The Bamboo Club Long Beach, CA (bar) - Locating Tiki

H Hamo Grand Member (3 years) Colorado (via Iowa) Joined: Aug 22, 2016 Posts: 2068	H Hamo Posted posted on Wed, Feb 13, 2019 6:17 PM A co-worker (and former Californian) sent me that link today. I really like this analogy: The tiki bar is not an attempt at re-creating the South Pacific more than it was the very American ideal of bringing island-centric auras onto our nation’s soil. Think Disneyland’s romanticization of royalty but apply it to island living: A tiki bar let people escape without having to, well, actually get on a boat in the 1930s and travel to the South Pacific or Hawaii or… I'll be in the Anaheim area in early April, so hopefully the place will be open and I can find time for a visit.

A co-worker (and former Californian) sent me that link today. I really like this analogy:

The tiki bar is not an attempt at re-creating the South Pacific more than it was the very American ideal of bringing island-centric auras onto our nation’s soil. Think Disneyland’s romanticization of royalty but apply it to island living: A tiki bar let people escape without having to, well, actually get on a boat in the 1930s and travel to the South Pacific or Hawaii or…

I'll be in the Anaheim area in early April, so hopefully the place will be open and I can find time for a visit.

Post #793153 by Hamo on Wed, Feb 13, 2019 6:17 PM