Royal Hawaiian, Bailey's Crossroads/Falls Church, VA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

D Dustycajun Tiki Socialite Santa Barbara, CA Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 5295	D Dustycajun Posted posted on Mon, Dec 3, 2012 4:00 PM On 2012-11-11 15:22, Or Got Rum? wrote: I'm sure in it's short life mug's/mb's/pc's did not exist...but some Tiki decor did....Johnny Dollar? OGR I have seen a matchbook from this place, always wondered about it. Thanks for that nice bit of history OGR. "The Showplace of the Nation's Capitol" - doesn't sound like a suburban strip mall! Funny thing about the Tiki Transmission Tradition, the Bamboo frame with a lei and flowers motif on the back of the matchbook was used decades earlier at the Kowloon in Los Angeles. I was talking to Bosko at the Don the Beachcomber Tiki Marketplace this weekend and we figured that the matchbook companies and artists sure spread a lot of Tiki imagery around over the years. DC

On 2012-11-11 15:22, Or Got Rum? wrote:
I'm sure in it's short life mug's/mb's/pc's did not exist...but some Tiki decor did....Johnny Dollar?

OGR

I have seen a matchbook from this place, always wondered about it. Thanks for that nice bit of history OGR.

"The Showplace of the Nation's Capitol" - doesn't sound like a suburban strip mall!

Funny thing about the Tiki Transmission Tradition, the Bamboo frame with a lei and flowers motif on the back of the matchbook was used decades earlier at the Kowloon in Los Angeles.

I was talking to Bosko at the Don the Beachcomber Tiki Marketplace this weekend and we figured that the matchbook companies and artists sure spread a lot of Tiki imagery around over the years.

Post #660484 by Dustycajun on Mon, Dec 3, 2012 4:00 PM