https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery 3827 photos in 225 albums en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 02:18:58 +0000 Gallery 1.5.4, http://gallery.menalto.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 40 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Vintage-cocktail-table/table_3.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery 113 150 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Vintage-cocktail-table d6c75494b0e5b7b8ac44bb4b9710d1ba Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:16:13 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Vintage-cocktail-table https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Vintage-cocktail-table/table_3.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Vintage-cocktail-table/table_3.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Vintage-cocktail-table/table_3.thumb.jpg 150 113 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Shanghai-Village-Duck-Carving-Extravaganza 86a866a1e65aee441167429a21bdd866 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:17:52 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Shanghai-Village-Duck-Carving-Extravaganza https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Shanghai-Village-Duck-Carving-Extravaganza/IMG_1448.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Shanghai-Village-Duck-Carving-Extravaganza/IMG_1448.sized.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Shanghai-Village-Duck-Carving-Extravaganza/IMG_1448.thumb.jpg 150 100 A few pictures documenting Chef Kwok's Duck Carving tableside ritual and a few of the drinks at the Shanghai Village in Bethesda, MD. SV is legendary in its own right, and one of the few remaining Maryland outposts of genuine Tiki exotic cocktail mixology. https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Tiki-Island-MD 5a13baf3f094489912b39907c788a1ec Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:59:05 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Tiki-Island-MD https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Tiki-Island-MD/Document_2.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Tiki-Island-MD/Document_2.sized.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Tiki-Island-MD/Document_2.thumb.jpg 107 144 In digging through the "Images of America" book on "Columbia" (Maryland) I happened across a tantalizing photographic gem, an image of what was once "Tiki Island!" Further research into this little piece of long forgotten Maryland Tiki is clearly called for. https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/LoungeOceanicArts a08f3b8e04723ca524163875efe64454 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:30:42 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=LoungeOceanicArts https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/LoungeOceanicArts/DSCF0081.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/LoungeOceanicArts/DSCF0081.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/LoungeOceanicArts/DSCF0081.thumb.jpg 108 144 These are an assortment of odds and ends we've collected from Oceanic Arts (http://www.oceanicarts.net/) over the years. https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/aina-ahiahi-at-Fins-and-Baltimore-Meet-and-Greet 775282d277d93ed7828f31d2119f892b Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:07:55 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=aina-ahiahi-at-Fins-and-Baltimore-Meet-and-Greet https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/aina-ahiahi-at-Fins-and-Baltimore-Meet-and-Greet/IMG_1113.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/aina-ahiahi-at-Fins-and-Baltimore-Meet-and-Greet/IMG_1113.sized.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/aina-ahiahi-at-Fins-and-Baltimore-Meet-and-Greet/IMG_1113.thumb.jpg 96 144 A portion of the local tribe gathered for an `Aina ahiahi (or "Evening meal") at Fins. Afterwards some of us traveled up to Baltimore for a Fraternal Order of Moai (http://www.fraternalorderofmoai.org) Meet and Greet hosted at Turbogod's Tacky Techie Tiki Bar" where we were happily joined by still more folks. https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/TikiAfterDark 2a206341d0de161c98fadf5187bfdaaa Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:07:20 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=TikiAfterDark https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/TikiAfterDark/DSCF0054.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/TikiAfterDark/DSCF0054.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/TikiAfterDark/DSCF0054.thumb.jpg 108 144 A local gathering of the MD/DC (VA) Tiki tribe held at TikiJ's (as of yet unnamed) fabulous bar/lounge. Some of our Fraternal Order of the Moai extended Ohana were down from New England for a very special evening. A marvelous assortment of rums made a special appearance courtesy of http://scottesrum.com/. https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Fins d3d9dc9420a166f6aebc4ea926419a0f Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:02:48 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Fins https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Fins/DSCF0143.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Fins/DSCF0143.sized.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Fins/DSCF0143.thumb.jpg 108 144 Fins Hawaiian Fusion and Sushi Bar. A suburban Maryland taste of the Islands with real Aloha spirit! http://www.finsonline.net/ https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/album79 561527eb9a2581de15d7d0a730795d97 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:20:55 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album79 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album79/IMG_1016.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album79/IMG_1016.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album79/IMG_1016.thumb.jpg 96 144 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/album81 22c741cf2c5c89f2a8a96ae954fa22c6 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:20:55 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album81 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album81/IMG_0894.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album81/IMG_0894.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album81/IMG_0894.thumb.jpg 150 99 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/album78 1a3bd7fb639b9d430ab7395adf446f13 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:20:55 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album78 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album78/IMG_0987.