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Sven and Sabu give us a nerdrific lesson in the history of two tikis at the Caliente Tropics.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sven and Sabu give us a nerdrific lesson in the history of two tikis at the Caliente Tropics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[450,17,287,547,11,539,540],"tags":[501,502,505,702,296,334],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-ephemera","category-og-tiki-central","category-places","category-polynesian-pop","category-retro-goodies","category-retro-preservation","tag-caliente-tropics","tag-california","tag-carving","tag-og-tiki-central","tag-palm-springs","tag-resort"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-5I","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":206,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/12\/16\/the-tropics-rodeo-drive-beverly-hills-ca\/","url_meta":{"origin":354,"position":0},"title":"“The Tropics” Rodeo Drive – Beverly Hills, CA","author":"Swanky","date":"December 16, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I would almost say this isn't quite a tiki bar, but just tropical, but there are all of Don the Beachcomber's recipes on the menu, so it must be part of the \"family\". 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