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 …
Category: Retro Preservation
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:
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 …
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 …
Hukilau Mai-Kai History Presentation
June 9th, in support of my recently released book on the history of the greatest Tiki bar on earth, the Mai-Kai, I will once again be giving a presentation at Read More …
Smuggler’s Cove Is All In
Smuggler’s Cove surprised me in several ways. Martin had contacted me a few times over the past few years mainly about Mai-Kai and Don the Beachcomber history. Martin’s history is Read More …
This Week Miami 1959
While collecting way too many things related to the Mai-Kai as part of my book research, I bought this great 1959 weekly tourist magazine for the Mai-Kai ad. I got Read More …
Explore the inside of the Mai-Kai in 3-D
Through Google maps you can now wander inside the Mai-Kai and the gardens in 3-D. Click here.
Tennessee Tiki History Page
I started this page years ago and forgot about it. Just started fleshing it out further and published it this morning. A work in progress, but a start. Tennessee Tiki Read More …
Mai-Kai Book Available for Pre-Order
My Mai-Kai history book just appeared on the Barnes and Noble website for pre-order. Coming soon to Amazon. Please pre-order and make your voice heard with the publisher to give Read More …
Mai-Kai Sign 1961 in Color.
Rare color image the Mai-Kai “hut” sign designed and built by Dave Stevens. Chicagoans Dave and his brother made a wide variety of custom items for the Mai-Kai, from spotlight Read More …