Tiki Mug Monday

Monday, September 25, 2017

Here are both of my parrot mugs side by side.

Psycho Suzi's - September 16, 2017

This past Saturday I had a union meeting which started at 9 a.m. and was to go until 4. However, we finished our work by 11:45 and since my favorite tiki bar, Psycho Suzi's, is so close I decided to grab a little lunch there.

I sat at the bar and ordered a Paralyzed Polynesian. The blurb for the drink which appears on the drink menu is as follows:

"New Polynesian Paralysis: 'A screaming desire not to work, nor do anything that requires any substantial effort either physical or mental.' That's the right attitude. Made with 4 different rums, hibiscus, and citrus. Circa 1966."

Sounded just right for where I was at the moment.

For lunch I ordered the Hawaiian Surf pizza which is topped by Canadian bacon and pineapple.

When I'm there alone I love sitting next to the drink station at the bar where the servers pick up tiki cocktails (and other drinks) to deliver to customers. After my pizza arrived my bartender asked how everything was. I told him it was great. One of the chatty waitresses who was waiting for an order right next to me and flirting with the bartender said, "although I bet he wishes we would just shut up. I turned to her and said that I actually love to sit in the very spot I was in to hear the banter between the servers and the bar staff. She said, "Yeah, I call all this Psycho Suzi TV."

Moments later a woman walked by holding what looked to be a two year old who was screaming bloody murder. Every time I hear a kid screaming like this I wanna tell him it all just gets harder the older one gets so he may as well not sweat the small stuff. My bartender pulled a cord to blow a really loud boat horn to startle the kid out of his misery. I don't know if it worked. The woman holding  the kid was walking pretty fast. Now, this horn was really loud and I had no idea Suzi's had one. When I asked the bartenders what it was for they told me it was actually to blow for boats passing by the restaurant which is located on the Mississippi River. They said the port authority recently closed the lock and dam just past the restaurant so big boats don't go by anymore and now they just pull it to amuse themselves. The effects of my Paralyzed Polynesian had started to kick in and I cam really close to asking if I could pull it but I chickened out. 

For dessert I ordered the Fu Manchu. I think it works as a dessert drink due to the fact that one of its ingredients is coffee. It's also got some kind of sweet syrup in it so it reminds me a little bit of Bailey's. 

Psycho Suzi's Motor Lounge 2017

Looking out on to the patio from the bar.

Painting of maori.

Psycho Suzi's 2017 - Tiki Art

Tiki Tuesday - Recent Tiki Mug Acquisitions

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

A recent visit to Psycho Suzi's allowed me to pick up a few new tiki mugs. The above mug is for Suzi's non-alcoholic tiki drink. I can't remember what it's called and I've never tried it as I prefer my tiki drinks with alcohol.

One of my favorite tiki drinks at Psycho Suzi's is the Fu Manchu. I finally picked up the mug.

I was just going to go with the two but the manager upsold me into getting a Suffering Bastard mug (Suzi's calls the drink the Miserable Bastard). 

I already had the brown one but I was informed that the green one was a limited edition and had been ordered my mistake and that it was only one of two left and that they'd NEVER order it again. Well, how could I say no? I made it mine. Okay, so I'm a sucker.

I also have the Shag version of the Suffering Bastard so now I have a lovely set of three.

Mermaid Monday

I walk to and from work. Recently I came across this mermaid toy lodged in the leaves of some bushes on the sidewalk side of someone's yard. Not something you come across everyday.