If you’re still wondering whether the Tiki Revival has legs, consider Black Mountain, North Carolina, where the last pop culture trend to penetrate city limits was bear-baiting. Passing through the area recently, the Beachbum entered the local Ingles supermarket in search of limes and ice. There, just inside the door, he found a coin-operated novelty [...]
The Beachbum may not be in the chips, but at least he’s in the news. For the current issue of Saveur magazine, he wrote a five-page spread about his favorite subject: rum. The article also features seven cocktail recipes, both classic and contemporary, plus brand recommendations. You can read it all here (minus the recommendations, [...]
When you’re a beach bum, Christmas presents are nothing but trouble. Giving them is out of the question, since your pockets — assuming your swim trunks have pockets — are empty. Receiving gifts is no easier. You have no address, so they can’t be sent to you. And given the unhygienic state of your person, [...]
If we had a nickel for every article that mentions us this summer … we’d have a quarter. In his “Tiki Time” article for this month’s Fine Cooking magazine, Camper English premieres the Beachbum’s new Barbary Swizzle recipe; not to be outdone, Jimi Gonzalez runs two Bum recipes in his “Mixing It Up” piece on [...]