When America Went Tiki Crazy
Tiki was never Polynesian. It was a Hollywood fantasy made of Caribbean rum, Filipino bartending and borrowed Pacific imagery, and America couldn’t get enough of it.
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When America Went Tiki Crazy
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In Defense of the Great Florida Dive Bar
A dive bar can’t call itself a dive. Its regulars decide. An affectionate, slightly sticky defense of the Florida dive, from Miami Vice neon to a mullet tossed into Alabama.
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The Hawaiian Shirt Was Never Supposed to Be Boring
Nobody agrees who invented the aloha shirt, but everyone agrees on this: it was born loud. A slightly irreverent history, from Waikīkī tailor shops to Casual Friday.
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