Tiki song of the week: Piranhaconda by the Cheetah Whores

I liked this song while watching Piranhaconda on Syfy Channel.

Thought I'd make it my Tiki song of the week 

The review of this silly Syfy movie is over on my movie page.

http://bradgeekness.blogspot.com/2013/05/piranhaconda-2012-5-out-of-10.html

Tiki Time on Memorial Day weekend!

We started off the weekend with a little trip to Don the Beachcomber's  to hang out in the Dagger Bar and see the Hula Girls while snacking on sliders and Brie  Quesadillas.

It looks like we have entered Mermaid Waters.

We stayed and listened to 3 great sets from the Hula Girls which will be playing on the main stage at Tiki Oasis again this year.

Had a Mai Tai and  a drink that was basically a Mai Tai in a Pineapple....Appropriate for the Pineappleman

Saturday brought us to Laguna Beach for a couple of photo shoots my wife had scheduled with friends and a nice lunch at Las Brisas and then another Tiki Themed dinner at Tommy Bahama's restaurant which had the best  goat cheese filled chicken ever.

Here is a look at the Creme Brulee from Las Brisas

Then Sunday brought us to meet friends at Downtown Disney. So we headed to Trader Sam's for a couple of drinks and chicken lettuce wraps and some flatbread.

The day before was apparently the 2nd Anniversary for Trader Sam's which meant a new Mug.....which I had to get of course......

Thus ended a very Tiki Memorial Day

Random Tiki Sighting: LA Arboretum

 I almost didn't even see this Tiki.  We were wandering around the LA Arboretum after a failed attempt to go hiking due to large crowed and no parking at the trail we were going to walk.....so instead ended up at the LA Arboretum.   So we still got some good walking in, still saw a waterfall, stopped by Fantasy Island and  had a random Tiki sighting.

"Welcome to Fantasy Island"

How good would a waterfall like this look in the backyard....If only I were rich

Link of the week: Enchanted Tiki Room 50th Anniversary

Link of the week:  Enchanted Tiki Room  50th Anniversary
It looks like they have a bunch of really cool stuff.   Unfortunately this event is out of my price range at the moment ----but  Tiki fans should check this out





Here is the link

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/04/walt-disneys-enchanted-tiki-room-50th-anniversary-event-at-the-disneyland-resort-merchandise-update/

Tiki Song of the Week:The Madeira - Twilight

Here is the Tiki song of the week:

Also heard on the Surf guitar 101 podcast.

The Madeira - Twilight

Tiki Song of the Week:Mike Barbwire - SOS RocknRoll (El Sotano Calling)

I love this song.  I heard it on the Surf Guitar 101 podcast which is a part of my regular running I-Pod mix.....and this is a great song to run to....

Mike Barbwire  -SOS RocknRoll.

Here is the website for more 

http://www.mikebarbwire.com/about.html

A Quick stop at Frankie's Tiki Bar in Las Vegas

On the way into Vegas we finally got around to stopping off the strip at Frankie's Tiki Room.....

Frankie's Tiki Room is a dark little Tiki Bar that is worth stopping by and checking out for any Tiki Fan heading to Vegas for the weekend.     

Frankie's features art work from many well known names in the Tiki Community including big contributions by Bamboo Ben.    There are Tikis carved by Crazy Al,  Billy the Crud,  Tiki Bosko and Tiki Ray to name a few.....and Tiki Art by such   Doug Horne,   Big Toe,   SHAG,  Ken Ruzic,  Thor and others ...

The bar itself was very dark inside...We had to wait a few minutes for our eyes to adjust before finding a sit at the bar and enjoying some great Tiki Drinks while listening to great Tiki Music and watching some interesting Retro programing on the bars TV Screens....    The only drawback for us was the smokiness of the place which brought back memories of my Pineappleman  WASH  days of playing in smoky bars and coming home with your clothes all smoky.     Other than that it was a really cool experience that I'm glad I was able to finally mark off my Vegas bucket list.

And we will definitely have to stop by there again for a few more Tiki drinks.

Here are some smoky pictures of some of the cool Tikis to be found inside.

Check out the Webpage for Frankie's  Tiki Room  below

http://www.frankiestikiroom.com/artists.html

Here is Frankie's Original  Drink menu which you can get with or without a cool Tiki  Mug from  Tiki Farm.    I went with the Thurnston Howl  a great drink with a great Vegas mug that has dice for Eyes.    Next time I go there I'll have to get one of the other great mugs.