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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
|  Posted: 2008-08-11 6:24 pm Permalink
Sabu,
Great to see you back posting your finds again. I picked up a postcard of that outrigger at Bali Hai some years ago, and yours is the only other one that I have seen. Here are a few more from my collection.
These are some older exterior shots
These are from an oversized card with several different views and a nice shot of a Mr. Bali Hai mug.
Here is an aerial photo
The male hula dancer
A few matchbooks.
And finally, the table card from the Polynesian Floor Show in the South Pacific Room (also in the BOT).
Check out the story on the back of the card for the Whalers Punch, this is great! Notice the limit of 3 drinks per customer.
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donhonyc
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Joined: Jan 13, 2003
Posts: 1173
From: The Quiet EAST Village
| Posted: 2008-08-17 11:23 am Permalink
I was just in SD for an overnight to hang for a birthday for one of my wife's friends. My subconscious, I guess, told me not impose my Tiki obsessions for the night and I didn't even think of going to the Bali Hai. Next day like a light bulb on a Tiki lamp I remembered SD=Bali Hai. We headed over but unfortunately they were having a small wedding and weren't open for lunch. To make a long story short, the gift shop wasn't open either BUT through the good graces of common humanity they opened the door and I was able to purchase some goods. A Mr. Bal Hai mug, a Goof mug, and a Bali Hai Mai Tai glass. That place probably has the best gift shop out of any Tiki joint I have been to. Even better than the Mai Kai.
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arriano
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Joined: Jun 13, 2006
Posts: 1121
From: Birdland - San Diego
| Posted: 2008-08-18 2:15 pm Permalink
I did basically the same thing on Saturday: requested the gift shop be opened and bought two goof mugs. A few days earlier I called and asked what the gift shop hours were. The woman who answered the phone put me on hold for a couple of minutes while she checked (??) and then came back and said, "Well, usually on the weekends, so, like, Friday, Saturday or Sunday. But anytime you're here and want to buy something, just ask and we'll open it up."
Seems like an odd way to do business, but whatever works.
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tikiyaki
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Joined: May 18, 2004
Posts: 2676
From: The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA
| Posted: 2008-08-18 2:28 pm Permalink
Wow, can we get the bali Hai to decorate the place like that again ?
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Tiki Trav
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Joined: Sep 25, 2006
Posts: 631
From: NSW Central Coast, Australia
| Posted: 2008-09-12 7:43 pm Permalink
Yeah the old decor was pretty cool!
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Tiki Shaker
Grand Member (4 years) 
Joined: Jun 28, 2008
Posts: 688
From: Oceanside, CA
| Posted: 2008-10-24 7:57 pm Permalink
I finally made my way down to the Bali Hai for the first time. I took pics, thought I would share.
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
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Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2784
From: Carson, California
| Posted: 2009-01-22 10:33 pm Permalink
The original 1953 blueprints for the Bali Hai, when it was still called Christian's Hut. These photos are from the eBay auction of the blueprints a few years ago, which I lost 
 Here's a photo of the young architect with his parents just after the opening.
A tourist booklet from my collection
Barbara Rush and George Nader saying Hai.
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arriano
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Joined: Jun 13, 2006
Posts: 1121
From: Birdland - San Diego
| Posted: 2009-01-23 08:49 am Permalink
It's interesting to see how the tower changed from the original design. I think I like the original better. Boyle Engineering still exists, based in Newport Beach and with an office in San Diego.
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-01-23 4:33 pm Permalink
Sabu,
Thanks for posting those old blueprints. I always enjoy seeing old sets of plans for Tiki places, such as in the BOT. The picture of the beaming young architect is great.
DC
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-01-31 10:01 am Permalink
Found some cool old photos from the Bali Hai while looking around for info on the Bali Ha'i in New Orleans.
The Goof At Night
The Goof on the Move
Lyman Swinging at the Bali Hai
Nose to nose with Jimmy Durante.
Mr. Bali Hai and the model - beauty and the beast
DC
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arriano
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Posts: 1121
From: Birdland - San Diego
| Posted: 2009-02-02 2:19 pm Permalink
It's funny to see the photo of Durante from the La Jolla Light as I used to work for that newspaper. You can bet that his "vacationing in La Jolla" meant he was bettin on the ponies in Del Mar.
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-05-04 10:52 pm Permalink
Thought I had seen just about every post card from the Bali Hai, then this one showed up.
Old School.
DC
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-06-03 10:37 pm Permalink
Yet another postcard view.
DC
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Tiki Shaker
Grand Member (4 years)
Joined: Jun 28, 2008
Posts: 688
From: Oceanside, CA
| Posted: 2009-06-05 10:03 pm Permalink
This ad was in a San Diego Tourist Guide.
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10557
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-06-06 05:52 am Permalink
Wow! Can you zoom into that little photo of the A-frame with the dancers and Tiki? That must have been the side entrance to the gardens and the back porch where their dance troupe performed.
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