Don The Beachcomber Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Mar 27, 2015 8:14 AM On 2015-03-26 23:03, mrsmiley wrote: Some more DTB articles from 1962; November; December; [ Edited by: mrsmiley 2015-03-26 23:06 ] Bunch of old fogeys! :wink: Those photos sure show the "establishment" at the time - proving again how Tiki was the playground of the older generation. That great article still does not explain the WHY of the decor of this weirdest of all the Beachcombers. I think it had to do with the concurrent "Eleganza" style at the time. As Miss Maestas pointed out: People got all ritzy and donned their minks for an elegant evening out, and the Sahara Beachcomber's environment mirrored that. It was THE "Vegas look" - so aptly portrayed in Martin Scorcese's "Casino": This glitzy place was as far removed from the original hobo/hippie beachcomber character as one can image! :) [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2015-03-27 10:59 ]

On 2015-03-26 23:03, mrsmiley wrote:
Some more DTB articles from 1962;
November;

December;

[ Edited by: mrsmiley 2015-03-26 23:06 ]

Bunch of old fogeys! :wink: Those photos sure show the "establishment" at the time - proving again how Tiki was the playground of the older generation.

That great article still does not explain the WHY of the decor of this weirdest of all the Beachcombers. I think it had to do with the concurrent "Eleganza" style at the time. As Miss Maestas pointed out: People got all ritzy and donned their minks for an elegant evening out, and the Sahara Beachcomber's environment mirrored that. It was THE "Vegas look" - so aptly portrayed in Martin Scorcese's "Casino":

This glitzy place was as far removed from the original hobo/hippie beachcomber character as one can image! :)

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2015-03-27 10:59 ]

Post #740225 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Mar 27, 2015 8:14 AM