Quarantiki - A Great Day to Be Alive Part 3

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

So nice to spend this wonderful evening with Dale and Athena.

Quarantiki - A Great Day to Be Alive Part 2

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Tiki cocktail of the night was Mikey's Banana Hammock, one of the most favorite of my new creations. 

Quarantiki - A Great Day to Be Alive Part 1

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Cigar time. Perfect August day. 

La Gloria Cubana

Music from my Tiki Hour playlists.

We also listened to A LOT of Orville Peck.

He crooned and we swooned. 

We also got in a little Donna Summer too. 

Quarantiki - Tiki Tuesday: Brad "Tiki Shark" Parket

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

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Artwork by one of my most favorite Low Brow artists, Brad "Tiki Shark" Parker.

Quarantiki - Joey's Orange Speedo

Wednesday, August 6, 2020

Cigar time.

Joe's Orange Speedo

Athena loves being outside with us. 

La Gloria Cubana

Quarantiki - Cocktails in the Yard

Friday, July 31, 2020

Asylum 13. 

Joey's Orange Speedo (without club soda).

Music by Les Baxter. Album produced and compiled by Brad Benedict, the guy behind the entire original awesome Ultra-Lounge series. 

Exotica music extraordinaire. 

Quarantiki - Cocktails and Cigars

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Midweek cocktails in the back yard with Dale.

I had grog along with and Asylum 13 cigar. 

Music by Robert Drasnin.

Athena was happy to be out with us. 

Quarantiki - Joey's Orange Speedo (Without the Club Soda)

Monday, July 27, 2020

Had a lime left over from yesterday so I decided to make another daiquiri tonight. 

After that I made a Joey's Orange Speedo (without the club soda). 

Quarantiki - Daiquiri Time

Sunday, July 25, 2020

Daiquiri time. This is, of course, the Floridita Daiquiri from Shannon Mustipher's book Tiki- Modern Tropical Cocktails. Things are good at the Mermaid Lounge. 

Athena looks in on the Mermaid Lounge

Quarantiki - Big Kahuna Bash 2020

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Big Kahuna Bash today at Grumpy’s in Roseville! Dale and I had a LOT of fun. This is the second year for the event which we attended last year as well. Grumpy’s chef added a few Polynesian-style entrees to the menu for the event. I went with the pork sliders. Dale ordered a Cobb salad from the regular menu. 

Tiki drinks were provided by a the Tilted Tiki, a metro area tiki bar. I started with one called the Tilted Tiki’s Big Kahuna which consisted of dark rum, citrus, and honey in addition to some other things. 

My second was called The Surfin’ Bird which contained dark rum, herbs, fresh pineapple, and lime juice also in addition to a few other things. The name of the drink refers to the title of the most popular song by the Minneapolis garage band and surf legends, The Trashmen. Dale drank beer. 

Tony Andreason, the lead guitarist of The Trashmen played along with another Minneapolis surf band, The Surf Dawgs, and it was all two tons of fun. Mr. Andreason did the vocals for Surfin’ Bird and I’m sure he must have been the original vocalist on the song because he sounded EXACTLY like the recorded version. The band was obviously having a great time playing especially the petit female drummer who was playing behind the guitarists. Her constant smile was infectious. Sadly she’s obscured by shadows in the above photo. 

The event included a marketplace which is where I purchased the Marquesan tiki shown above. I hung it up on the wall of our porch as soon as we returned home. The name of the seller is Dave who runs Lake Tiki Woodcrafts. He’s also the carver. In addition I  bought a print of a design of the Creature from the Black Lagoon by the one and only Kymm! Bang. It was fun actually meet both artists. 

Quarantiki - Big Kahuna Bash: Tomorrow!

Friday, July 24, 2020

Poster created by Tom Laura aka Big Toe

Yesterday I bought tickets for the Big Kahuna Bash at Grumpy's in Roseville. This'll be the second year of the event and I'm glad it's happening. The inside of Grumpy's is spacious and they have a lot of space available outside as well. My understanding is that ticket sales are limited to 200 people so social distancing will not be a problem. 

According to a recent article in the Star Tribune by  Chris Riemenschneider, "...[the] Big Kahuna [Bash] is a celebration of the American G.I. postwar adaptation of South Pacific culture." Click on the link below for the full article. 

https://m.startribune.com/a-littler-big-kahuna-bash-planned-at-grumpy-s-roseville/571878602/?fbclid=IwAR22kfXrjZJiqoItDOfhPknCeqW2-GDWJY0ICAZyGUmssKoBqsyuouFsOQA

Quarantiki - Mid-Week Cocktails

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Cooler than usual day today. Maybe it got to 70 degrees? Perfect for sitting outside with Athena. Dale joined us when he was done with work.

For my first cocktail I had a Joey's Orange Speedo but without the club soda. 

For my second I made a Floridita Daiquiri from Shannon Mustipher's book Tiki - Modern Tropical Cocktails. Her recommendation is to use Diplomatico Planas rum which is what I did.

Athena just loves being outside. 

So do I. Especially when it's not a damned steam bath which is exactly what a good number of days have felt like this summer. 

Quarantiki - Merman Monday

Monday, July 20, 2020

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Quarantiki - Porch Life/Mermaid Lounge

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Dale and I each got a LOT of steps in today partly due to our walk around Lake Nokomis. We believe that all the way around is about 2.8 miles. Again, much more pleasant day than yesterday. Sunny, lower temps, and MUCH less humid along with a glorious breeze that pretty much lasted the whole day.

Due to the wonderful temps and awesome breeze we turned off the air conditioning and opened up the house. It was so pleasant to have the windows open on the porch for cocktail hour. Dale had wine and I made a Joey's Orange Speedo (Ounce and a half each of grapefruit juice, orange curaçao, rum, and one ounce of falernum topped off with club soda). I shake the first three ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker, strain into a lowball glass, add the ice from the shaker then add the club soda and stir. 

Downloaded another album by Augie Colon.