Here is an update to my rum list. Click the pic to get the whole story!
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(pics swiped from Tiki Central)
A new rum bar is opening tonight (Tuesday Dec 8 2009) in San Francisco. I was lucky to be able to attend one of the limited ‘preview’ nights last Friday, and trust me, it is fantastic. There are 74 mostly rum-based cocktails, many of them revived classics like the Bombo and Calibogus, along with old favorites like the Fogcutter, Mai Tai, Daquiri, Ti Punch, etc etc.
There are also over 177 rums to sample. Yes. 177.
The decor is nautical themed, and a lot of fun! The only problem is the relatively small size, it seats only 49 people on three levels (the two bars are on the ground and basement level, the top level is a lounge with seating but no bar.) Sadly, it is not within walking distance of my berth, unlike Martin Cate’s former place Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge in Alameda.
Smugglers Cove
650 Gough Street
(between Ash St & Mcallister St)
San Francisco, CA 94102
My comparison of the rum lists of Smugglers Cove and Forbidden Island’s Kill-Devil Club can be found here.
Thanks, Boothy!
A Cruising Class B heels under so hard that she dips her spinnaker, as her crew take their chances on windy Lake St. Clair
When this ad ran I still had two months to go before being born. From a time when sailing was much more in the popular eye.
Ferenc Dobronyi of Pollo Del Mar writes that this beauty watches over the stage at the Hotel Utah (which is a bar/music venue, not a hotel). Thanks!
Photo: Katya Turner. Click pic for uncropped image.
Way cool Guinness ad (on their 250th birthday).
For several long seconds the camera lingers on a man’s face. He is waiting. At last we cut to hand held footage following the man and his three companions, all carrying surfboards. They hurl themselves into a heaving ocean. The ultimate wave has arrived. It starts to roll and we see that the men are not alone. The spirit of the wave is physically embodied in enormous white horses which are charging through the water with them. Above, below and inside the wave men and horses surge thrillingly forward.
NSL friend (and editor at Yacht Pals) Fred Eagle writes via Facebook
Hey David….Have you seen her? I snapped this pic for you at the Hotel Del Rio in Isleton. An awesome mermaid painted on glass behind the bar. The bar is curved and so is the glass…cool funky joint. Been the same since 1949. I didn’t have any gear with me so I will go back and get you better pics. ’til then…enjoy mate!
Thanks! We are prepping for a cruise up to the North Bay and as far into the Delta as we can manage, we’ll see if time and water depth hold out that far…
It is with profound sadness that NSL reports on the departure of part-owner and master mixologist Martin Cate from the best bar in the universe, Alameda’s Forbidden Island. Watch the video above, and remember if you can. If you missed the glory that was FI under Martin’s management, then know it was truly a Golden Age.
A remix.
The inviting Marina, and a bottle of Appleton Estate, great combo!
We’re meeting Santa tonight!
Get hosed and never leave the water. ¡Dos margaritas con Hornitos, por favor!
So here we are, Kālai Waʻa and Pele Nani (the Hawai’ian names we use on Tiki Central) up on the Kill-Devil Club Wall of Fame at Forbidden Island, surrounded as you can see by our old friends Goslings Old, Mount Gay, English Harbor 5, and the Pyrat family. Peggy and I had a fun time there last night (it was Flight Lounge Thursday), and had a nice chat with PETERSON, our Kill-Devil neighbor to the immediate left. We are very happy with how it turned out.
Last night was a momentous occasion for Peggy and me. We finally finished all 97 rums and joined the “ranks of the immortals” in Forbidden Island’s Kill-Devil Club. I’ve written of our quest previously (here, here, here), which began on March 22 and ended November 2, a duration of 225 days, with an average of nearly exactly 3 drinks per week. Owner Martin Cate made a very nice speech of congratulation, and presented us each with bottles of our favorite rums, Ron Zacapa 23 for Peggy and Santa Teresa 1796 for me. We are the first to make it into the club as a couple, and will see our names enshrined together in a double-wide plaque behind the bar. Pics when it happens.
EDIT 14 Nov 08: It happend, see post here.
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