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.