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Category Archives: Reviews
Gone but not forgotten: Surf guitar pioneer Dick Dale, 1937-2019
He was an American music icon, the originator of a style and sound that endures for more than a half-century, and a true hero for enduring medical hardships and misery that kept him on stage and performing well into his eighth decade on Earth. Dick Dale left this world on March 16, 2019, at age 81. Continue reading
Posted in Music, Reviews Tagged Churchill's Pub, Dick Dale, Jimmy Dale, Laramie Dean, Respectable Street, Sam Bolle, surf, surf guitar Leave a comment
The Week in Tiki (Sept. 7-20, 2015): Ohana: Luau by the Sea and Mod Palm Springs, plus more event previews
The summer may be ending soon, but there’s no shortage of Tiki events, including Ohana: Luau by the Sea in Fort Lauderdale and Mod Palm Springs in California coming in early October. Check out previews of both, plus this month’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cocktails, Culture, Events, Events, Events, Events, Events, History, Mai-Kai, Music, Recipes, Restaurants, Reviews, Rum, Rum festivals, South Florida, The Week in Tiki, Tiki mugs Tagged Beachbum Berry, Bootlegger Tiki, Bowli Hai, Caliente Tropics, Chef Shangri-La, Chicago Area Tiki Tour, Coruba, Cutback Surfband, Disneyland, Don The Beachcomber, Easter Island, Eekum Bookum, Fong Fest, Fraternal Order Of Moai, Fwaygo Rum, International Tiki Market Place, Kreepy Tiki, Mai Tiki, Mai-Kai, Ministry of Rum, Mod-Palm Springs, Ohana: Luau by the Sea, Planter's Punch, PopTiki, Potions of the Caribbean, Shag, The Hula Girls, Thee Hot Rod Luau, Tonga Room, Wayne Coombs Leave a comment
The Week in Tiki (April 27-May 3, 2015): Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto grand opening
The arrival of new signature Tiki mugs marks the official opening of Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort this week. Also in the news is a seminar at Trader Vic’s in Atlanta, the new Tiki Magazine, the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cocktails, Culture, Disney World, Events, History, Music, Other Florida, Recipes, Resorts, Restaurants, Reviews, Rum, South Florida, The Week in Tiki Tagged Basement Kahuna, Disney's Polynesian Village Resort, Exotic Tiki Island, Longitude, Mai Tai, Plantation Rum, Polynesian Resort, rum, Suzanne Long, tequila, Tiki, Tiki Joe's Ocean, Tiki Magazine, Trader Sam's, Trader Sam's Grog Grotto, Trader Vic's Leave a comment
The Week in Tiki (April 20-26, 2015): Rum fest invades Miami, South Florida’s underwater Easter Island, Shag goes to ‘The Twilight Zone’
As expected, the Miami Rum Festival dominated the news this week, but an unlikely story about giant Easter Island-style moai being sunk off the coast of South Florida certainly piqued our interest. Also worth noting is the return of the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cocktails, Culture, Events, History, Music, Other Florida, Recipes, Reviews, Reviews, Rum, Rum festivals, South Florida, The Week in Tiki Tagged Bahama Bob, Broken Shaker, Chicago Area Tiki Tour, Dawn Frasier, exotica, Kinky Waikiki, Miami Rum Festival Cocktail Week, Miami Rum Renaissance Festival, Painkiller, Plantation Rum, Pusser's rum, RumXP, Shag, Twilight Zone 1 Comment
The Week in Tiki (April 13-19, 2015): Miami Rum Festival and Cocktail Week, Tiki Mondays With Miller, Ohana: Luau at the Lake
This week’s highlights are Miami Rum Fest Cocktail Week and Miami Rum Renaissance Festival. We also have a preview of Tiki Mondays With Miller’s Spring Equinox Edition, plus news on June’s Ohana: Luau at the Lake selling out. Weekly features … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Art, Cocktails, Events, Hukilau, Music, Other Florida, Recipes, Reviews, Rum, Rum festivals, South Florida, The Week in Tiki, Tiki mugs Tagged Brian Miller, Dick Dale, Doug Horne, Inu a Kena, Lost Lake, Miami Rum Festival Cocktail Week, Miami Rum Renaissance Festival, Ohana: Luau at the Lake, Paul McGee, Plantation Rum, RumXP, surf, surf guitar, Tiki Mondays With Miller, Trader Vic's, Tutu Rum Punch Leave a comment