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Murph
Grand Member (4 years) 
Joined: Jul 11, 2006
Posts: 671
From: SoCal
|  Posted: 2010-03-06 6:01 pm Permalink
This is our backyard retreat and home bar.
I spent the first 14 years of my life in Minneapolis
and the Waikiki Room was my favorite restaurant!
I would hound my parents to take me there.
Going out to dinner back then was a very rare occasion and a big event.
On my birthday we would go as a whole family, uncle, aunt, grandparents, etc...
I would always get the pressed duck, yum and a drink with an umbrella.
Fun memories and the inspiration for name: The "Waikiki Womb"
This is the small VIP bar The "'Ona'Alu'Alu" within the "Womb"
Its build out can be seen here:
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=32747&forum=20&48
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dewey-surf
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 27, 2009
Posts: 164
From: Clearwater, FL
| Posted: 2010-03-06 6:28 pm Permalink
Really, really cool!
Great artwork on the deck.
Love those album frames, were those homemade?
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Iokona Ki'i
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Joined: Nov 14, 2008
Posts: 815
From: SoCal
| Posted: 2010-03-06 6:32 pm Permalink
Great photos Murph!
We have had the pleasure of frequenting this oasis in
the Glendale foothills and must say it transports you to
tiki heaven!
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4WDtiki
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Joined: Aug 03, 2004
Posts: 1729
From: Omao, Kauai
| Posted: 2010-03-06 6:37 pm Permalink
What a gorgeous slice of paradise you've created!
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Thortiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 29, 2006
Posts: 190
From: Maryland (Land of Pleasant Tiki Living)
| Posted: 2010-03-06 7:01 pm Permalink
I like a LOT of your decor touches! Thortiki
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VampiressRN
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5084
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2010-03-06 8:35 pm Permalink
Wow...that is just awesome. Particularly like how you have painted the cement...very clever!!!!
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ashman_atl
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Feb 23, 2010
Posts: 79
From: Atlanta, GA
| Posted: 2010-03-06 8:47 pm Permalink
Wow! I've seen a few shots of this bar, but many of these are new to me... Loads of details throughout. Like many have said- "it's never really finished"; looks like once you've tikified one area, it's on to the next! I especially like the little private booth, but everything is cool.
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Kon-Hemsby
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Sep 17, 2003
Posts: 1225
From: Andover, England
| Posted: 2010-03-07 08:54 am Permalink
That is gorgeous. I love the moody night time pictures and the giant cocktail umbrellas.
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kahalakruzer
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Joined: Jan 29, 2008
Posts: 309
From: Dana Point! California
| Posted: 2010-03-07 10:54 am Permalink
What a place! I've seen a few pics before, but all the extra detail work is rad! Great job man!
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Mr. Pupu Pants
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 06, 2008
Posts: 332
From: Edmonds, WA
| Posted: 2010-03-07 2:53 pm Permalink
There is just so much to love about your place. Way too much to list 
Great, great, great job.
When did you start putting it all together?
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1961surf
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 1893
From: Newport Beach, Ca .
| Posted: 2010-03-07 5:28 pm Permalink
I have had the pleasure to have been invited to Murphs place and I gotta say
it's " incredible".The cool thing is this a converted guest house located on a
lower level of the house.
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Murph
Grand Member (4 years)
Joined: Jul 11, 2006
Posts: 671
From: SoCal
| Posted: 2010-03-07 6:05 pm Permalink
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On 2010-03-06 18:28, dewey-surf wrote:
Love those album frames, were those homemade? |
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Those are Monkeyman's frames. A fellow TCer.
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Murph
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Murph
Grand Member (4 years)
Joined: Jul 11, 2006
Posts: 671
From: SoCal
| Posted: 2010-03-07 6:07 pm Permalink
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| On 2010-03-07 14:53, Mr. Pupu Pants wrote:
When did you start putting it all together? |
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Started end of 2007.
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Murph
Grand Member (4 years)
Joined: Jul 11, 2006
Posts: 671
From: SoCal
| Posted: 2010-03-07 7:27 pm Permalink
Thanks for all the compliments.
Here are a few more detail pics.
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JackLord
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 18, 2006
Posts: 144
From: Washington, DC
| Posted: 2010-03-08 08:47 am Permalink
Outstanding! Check your local zoning ordinances. You could probably turn that into a commercial enterprise. Its that good.
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