Baby Lu-Lu Brings You Jesus
This is Baby Lu-Lu. Don’t be fooled, she’s only 3 1/2 years old. This record is hard to listen to. You should get a patch for your jacket for making Read More …
Category: Existential Fodder
Exciting Don the Beachcomber Announcements
Searching For Don the Beachcomber On the 114th anniversary of Donn’s birth, I wanted to share some exciting news with you. Short Version: I have started on a biography of Don Read More …
Dagger Rum Promo Record Postcard
I got this promo postcard for Dagger Rum in 2012. It’s a flexi-disc record as well. I posted it to Tiki Central in a nice long section on J. Wray Read More …
Atlanta Tiki Weekender
I’ll be sharing the incredible history of the Mai-Kai Mystery Drink February 16th at Inuhele, the Atlanta Tiki Tour Weekender. The creation of the iconic Mystery Drink involves many now-famous Read More …
Tiki Oasis 2017 Interview
We had a great time at Tiki Oasis in 2017. This interview with Sassy Stiletto was much fun. I love all the colorful and famous people walking past behind us. Read More …
Hawaii Place Songs Kealakekua
Seeing the road sign for Kealakekua puts this song in my head “My Little Grass Shack” by Alfred Newman and Ken Darby featuring Mavis Rivers. How have I never heard Read More …
Akaka Falls by Ray Kinney
Planning a first trip to Hawaii and seeing so many places on the maps that I know from songs. As I travel the islands, these are the songs I’ll hear Read More …
Amazing Asian Themed Mid-Century Time Capsule in Iowa
Sure, it’s a great Asian themed mid-century home, but, it is also over the top! The dimensions are huge. The flag stone walls, the huge open rooms with those Read More …
Mai-Kai Black Velvet Rescue
From the early days after we moved Hukilau to the Mai-Kai, I had heard about a black velvet painting of Mireille Thornton. The painting had been vandalized and the description Read More …
Etiquette for Young Moderns
Gay Head. Just sayin’.
Swank Pad’s Mini Mai-Kai Mystery Bowls are here!
I am excited to announce what I hope is the first of my “Mai-Kai Memories Series”. This is an individual sized Mystery bowl designed after the 1950s original. They are Read More …
Swanky – Knoxville’s “Tiki King” in Metropulse
 We were a bit shocked to find that Knoxville weekly indepenant paper Metropulse had made me the cover story this week. And I was very pleasantly surprised to find they Read More …
Mai-Kai Derby Daiquiri and Mariano Licudine
This image is from the June 1959 issue of Esquire magazine. It says: “The fabulous mixologist Mariano Licudine of the famed Mai-Kai Restaurant in Florida creates new ways with rum Read More …
Cancun is in Ruins
I have been to Cancun many times. I considered it my favorite vacation spot. I worked hard to get Stephanie to make it our honeymoon spot. I had not been Read More …
An Old Testament Christmas
I don’t often post links to blogs on my blog, but, after this wasn’t posted on any other major blogs, I felt I owed it to all of you to Read More …