Sabina and Mike's California Coastal Crawl- May & June '05! - California Events

S Sabina Grand Member (1 year) The Lounge of the Seven Pleasures! Joined: Apr 08, 2002 Posts: 373	S Sabina Posted posted on Sat, Aug 20, 2005 6:40 PM On 2005-08-17 15:52, johnman wrote: Thanks so much for sharing your experience. After looking through your pics I'm just dying to get out to CA. Oh, so much! Our pix are merely a FRACTION of what's out there! Coupla quick hints- if you can get into Whittier (just outside L.A.) early in the afternoon go to Oceanic Arts- suddenly you'll feel like you've found the Rosetta stone to everything! Every bit of Tiki goodness will fit into so much more context once you do. Tiki Ti is imperative- try to hook up with Tikiphiles when you go- it makes it that much more! And if you're near Whittier, but pre Tiki Ti, hit Bahooka for dinner, it's not far- and you'll be glad you did. If you can still stand after Tiki Ti, make the trek to the Lucky Tiki. Then again, you may never get beyond the Tiki Ti- with good reason! Anaheim- Disney and some nearby apartments and the sad little Tropics hotel are about it. I have PAGES of Enchanted Tiki Room pix to get up! San Diego- one of the Tikiest spots on earth- All of shelter island- Humphreys and the Bali Hai are MUSTS, MR. Tiki downtown can be a lot of fun on the right night of the week and at the right hours- beware the thumpa thumpa noise that sometimes emanates. The Red Lion Hanelei and Islands room, despite it's current smallness is still like stepping into a postcard, and the ENTIRE mission Bay area, including the major hotel out there (Hilton? Hyatt?) is worth a good long look, particularly some of the older Tiki hotels around the edges (there are threads here on TC). The Tikiness may have been stripped out, but you can still see the bones and it's an entire underrated area worthy of exploration. Yeah, more pix to get up! Also, if you're driving, San Clemente, Tiki Farm is there (sigh, next trip Holden, I promise!!!) and be sure to stop into 'Hula Beach' 711 N. El Camino Real. Doug, one of the owners is AMAZING and exceptionally friendly! He showed us his ALBUM of pix of his Hula/Island/Tikified house and other things he had done- truely worth the trip- and plenty of good Hawai'ian music and goodies too! There's a Bamboo-ish kinda shop next to Hula Beach worthy of a peek as well. Bamboo 2 U and Tikis Too! in Leucadia is imperative as well- more Tikis than you can count! Obviously, I could go on and on and on! So much to explore! [ Edited by: Sabina 2005-08-20 18:41 ]

On 2005-08-17 15:52, johnman wrote:
Thanks so much for sharing your experience. After looking through your pics I'm just dying to get out to CA.

Oh, so much! Our pix are merely a FRACTION of what's out there!

Coupla quick hints- if you can get into Whittier (just outside L.A.) early in the afternoon go to Oceanic Arts- suddenly you'll feel like you've found the Rosetta stone to everything! Every bit of Tiki goodness will fit into so much more context once you do. Tiki Ti is imperative- try to hook up with Tikiphiles when you go- it makes it that much more! And if you're near Whittier, but pre Tiki Ti, hit Bahooka for dinner, it's not far- and you'll be glad you did. If you can still stand after Tiki Ti, make the trek to the Lucky Tiki. Then again, you may never get beyond the Tiki Ti- with good reason!

Anaheim- Disney and some nearby apartments and the sad little Tropics hotel are about it. I have PAGES of Enchanted Tiki Room pix to get up!

San Diego- one of the Tikiest spots on earth- All of shelter island- Humphreys and the Bali Hai are MUSTS, MR. Tiki downtown can be a lot of fun on the right night of the week and at the right hours- beware the thumpa thumpa noise that sometimes emanates. The Red Lion Hanelei and Islands room, despite it's current smallness is still like stepping into a postcard, and the ENTIRE mission Bay area, including the major hotel out there (Hilton? Hyatt?) is worth a good long look, particularly some of the older Tiki hotels around the edges (there are threads here on TC). The Tikiness may have been stripped out, but you can still see the bones and it's an entire underrated area worthy of exploration. Yeah, more pix to get up!

Also, if you're driving, San Clemente, Tiki Farm is there (sigh, next trip Holden, I promise!!!) and be sure to stop into 'Hula Beach' 711 N. El Camino Real. Doug, one of the owners is AMAZING and exceptionally friendly! He showed us his ALBUM of pix of his Hula/Island/Tikified house and other things he had done- truely worth the trip- and plenty of good Hawai'ian music and goodies too! There's a Bamboo-ish kinda shop next to Hula Beach worthy of a peek as well.

Bamboo 2 U and Tikis Too! in Leucadia is imperative as well- more Tikis than you can count!

Obviously, I could go on and on and on! So much to explore!

[ Edited by: Sabina 2005-08-20 18:41 ]

Post #180950 by Sabina on Sat, Aug 20, 2005 6:40 PM