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album78/IMG_0987.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album78/IMG_0987.thumb.jpg 150 100 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/album82 0a55dcafe59ee05b4034aea209bab308 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:26:18 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album82 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album82/IMG_0971.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album82/IMG_0971.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album82/IMG_0971.thumb.jpg 150 99 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/album77 b55f99ae151697b0337f46160b5fabaa Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:35:55 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album77 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album77/IMG_0942.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album77/IMG_0942.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album77/IMG_0942.thumb.jpg 96 144 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Hot-Rod-Hula-Hop-4 e23a1b48884eeb2e76de4eade29b4dbe Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:03:08 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Hot-Rod-Hula-Hop-4 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album77/IMG_0942.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album77/IMG_0942.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/album77/IMG_0942.thumb.jpg 96 144 The Fraternal Order of Moai, or FOM, threw their fourth annual Hot Rod Hula Hop (HRHH) in Columbus at Largo's Tavern. Friday night's "Feast of the Tiki Gods" was once again, incredible, right down to the Roast Kalua Pig! We were serenaded by Francis Llacuna (who used to play at the Tropical Bistro) and later on we were treated to breathtaking hula by Leilani Duteil. Saturday, Largo's parking lot filled with Tiki vendors, and magnificent custom and vintage hot rods, rolling labours of love. As dusk fell, Lucky, The Painproof Man put on his incredible sideshow performance. Later on in the evening, Barnyard Burlesque did a special show created just for the HRHH. Both nights the bands and musicians; Pablus, Waitiki, Vegas 66, Go Tsunami, the Cocktail Preachers, The Heptanes, and the Koffin Kats were fantastic! The HRHH is one of my favourite Tiki events, it's unlike any of the other events I've been to. It has a very special vibe and is put on by some incredibly special people. https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Chengs%2C-Virginia 00cc78516aa91ae54292e0c033944145 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:10:06 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Chengs,-Virginia https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Chengs%2C-Virginia/IMG_0752.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Chengs%2C-Virginia/IMG_0752.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Chengs%2C-Virginia/IMG_0752.thumb.jpg 96 144 Cheng's is owned by the same owners as the now RIPed Pacific Restaurant which was also in Sterling, VA. Many food and drink items that made Pacific so special live on at Cheng's. These pictures are from a gathering of the MD/DC/VA Ohana who got together to hold a wake of sorts for the Pacific. Fortunately, it was not a sad wake, but a celebratory gathering fueled by Mai Tais, Suffering Bastards, Zombies and Navy Grogs along with a bountiful table of appetizer treasures. Cheng's was welcoming and they shared their fantastic hospitality with the displaced Tikiphiles. When in Sterling, Cheng's is your best bet for a good Mai Tai! https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/tropical-bistro 0d5156d26d5c1a5152fd390b4407b91e Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:12:05 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=tropical-bistro https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/tropical-bistro/IMG_0525.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/tropical-bistro/IMG_0525.sized.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/tropical-bistro/IMG_0525.thumb.jpg 96 144 With deep sadness, I add the Tropical Bistro to the ongoing R.I.P. listings here on sevenpleasures. Aloha! Original album description follows- As part of our trip out to Ohio in June, we met up with Central Ohio Tiki Ohana and Fraternal Order of the Moai friends. This was my first trip to the Tropical Bistro, and my first smoking erruption since the close of the Kahiki. What began as a few friends getting together for dinner and a drink grew into an event mentioned in the local alterna-paper and a room full of Tikiphiles! Mahalo for making my first trip to the Tropical Bistro so special! https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/earliest-bar-pictures e3566a98d6a1e174f55a09bda774f4a3 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:26:14 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=earliest-bar-pictures https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/earliest-bar-pictures/Picture_167.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/earliest-bar-pictures/Picture_167.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/earliest-bar-pictures/Picture_167.thumb.jpg 150 113 Photos from the dawn of the bar- these are old, and it has changed quite a bit since then- same bones, but much more cluttered- and larger now, too! 2-13-2003. https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Mondo-Crazy-Al 30e66364dded05581a214a8762278186 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:26:14 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Mondo-Crazy-Al https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Mondo-Crazy-Al/20030424_024.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Mondo-Crazy-Al/20030424_024.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Mondo-Crazy-Al/20030424_024.thumb.jpg 108 144 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Hawaii-Kai 1a9ef5a2d511aa6729e2751624bd8b7b Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:26:14 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Hawaii-Kai https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Hawaii-Kai/hawaii_kai_3_girls.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Hawaii-Kai/hawaii_kai_3_girls.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Hawaii-Kai/hawaii_kai_3_girls.thumb.jpg 113 144 This is a tribute page the the Hawaii Kai which held the original Lounge of the Seven Pleasures as but one of several rooms within the complex. To understand our bar- and love for all things Tiki, one must first study the Hawaii Kai- alongside other such Temples now gone. https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Veras d38485f860a321c4ddf594f3e3d89725 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:34:19 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Veras https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Veras/20030604_151.