{"id":1695,"date":"2019-01-18T11:20:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T18:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2019-01-18T11:21:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T18:21:11","slug":"atlanta-tiki-weekender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2019\/01\/18\/atlanta-tiki-weekender\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Tiki Weekender"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7LLg9Uz7cpo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll be sharing the incredible <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"history of the Mai-Kai Mystery Drink (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/697240373996569\/\" target=\"_blank\">history of the Mai-Kai Mystery Drink<\/a> February 16th at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Inuhele, the Atlanta Tiki Tour (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/atlantatikitour.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Inuhele, the Atlanta Tiki Tour<\/a> Weekender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1483\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/08\/27\/molokai-bar-mai-kai-menu\/mailkai2007calendar\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mailkai2007calendar-1.jpg?fit=385%2C448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"385,448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mailkai2007calendar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mailkai2007calendar-1.jpg?fit=385%2C448&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maikaihistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mystery.jpg?resize=589%2C312\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1483\" width=\"589\" height=\"312\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The creation of the iconic Mystery Drink involves many now-famous people such as Johnny Carson, Bettie Page, Bunny Yeager, Kui Lee, and Mariano Licudine. The story of its invention, evolution, and promotion is a fascinating tale of those heady times after the successful opening of the Mai-Kai, and the opening of the new Molokai Bar. Told through rare videos, interviews, images, and firsthand stories, this documentary-style presentation brings it all to life. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/atlantatikitour.com\/tickets?fbclid=IwAR3NmRtsFl7NBorE3T9bfw6wfH7xHCETvPyUMwXbvyqBXWeaNhx5gqsUJ2g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Tickets HERE (opens in a new tab)\">Tickets HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/697240373996569\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Facebook event HERE (opens in a new tab)\">Facebook event HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;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 <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2019\/01\/18\/atlanta-tiki-weekender\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[537],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-existential-fodder"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mystery.jpg?fit=850%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-rl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":214,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/01\/25\/tiki-eyeball-aku-tiki-inn-peru-il-may-18th-20th\/","url_meta":{"origin":1695,"position":0},"title":"Tiki Eyeball &#8211; Aku Tiki Inn &#8211; Peru, IL &#8211; May 18th-20th","author":"Swanky","date":"January 25, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Kick off the summer right with Kustom Kars and Tiki Bars! 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