The Island Groove

This photo showed up recently on Instagram. It was posted to the Tonga Room's account with the caption:

"Our beloved house band, @theislandgroove, plays nightly from 8:00 pm. Join us tonight for great live music, cocktails and dancing."

When I was there a few years ago with Warren and Scott, we saw the floating stage but we were there early enough that the band wasn't playing. Would have loved to have seen them. Here are some photos I took in February of 2016 when I was there:

It actually rains in the Tonga Room's lagoon. You can kind of see it here.

Tiki Mug

With the tiki mug Scott bought for me at the Pagan Idol.

Smuggler's Cove - An Attempted Visit

Saturday, February 18, 2017

For my annual trip to visit Warren in California I decided to try and visit a couple of notable San Francisco Tiki Bars. Warren, Scott, and I got into the city around 3:00 p.m. and settled in at Twin Peaks for our first cocktail. At around 5 pm we called for an Uber to take us to Smuggler's Cove and arrived around 5:30 only to find a long line out the door which wasn't moving.  We found out from someone else in line that staff let a group in right when they opened at 5:00. They were filled to capacity and that they'd start letting more folks in at 6 p.m. but it would be one in one out. We decided to head over to Pagan Idol.

Tiki Bar Tour

Sunday, February 5, 2017

In a couple weeks I'll be making a California trip to visit my friend Warren who winters there. I'll be staying with him and his friend Scott who lives in Half Moon Bay. We plan to take a trip into San Francisco to visit a few tiki bars. I texted this graphic I made to Warren a few days ago to let him know which bars are at the top of my list.