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Veras/20030604_151.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Veras/20030604_151.thumb.jpg 150 113 Maryland's own little slice of Polynesia. Update, while Vera's lives on, it's in a new incarnation. It no longer looks like these pictures. Pieces of the original Veras are still intact, but many Tikis and the large Moai have been moved, the A-frame dismantled, and what remains now lives on in blue, not pink. https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Tropical-Bistro-Late-07 8b30a543a688a8d4e38cdb80fcd2517d Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:24:28 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Tropical-Bistro-Late-07 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Tropical-Bistro-Late-07/IMG_8814.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Tropical-Bistro-Late-07/IMG_8814.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Tropical-Bistro-Late-07/IMG_8814.thumb.jpg 96 144 A late in the year visit to the Columbus, Ohio's Tropical Bistro. These are from late in the evening, so we could get lots of pix of the space itself. https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Chisel-Slingers 49287906db65365309224b8afb7158df Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:30:42 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Chisel-Slingers https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Chisel-Slingers/IMG_0692.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Chisel-Slingers/IMG_0692.sized.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Chisel-Slingers/IMG_0692.thumb.jpg 96 144 Chisel Slinger and Sweet Beak's home bars and backyard just completely blew me away! Everywhere, you look, around each corner are Chisel Slinger's Tikis, each with personality and lovingly carved. Of all the home bars we've been fortunate enough to explore, theirs most reminded me of Bahooka (in L.A.), everytime you think you're seeing it, you round another corner to find MORE! (All of which makes it really difficult to express in any one photograph, so I highlighted the photo most reminicent of the mood/tone.) It's nautical, well thought through and perfectly relaxing. It is also home to numerous Kahiki artifacts; all kinds of goodies, from lamps, to a birdcage, to a bamboo fire extinguisher cover! https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Tikiskips 66827aab51b0bac599b50021fe58f167 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:29:32 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Tikiskips https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Tikiskips/IMG_0461.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Tikiskips/IMG_0461.sized.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Tikiskips/IMG_0461.thumb.jpg 150 100 Tikiskip's collection is one of the most dense/all encompassing collections we've ever 'toured'. There are vastly tikifield rooms throughout the house, and then shelves of the tiniest details; filled with small bottles, matchbooks, and other treasures. Many Kahiki bits and pieces have found thier way to make a permanent home here. When we were there, we got to photograph the Kahiki table and 'tablesetting' , but since our visit, they have since added one of the two Kahiki Moai from the Kahiki's front entrance.. It's good to see these pieces in a living and loved Tiki environment. Like so many of the other central Ohio Ohana, (my 'hometown'!), they are doing Tiki damn proud! https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Night-of-the-7 68e79fb31e444574da5beba2b1adde51 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:23:15 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Night-of-the-7 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Night-of-the-7/P9040022.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Night-of-the-7/P9040022.sized.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Night-of-the-7/P9040022.thumb.jpg 108 144 What began as a couple of friends over for cocktails in the nowhere near ready for unveiling Lounge, grew into a grand opening of sorts, (with cloth covering bookshelves and lots of details not together, many pieces of artwork unhung), still a grand opening! September 4th, 2004. https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Mai-Kai-2004-Hukilau f405dc5c476c46bee735506b07eb4640 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:35:42 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Mai-Kai-2004-Hukilau https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Mai-Kai-2004-Hukilau/20040929_010.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Mai-Kai-2004-Hukilau/20040929_010.sized.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Mai-Kai-2004-Hukilau/20040929_010.thumb.jpg 150 113 As we were having such a great time, we didn't break out the camera much. BUT we did manage to capture two Mai Kai fire rituals- the Flaming Coffee Grog, and the Bananas Flambe. https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Exotica-Vics ca704fe78cd374647acd43af49350a4a Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:02:53 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Exotica-Vics https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Exotica-Vics/20030907_070.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Exotica-Vics/20030907_070.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Exotica-Vics/20030907_070.thumb.jpg 108 144 Tiki time- all the Time! https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Sams-Seafood 7c98e669e497a7e8db6036601a31a83d Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:53:38 +0000 https://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Sams-Seafood https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Sams-Seafood/IMG_7725.thumb.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Sams-Seafood/IMG_7725.jpg https://www.sevenpleasures.org/albums/Sams-Seafood/IMG_7725.thumb.jpg 108 144 Truely a Tiki haven! Sam's has a Polynesian revue weekly. But my favorite part has to be the 'postwar' feeling of Sam's; from the newspaper articles on the wall to the Mural in the bar, Sam's reflects the memories of our boys in the South Seas. It represents a moment in time. The bar, is unbelievable, and the hidden village, not to be missed. http://www.samsseafood.com/