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Tiki Gardens was a home-grown tourist attraction started by Frank and Jo Byars which used to be located on Florida’s west coast. Developed over the course of a decade in the 1960s, the attraction closed in 1990 and was eventually demolished and turned into a beach access parking lot.
One of the more interesting souvenirs to [...]
As a lover of tropical drinks I spend a lot of time studying rums, but there’s a time and a place for other spirits, too. For a little while now I’ve been looking into vodka, which I find fascinating as the goal for the product is to be flavorless and colorless, the exact opposite of [...]
The Daytona Beach area has managed to hang onto its tiki restaurants and bars while some other seaside locations have lost theirs to development and “progress” in the 1980s.
A new website, Daytona Tiki Finder, acts as an online guide to Tiki Bars, Beachfront Bars and poolside pubs in the Daytona Beach area. It also includes [...]
Mike Skinner, P.E., lives a double life. By day, he’s a Civil Engineer in Colorado; by night, an author and lecturer on the subject of Polynesian Pop architecture.
You may have attended his seminar at Hukilau in 2008 (look for him again in 2011 with more information on the history of the Mai-Kai). In the meantime, [...]
Swanky’s Grogalizer has become an essential tool in the tropical drink-loving home bartender’s arsenal, answering the essential question, “What drinks can I make with the ingredients I have on hand?”
After inputting which liquors, syrups, and fruit juices are in your cupboard, the Grogalizer compares what you have against the ingredients of the drinks featured in [...]
Hawaiian Airlines has a free online archive of its in-flight magazine, “Hana Hou!,” with issues dating back to 2002.
Here’s how the magazine bills itself:
As the island lifestyle magazine of Hawaii’s premier airline, Hana Hou! strives to provide fresh, insightful views of the people, places and cultures that makes Hawaii so special.
There’s a lot of interesting [...]
Denise “Thrift-a-Rama” is a former New Orleans bartender who desperately wants to start her own tiki bar — so much so, that she’s committed her life to saving up to make the purchase.
To do so, she’s funneling extra money she earns from selling her possessions on eBay, crafting on etsy, and part of her freelance [...]