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.
