Oahu, I am disappoint
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Oahu, I am disappoint
Hey, howdy, how goes it? Haven't been on much this...year, fuck. Lotta moving around and adventuretimes and so forth. Living in Honolulu now, and I've got a question: Where the shit are my tiki bars? I thought those would at least exist here, arcades seem unaffected by the passage of time due to japanese tourists, so why can't tiki bars still be hanging on? Does anybody have any leads? Hitting the pavement is time consuming and hasn't turned up anything.
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Re: Oahu, I am disappoint
the lack of tiki bars is, to my mind, the primary sign of the decline of western civilization. I regret that I was born too late to enjoy the Trader Vic/Don the Beachcomber era. Todays theme restaurants suck. And their drinks suck. And I am discontent. I must poke my eyeballs out with my little pink paper umbrrella toothpick so there.hah!
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Re: Oahu, I am disappoint
If tiki bars are what I think (pacific oriented drinking establishments), then coming to France is a solution for you: they are totally trendy here and a lot of citizens from our oversea departments and territories come to the main land to open one.
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Re: Oahu, I am disappoint
Coming to France/Europe is in fact a solution to all of your problems, despite what Mitt Romney might think.Mr Boozificator wrote:If tiki bars are what I think (pacific oriented drinking establishments), then coming to France is a solution for you: they are totally trendy here and a lot of citizens from our oversea departments and territories come to the main land to open one.
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You can try to set up your own tiki lounge at home.
On a related note, when did Pier One imports get so fucking expensive? Also, where's all the bamboo shit?
On a related note, when did Pier One imports get so fucking expensive? Also, where's all the bamboo shit?
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sounds like a business opportunity. i give you leave to use the following name in the state of hawaii: "international waters."
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Re: Oahu, I am disappoint
I always suspected that.BBoozer wrote:
Coming to France/Europe is in fact a solution to all of your problems, despite what Mitt Romney might think.
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Hell, you're living in a Tiki Bar; take some rum and mixer to the beach!Wingman wrote:sounds like a business opportunity. i give you leave to use the following name in the state of hawaii: "international waters."
The charm of Trader Vic's in Chicago was that it was a place to go on a cold and windy night and be able to pretend that you were not in Chicago but a warm sunny place. With and exotic expensive drink in a fake coconut.
You may take some shit from some of the young native types about the Tiki decor out there though, white-eyes.
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But, but... I like it in Chicago. The architecture, all this jazz and the classy restaurants plus the super heavy pizzas at night. Chicago is totally my kind.Smatter Noguts wrote:
The charm of Trader Vic's in Chicago was that it was a place to go on a cold and windy night and be able to pretend that you were not in Chicago but a warm sunny place. With and exotic expensive drink in a fake coconut.
You may take some shit from some of the young native types about the Tiki decor out there though, white-eyes.
I miss Don Ho.
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Re: Oahu, I am disappoint
No joke, this is something I've been seriously considering lately. Not a tiki bar, because I'm not sure how well that would go with the locals (especially owned by a haole), but the longer I live here, the less I want to leave. I'm 50/50 on just letting my enlistment run out and getting a business loan in a couple years. Still in the VERY early research stages though, an endeavor like this isn't gonna be a cake walk.Wingman wrote:sounds like a business opportunity. i give you leave to use the following name in the state of hawaii: "international waters."
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Re: Oahu, I am disappoint
there used to be a great dive bar down by ali moana and kauai. i got really drunk there a couple of times. that's all i got. i stayed at the hale koa which is super nice but you gotta be military to get in.
oh yeah, the bar was called the fox and hound. is it still there? i don't know.
oh yeah, the bar was called the fox and hound. is it still there? i don't know.
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I usually spend all my time drinking Old Dusseldorfs down at the King Kamehameha Club with Rick and TC.
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Re: Oahu, I am disappoint
There's a fox and hound up by k bay, I don't usually go up that way but is that the place?
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"Does whiskey count as beer?"
-Homer Simpson
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"I am getting so drunk when we get paid for this."
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"Does whiskey count as beer?"
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Re: Oahu, I am disappoint
nope, has to be a tiki bar. sorry, get yer own name.Emperor Awesome wrote:No joke, this is something I've been seriously considering lately. Not a tiki bar, because I'm not sure how well that would go with the locals (especially owned by a haole), but the longer I live here, the less I want to leave. I'm 50/50 on just letting my enlistment run out and getting a business loan in a couple years. Still in the VERY early research stages though, an endeavor like this isn't gonna be a cake walk.Wingman wrote:sounds like a business opportunity. i give you leave to use the following name in the state of hawaii: "international waters."
cheers!
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Re: Oahu, I am disappoint
I've read about the Tikl bars of the olden days, with their waterfalls, palm trees, and exotic birds. And the music! Martin Denny, Les Baxter, Arthur Lyman. Oh look! Dinner too? Pu-pu platter. Oh yeah.
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