Thursday, August 30, 2018

Cocktail Hour with Signature Cocktail

Wednesday, August 29, 2018


I'm still working on developing my signature tiki drink. This time I tried one part rum, one part OJ, and one part orange curacoa, topped off with (diet) ginger ale. I thought it was quite fantastic. Dale took a sip and found it a little too sweet for his taste. Next time I think I'll substitute pineapple juice for the OJ.

Saturday, August 18, 2018

Birthday Week - Exotik-A-GoGo

Friday, August 17, 2018

Can't believe I started my birthday week celebration a week ago. When Dale got home from work today I asked him if he was interested in going to Psycho Suzi's to hear Exotik-A-GoGo play. He was into it! So, after getting Athena fed and walked we headed Nordeast and got a table with a window onto the patio. Our server told us the band would be playing on the patio rather than upstairs. Shortly thereafter I  saw the band setting up outside. The began playing promptly at 6:30 and you could hear the music inside as the doors were open to the outdoor area. They played most of the songs from their new album Vibralicous! 


I drank Crummy Scoundrels and Dale had beer. 


We shared the poutine tots to start and then we each had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. All quite delicious.



After dinner we headed out to the patio and sat down to listen to the band for awhile. They were great. 


After a bit, the band went on break so Dale and I headed down to the Psycho Suzi's dock. You wouldn't know it from the pictures below but the skies are actually cloud-free. The whiteness is the haze of the wildfires out in California. They are particularly bad this year. 



We headed back to the restaurant to check out the gift shop. I wasn't planning on it but I ended up going home with one big ol' tiki mug. The fellow in the gift shop pointed out that the one I got was one made especially for Psycho Suzi's. I photographed it upon our arrival back home.




As we headed back to the car I noticed someone had set up a little tiki house on one of the retainers for the gardens in the parking lot. Cute.


Awesome evening, Dale. Thanks for indulging me!




A few more photos from the evening:








Friday, August 17, 2018

Puffer Fish Friday

Friday, August 17, 2018

Since we're going for Happy Aloha Friday we'll go for Pufferfish Friday too. Pictured above is my favorite pufferfish of all, Puff Daddy from Pagan Idol.

Happy Aloha Friday

Friday, August 17, 2018


For the past two months every day has seemed like Friday. That's part of the awesomeness of summer vacation. However, next week I start back to work so today is really feeling like a real-deal kind of Friday. 

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Birthday Week Tiki Tuesday - Joe's Signature Tiki Cocktail

Tuesday, August 14, 2018


Yes, I realize I'm really dragging this birthday thing out by making my birthday weekend into a birthday week but I'm having a lot of fun with it. I'm trying to create my own signature tiki cocktail and here is one attempt. It's a version of the hula hula cocktail from Jeff "Beachbum" Berry. In my version I use the the same ingredients as the hula hula cocktail but instead of shaking on ice and straining, I mix the three ingredients in a glass (in this case one of my favorite tiki mugs, see above), add ice and top with tonic water. It's really not bad - very refreshing. As I continue to experiment I think I may try ginger ale next time.

Also, Julie and Regina took Dale and me to see The Meg on Sunday afternoon. It was a lot of fun. Afterward we went to Parkway Pizza and I had a Hawaiian pizza. Today I ate the leftovers. Parkway has amazing pizza.


Monday, August 13, 2018