Post #86238 by Humuhumu on Wed, Apr 14, 2004 7:08 PM

Bali Hai is definitely worthwhile; the dining room isn't overwhelmingly tiki, but there's still plenty of tiki to be had there. Humphrey's is most certainly still there, and is lousy with tikis once you get into the central lawn area. The swooping A-frame porte cochere is too cool, and very picture-friendly. There's Trader Mort's liquor right at the entrance to Shelter Island, there's not a ton there, but it's cute and it's so close that it's worth stopping. If it's not too far away for you, the Islands restaurant at the Hanalei Hotel is pretty cool. Sadly, it was closed when I saw it, but they let me poke my head in, and I liked the looks of it quite a bit. Apparently, it used to be way better a while back, but it's still pretty neat. There are a few other tikis in the pool area at the Hanalei, too.

All the address info, telephone numbers, maps & hours are available on Critiki, and you can try out my spiffy new Browse by Globe feature to get a sense for how things are laid out in San Diego! Of course, the shoreline on the globe is imperfect, so it puts all the red pins out in the Pacific Ocean, but the spacing between the pins is quite accurate and can give you a sense how far apart everything is, since you know the Shelter Island stuff is all right next to each other. The pictures on Critiki can give you a preview of the tikis you may like to photograph (I'm sure you'll do a better job than I did).

I can't help you on the Googie front, but I'm sure someone else can.

Have fun in San Diego!