text: Like Beer Drink here nnFor anyone I know reading this I have been clean and sober since I ended up in the Bikini as I scouted the Luster Kaboom selfportrait around the corner on the Trunk Space wall nnhttpwwwpanoramiocomusercommentpagephotopage nnThe more I looked the more interesting graphics and art I found and chased on this corner of the old main highway to Wickenburg nnA friendly guy named Doug asked what I was doing In a minute he had me inside to take pictures of the Bikini art Lots of tikis sculpture and two paintings of women just as Captain James Cook found them on his first voyage I found Nemo glowing bright in a dark corner under the palm leaf and bamboo overhang There is other art too some for sale It is s neighborhood bar flavored South Pacific nnTuesday night is DJ night and apparently rocks There is a single pool table a long bar and lots of seating scattered across the main floor nnBikini washed waves of Snug Saloon memories to my frontal lobes At least what little I can recall I had an innocent drunken blast during my many hours days and nights in that dim smoky peanut she will strewn room with its th century bar keg and cable spool seating Harley tranny cover and other items hanging from the ceiling The SnugnnLest you think I got no class I have rented beer from posh bars in cities like San Francisco New York and Crescent Cities too nnSandy runs the place Apparently the City of the Sun is planning some extensive urban renewal with the mid town Grand Avenue corridor in its sights I do not understand how the city demands its past be torn down crushed and piled east of Town Lake While the urban Central Corridor could use a transfusion there may be fresh plans for a new Grand Club Bikini has faced its share of renovation demands and is WAY spruced up from a few years agonnI know I am unaware of city or real estate politics sign and zoning ordinances and requirements for proper plumbing lighting and fire sprinklers A micro brew swing dance club student housing market with veggies mini librarymini micro business school and micro bank plus people enjoying the area on more days than one Friday a month Of course our state population concentrations firmly support and encourage exsanguination to former Class Ag lands Big Box dollars moving to corporate HQ and other major shopping swept away from town on the green tidennThere are some very interesting buildings on South Grand with architecture and character The Bikinis a real character Visit it before the tikis and Polynesians make their last voyage Or stand up for the area a little more urban concentration less time on video games and in home theaters