{"id":1287,"date":"2017-06-23T04:24:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T11:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2017-06-29T05:20:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T12:20:18","slug":"west-coast-tour-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2017\/06\/23\/west-coast-tour-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"West Coast Tour 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ITMJq6UcEHk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s happening again&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be touring the west coast starting August 5th in Tacoma and ending August 13th in Palm Springs.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating a year after the release of the Mai-Kai book, I and my editor Mrs. Swanky will be visiting the west coast.<\/p>\n<p>First stop will be Seattle and in particular Tacoma Cabana. I&#8217;ll be doing a presentation there along with the book signing Saturday August 5th starting at 4PM <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y7fa3pob\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FB Event here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/book\/tickets.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tickets for presentation online here<\/a> and at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Next we head to San Francisco and <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yaumnd6n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a book signing at Smuggler&#8217;s Cove on Monday August 7th at 6PM.<\/a> Rumor is we will visit Humuhumu&#8217;s Balhi H&#8217;ai as well.<\/p>\n<p>From there we jet on to LA and <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yayfv6am\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a signing with Bob &amp; Leroy at Oceanic Arts on Wednesday Aug. 9th from 2 to 4.<\/a> That&#8217;s leaves time to get over to the Tiki Ti for the toast to Ray.<\/p>\n<p>And on Friday at noon, <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ydghcee9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I will give a presentation at Tiki Oasis<\/a>, and then on <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y8ahgb4t\">Saturday at 11 I&#8217;ll be signing books at Tiki Oasis.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From there we go to Palm Springs for <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yac7rj5f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a book signing at the Tonga Hut Saturday at 7PM.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to exploring all these places with the ohana and signing lots of books. Come visit us when we are in your city!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s happening again&#8230; I&#8217;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 <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2017\/06\/23\/west-coast-tour-2017\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,643,287,547,11,539,541],"tags":[179,213,725,225,234,724,285,10,296,726,348,719,722,723,720,721,639,394,727],"class_list":["post-1287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-mai-kai-history","category-og-tiki-central","category-places","category-polynesian-pop","category-retro-goodies","category-vintage-places","tag-history","tag-la","tag-lax","tag-los-angeles","tag-mai-kai","tag-martin-cate","tag-oceanic-arts","tag-tiki","tag-palm-springs","tag-san-diego","tag-san-francisco","tag-seattle","tag-sfo","tag-smugglers-cove","tag-tacoma","tag-tacoma-cabana","tag-tiki-oasis","tag-tiki-ti","tag-tonga-hut"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-kL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1247,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2017\/04\/14\/smugglers-cove-is-all-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":1287,"position":0},"title":"Smuggler&#8217;s Cove Is All In","author":"Swanky","date":"April 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Smuggler's Cove surprised me in several ways. 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Coming soon to Amazon. Please pre-order and make your voice heard with the publisher to give the book more attention and better marketing. Spread the word! This is going to be a big year for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ephemera&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ephemera","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/retro-goodies\/ephemera-retro-goodies-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/cover.jpg?fit=711%2C556&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/cover.jpg?fit=711%2C556&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/cover.jpg?fit=711%2C556&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/cover.jpg?fit=711%2C556&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1263,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2017\/04\/19\/hukilau-mai-kai-history-presentation\/","url_meta":{"origin":1287,"position":2},"title":"Hukilau Mai-Kai History Presentation","author":"Swanky","date":"April 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"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 the largest Tiki event outside of California, The Hukilau. 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