Joe's Tiki Hideaway: October 2016

Monday, October 31, 2016

Halloween 2016 - Creature From the Black Lagoon

Although the Creature from the Black Lagoon takes place in the Amazon, it's really not too much of a stretch to imagine he could live in the lagoon of a Polynesian island. Here, I have a couple of images of him in more of a Tiki-Pop setting.

Halloween 2016 - A Developing Creature

From top to bottom: My renditions (drawn freehand from other drawings) of the Creature from the Black Lagoon as a baby, adolescent, and adult. Not bad, although I really appreciate people who can come up with images without having to look at other ones to draw them.

Halloween 2016 - Monster Movie Night

After cocktails and dinner we popped in the old Universal Pictures classic The Creature from the Black Lagoon. What a bunch of fun. We all provided Mystery Science Theater 3000 type commentary.

Halloween 2016 - Cocktails with Mike

Dale and I had our friends Mike & Charisse and Julie & Regina over the other night for a pre-Halloween get together. I made Mike a gimlet and for myself my evolving signature tiki drink (rum, fruit juice, and club soda). I'm still working to get the proportions just right.

Mai Kai

Today I finished Mai-Kai: History and Mystery of The Iconic Tiki Restaurant by Tim "Swanky" Glazner. Well worth the read.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Mai Kai

Currently reading this very fun book by Tim "Swanky" Glazner that provides an overview of America's Polynesian pop heyday to the present through the lens of one legendary Florida restaurant. Opened in 1956, the restaurant is still in operation celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. The tiki revival has been going strong for the last 20 or so years but very few of the original establishments survived the tiki devolution of the 70s and 80s except for the glorious Mai Kai.

Tim "Swanky" Glazner

Monday, October 24, 2016

Cat-Tikis

Sunday, October 23, 2016

Not long ago I came across these ceramic Cat Tiki glasses at a tchotchke shop. They were marked down to half price so of course I couldn't pass it up.

Cigar Time

Sunday, October 23, 2016

The weather isn't very "tiki-like" although it's never to cold to use a tiki mug or, in this case, a cat-tiki mug. Not filled with a tiki drink unless a grapefruit juice with vodka qualifies as that.

According to the box, this one's name is Ruby.

Friday, October 14, 2016

Psycho Suzy's - Long Time No See

Thursday, October 6, 2016

It's been a while since we've been to Psycho Suzi's so Dale, Maggie, Cindi, and I took Mary Martin out to dinner. Cindi and I were the only ones drinking tiki drinks. Cindi got the Coconaut, which is one of my favorite's there. I was up for trying something new so I went with the Psychotic Suzi. According to the drink menu: "Suzi says, 'Your petty concerns of authenticity are irrelevant.' A 20 oz. delirium of Redrum, Sailor Jerry, Trader Vic's, and a whole lime. Amazing! Circa 2008." Actually it came with a half a lime but I'll give them a pass on that.

The drink was delicious. For my second round I ordered the Coconaut which the drink menu describes as: "A cross between a tropical white Russian and a pina colada, but not really. Vanilla, coconut cream, allspice and West Indies rum."

For dinner I ordered the Vodka Sauce which their menu described as "Italian fennel sausage, San Marzano tomato, cream, fresh basil, Stoli, parmesan, long noodle." Delicious.

So nice to catch up with Maggie, Cindi, and the unstoppable M3 (Ms. Mary Martin). I believe a good time was had by all at the unique tiki palace that is Psycho Suzi's.