu-Lu. Don’t be fooled, she’s only 3 1/2 years old. This record is hard to listen to. You should get a patch for your jacket for making Read More …
Exciting Don the Beachcomber Announcements
Searching For Don the Beachcomber On the 114th anniversary of Donn’s birth, I wanted to share some exciting news with you. Short Version: I have started on a biography of Don Read More …
South Pacific – Hollandale FL
This is what excites me: a long postcard of a Florida Tiki place that I had not seen before. The place I knew, but this card is new to me. Read More …
Beachcomber Apartment Motel
The Beachcomber Apartment Motel was in Palm Beach Florida. It was probably at the location of what is now the Palmbeachcomber Apartments. The room has some very cool pull down Read More …
Mai-Kai June 1966 Slide
Just added to the Mai-Kai image archive, a photo taken in June 1966. You can see their mid-60’s Mopar parked to the right of the image.
New Swank Pad Updates
I’ve been fixing and adding lately, but not posting here to the blog. For those subscribed, here are the updates:
Dagger Rum Promo Record Postcard
I got this promo postcard for Dagger Rum in 2012. It’s a flexi-disc record as well. I posted it to Tiki Central in a nice long section on J. Wray Read More …
Atlanta Tiki Weekender
I’ll be sharing the incredible history of the Mai-Kai Mystery Drink February 16th at Inuhele, the Atlanta Tiki Tour Weekender. The creation of the iconic Mystery Drink involves many now-famous Read More …
Tiki Oasis 2017 Interview
We had a great time at Tiki Oasis in 2017. This interview with Sassy Stiletto was much fun. I love all the colorful and famous people walking past behind us. Read More …
Swanky’s Tiki Pecha Kucha
Pecha Kucha is a worldwide series of presentation all with the same format: 20 images which each displaying for 20 seconds. I decided to apply to do a presentation thinking Read More …
Support Our Tiki Research – Become a Patron
On Don the Beachcomber’s birthday we are launching a Patreon campaign whereby you can help us in researchign his life. Join the campaign here. Top supporters can get one of Read More …
Hawaii Place Songs Kealakekua
Seeing the road sign for Kealakekua puts this song in my head “My Little Grass Shack” by Alfred Newman and Ken Darby featuring Mavis Rivers. How have I never heard Read More …
Akaka Falls by Ray Kinney
Planning a first trip to Hawaii and seeing so many places on the maps that I know from songs. As I travel the islands, these are the songs I’ll hear Read More …
West Coast Tour 2017
It’s happening again… I’ll be touring the west coast starting August 5th in Tacoma and ending August 13th in Palm Springs. Celebrating a year after the release of the Mai-Kai Read More …