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T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Sun, Aug 10, 2008 6:59 PM Hey OceaOtica, you may be right, if the pic in Tiki Magazine ad for the book is from that shoot... the bar top, wall and shelves look similar... and Pete's Tiki Lounge is in Siverlake/Echo Park. You really should take the next tour! And WOW! What an AWESOME tour it was!!! Mucho Mahalos to Murph for organizing the event, and Sparklemark and Sparklegem for the incredibly delicious pupus and drinks! Thanks to all the owners of the tiki bars on the tour for opening your homes to hordes of tikiphiles filing through your domiciles: (Sparkle)Mark & (Sparkle)Gem Noland: The Bamboo Bar Darrell Rooney: Darrell's Tiki Bar Peter Moruzzi & Lauren Le Baron: Pete's Tiki Lounge Alan Smart & Michael Uhlenkott: The Halekahiki Kevin (Murph) & Claudia Murphy: The Waikiki Womb Here's some pix of the event: Pete's Tiki Lounge: (without flash) (with flash) L to R: Darrell Rooney, Kevin (Murph) Murphy and Peter Moruzzi Sven (bigbrotiki) Kirsten in his natural habitat Joe Kona, Carrin (hope I didn't mangle your name!) and Manuel The Halekahiki: (without flash) (also without flash, at least from my camera... I caught someone else's flash, which is why this pic actually came out) L to R: Michael Uhlenkott & Alan Smart. Note the tiki award for tiki bar participation on the bartop. Murph whipped up these sweet little babies! Maybe Murph can post a close up? L to R: Manuel, Peter, Joe Kona Manuel and me on the tikitourbus! Joe Kona and his souvenir tour cocomug! I discovered I'm not very good at low light photograpy, unless you really like looking at blurry squiggles of light! Unfortunately, the pix of the other bars that I took were basically blurry squiggles of light! So far the Bamboo Bar and Darrell's Tiki Bar have not been represented here. I know Joe was snapping away like a madman, so hopefully he'll have some to post soon. And that Bamboo Bar... that house! When the Sparkles bought it, it came with Witcos already hanging on the walls! WITCOS! Already hanging on the walls! I highly reccomend to anyone who loves tiki: TAKE THE NEXT TIKI TOUR! Thanks again Murph! http://ericoctober.com [ Edited by: tobunga 2008-08-10 19:03 ] [ Edited by: tobunga 2008-08-10 19:31 ] [ Edited by: tobunga 2008-08-20 09:45 ]

Hey OceaOtica, you may be right, if the pic in Tiki Magazine ad for the book is from that shoot... the bar top, wall and shelves look similar... and Pete's Tiki Lounge is in Siverlake/Echo Park. You really should take the next tour!

And WOW! What an AWESOME tour it was!!! Mucho Mahalos to Murph for organizing the event, and Sparklemark and Sparklegem for the incredibly delicious pupus and drinks!

Thanks to all the owners of the tiki bars on the tour for opening your homes to hordes of tikiphiles filing through your domiciles:

(Sparkle)Mark & (Sparkle)Gem Noland: The Bamboo Bar
Darrell Rooney: Darrell's Tiki Bar
Peter Moruzzi & Lauren Le Baron: Pete's Tiki Lounge
Alan Smart & Michael Uhlenkott: The Halekahiki
Kevin (Murph) & Claudia Murphy: The Waikiki Womb

Here's some pix of the event:

Pete's Tiki Lounge:

(without flash)

(with flash)

L to R: Darrell Rooney, Kevin (Murph) Murphy and Peter Moruzzi

Sven (bigbrotiki) Kirsten in his natural habitat

Joe Kona, Carrin (hope I didn't mangle your name!) and Manuel

The Halekahiki:

(without flash)

(also without flash, at least from my camera... I caught someone else's flash, which is why this pic actually came out)

L to R: Michael Uhlenkott & Alan Smart. Note the tiki award for tiki bar participation on the bartop. Murph whipped up these sweet little babies!
Maybe Murph can post a close up?

L to R: Manuel, Peter, Joe Kona

Manuel and me on the tikitourbus!

Joe Kona and his souvenir tour cocomug!

I discovered I'm not very good at low light photograpy, unless you really like looking at blurry squiggles of light! Unfortunately, the pix of the other bars that I took were basically blurry squiggles of light! So far the Bamboo Bar and Darrell's Tiki Bar have not been represented here. I know Joe was snapping away like a madman, so hopefully he'll have some to post soon.

And that Bamboo Bar... that house! When the Sparkles bought it, it came with Witcos already hanging on the walls! WITCOS! Already hanging on the walls!

I highly reccomend to anyone who loves tiki: TAKE THE NEXT TIKI TOUR!

Thanks again Murph!

http://ericoctober.com

[ Edited by: tobunga 2008-08-10 19:03 ]

[ Edited by: tobunga 2008-08-10 19:31 ]

[ Edited by: tobunga 2008-08-20 09:45 ]

Post #400318 by tobunga on Sun, Aug 10, 2008 6:59 PM