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Basement Kahuna arrives here today and we depart for Tiki Eyeball in the morning.<\/p>\n

\"Eyeball\"<\/p>\n

I am in my office today, listening to my Exotica\u00c2\u00a0and islands music playlist and I am excited. It’s like when I was a kid and we were going to Disneyworld in the morning. I hear the music and I’m there, at the Aku Tiki Room, Navy Grog in hand. Dim lights, fish floats, Orchids of Hawaii and Witco decor… I just can’t wait! Giddy. Even though its a 9 hour drive for me. I am excited to get to go to that magic place again.<\/p>\n

My attitude is a little different these days. I go there as a fan, but also as a researcher and a documenter too. I take my photography equipment to get the best pictures possible and plan to talk to anyone I can about the history and write it down. I want to share it as well as experience it.<\/p>\n

I’m looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting some new people. I am really looking forward to the rare treat of having someone else mix my tropical concoction, and it be really good. I’ll savor it.<\/p>\n

This is the lot of most of us tikiphiles. The only tiki bar near us is our own. We get to visit the real deal just a few times a year, if at all. I ache for it.<\/p>\n

I may not be able to sleep tonight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Basement Kahuna arrives here today and we depart for Tiki Eyeball in the morning. I am in my office today, listening to my Exotica\u00c2\u00a0and islands music playlist and I am Read More …<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[536,5,547,11,539,540,541],"tags":[179,190,283,702,699,386,409],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cocktail-capers","category-events","category-places","category-polynesian-pop","category-retro-goodies","category-retro-preservation","category-vintage-places","tag-history","tag-illinois","tag-oasis","tag-og-tiki-central","tag-polynesian-pop","tag-tiki-bar","tag-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-45","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":266,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/06\/09\/vintage-hawaii-slide-of-the-week-polynesian-cultural-center\/","url_meta":{"origin":253,"position":0},"title":"Vintage Hawaii Slide of the Week – Polynesian Cultural Center","author":"Swanky","date":"June 9, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"A rather dull slide, but for the tiki freaks, I pulled out a couple of details.","rel":"","context":"In "Hawaii Slides"","block_context":{"text":"Hawaii Slides","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/retro-goodies\/hawaii-slides\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1110,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2016\/02\/13\/tennessee-tiki-history-page\/","url_meta":{"origin":253,"position":1},"title":"Tennessee Tiki History Page","author":"Swanky","date":"February 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I started this page years ago and forgot about it. 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