We saw a werewolf drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vic’s. And some zombies drinking Zombies, and a goblin nursing a Mai Tai (pictured above). They were with a large party of pirates, steampunks, Jedis, Highlanders, Orcs, Sleestaks, and various anime characters whose costumes we couldn’t make head or tail of, except for their tails. [...]
For the Beachbum, being in the right place at the right time means being 86’d before it’s his turn to buy a round. But now he finds himself in an even better place and time: smack in the middle of today’s Tiki revival, which has hit just about every burg he’s stumbled into this year. [...]
Beachbum Berry’s Taboo Table is no longer taboo. Our 2004 Polynesian Pop restaurant cookbook is now officially back in print, so that you no longer have to pay extortionate eBay prices to get your hands on the book’s 45 vintage Tiki food recipes. In the comfort of your own hut, you may now re-create such [...]
Seen and heard at this year’s Tales Of The Cocktail convention in New Orleans: Drink historian David Wondrich, quoting from his “Axioms Of Mixography” during a conference about vintage recipe research: “Bartenders lie, journalists embellish, and bloggers steal embellished lies.” He wasn’t looking at the Beachbum when he said that … was he? Cheryl Charming’s [...]