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There is a class of craft that can only be described as tiki dreadnaughts — super-sized, super-stylin’ booze-cruise catamarans!
Captain Beans’ Dinner Cruise is Kona’s original. Let the majestic “Tamure” show you the Kona sunset on an ocean excursion like no other. Your two-hour cruise starts out with tropical cocktails from the full-service bar and plenty of aloha from members of the crew. Indulge in a bountiful island feast and live music with a mix of Hawaiian songs and popular favorites. Then, a hula show featuring modern and traditional hula livens things up even more. Beautiful hula dancers tell stories through dance, and eventually inspire you to join in. Before you know it, you’ll be singing, dancing and creating memories to last a lifetime.
Below, Captain Beans former vessel, undated photo:
And in Florida:
TIKKI BEACH BOAT CHARTER Rent our party yacht today! Boarding from all of South Florida!!!
Clear your calendars and get your tickets for Hukilau 2008, Ft. Lauderdale June 12-15.
Ed Hamilton, the Minister of Rum, will be appearing locally to teach “RUM 201: Advanced Rum”. This event is part of Alameda’s Forbidden Island RUMFEST 2008 celebration.
February 27th at 7:00pm: RUM 201: Advanced Rum with Edward Hamilton.
Forbidden Island is pleased to welcome back Edward Hamilton, internationally known rum expert and the author of four books on rum. Edward will be teaching an “upper division” course on rum to build on the class he taught at Forbidden Island last year. But don’t worry, Rum 101 is not a pre-requisite for this class! Ed will discuss in detail the differences in rum blends and styles, featuring navy and demerara rums, identifying the differences between molasses vs. sugar cane rums, and more. Of course, there will be a matched tasting with the class, featuring some of the finest rums in the world. Tasting tickets are available in advance or at the door for $30, but supplies are limited, so hurry in. Don’t miss this very special event!
In other news,
Alameda tiki bar Forbidden Island has announced the creation of the Kill-Devil Club, a rum-tasting program in which participants who sample all of the rums on the checklist (around 100 of them) will get their name printed on a plaque behind the bar. No word on whether it’s inspired by Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant’s Blue Agave Club, whose members can earn a “master’s degree” by drinking 35 Tequilas.
For a quick start to the Kill-Devil program, patrons can try three tasting flights of four rums each. A rare bottle new to the bar is the British Royal Navy Imperial Rum, which was rationed daily to sailors up until 1970.
THIS IS NOT FAIR. I must have sampled at least 15 rums at FI over the last year and now I have to start over again! Oh, well. If any Bay Area bloggers/sailors would like to meet and get smashed, drop me a line.
FLAMING KNIVES AND DARING SKILL HIGHLIGHT 15th ANNUAL WORLD FIREKNIFE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE POLYNESIAN CULTURAL CENTER Annual Festival Hosted More Than 50 Competitors and Nearly 10,000 Spectators Hawaii’s North Shore got extra hot this weekend at the Polynesian Cultural Center’s 15th Annual World Fireknife Championships. The four-day competition concluded Sunday with the crowning of Orlando’s Andrew “Umi” Sexton as the best of the best with a stunning routine of flaming knives flying at breakneck speed. Sexton thrilled the crowd of nearly 10,000 with his spinning tosses and death-defying maneuvers.
Way entertaining. I love this stuff, you can almost taste the Mai Tais watching it.
TIKI MERMAID is LA’s newest and hippest party venue. Not just your ordinary harbor cruise yacht, this elegant “Trader Vic” style princess can carry up to 75 guests on two floors with two outdoor decks, full bar and dance floor. Second story lounge is complete with overstuffed sofas, sexy lanterns and tropical plants. Popular for theme parties, corporate mixers, weddings, birthday parties, bar mitzvah or holiday events.
Wow, a four-category post!
Our mermaid today comes from a classic ’50s era cocktail menu from San Francisco’s legendary Tonga Room. Thanks to the uber-hipsters at Swankpad for the find! Note that the actual recipies are included on the menu, so you can mix them up for yourself.
The hotel bar is below ground level and has ‘portholes’ looking into the swimming pool, where on select evenings lovely mermaids entertain. I can’t believe I was in South Florida two weeks ago and missed this. Although I’d want a little more run-up drinking time to enjoy it properly.
There are many more videos from the Wreck Bar and also Weekee Wachee to be found on YouTube.
DvA Gallery in Chicago has a great show right now of mouthwatering Tiki art.
Now, that’s culture!
[via Boing Boing]
Kū, Hawaiian god of War and Canoe Building
In Hawaii, Kū, along with Lono [our family protector], Kanaloa, and Kāne, were the uncreated creators of the universe. Ku was the god of war, and of canoe builders. He was also the only god that demanded human sacrifice as part of the dedication of his heiaus or temples.
Some of the many names of Ku
- Ku-holoholo-pali: “Ku who steadies the canoe as it is carried down steep places”
- Ku-kalanawao: “Ku who guides through the mountain wilderness”
- Ku-kanaloa: (No data; Kanaloa was the god of the Ocean; his ocean form is the he’e, or octopus; his land form is the banana.)
- Ku-ka-’ohi’a-laka: “Ku of the sacred ‘ohi’a;” also Ku-maha-ali’i: “Ku who journeys in the canoe”
- Ku-mauna: “Ku of the mountains”
- Ku-moku-hali’i: “Ku who bedecks the island”; canoe builders chief god; husband of Lea; also Mokuhali’i
- Ku-ohanawao: (no data; cf. Ku’alana-wao and Ku-kalanawao)
- Ku-’ohi’a-Laka: Another name for Laka
- Ku-olonawao: “Ku of the deep forest”
- Ku-pepeiao-loa: “Ku of the long comb-cleats”; god of the seat braces by which the canoe is carried
- Ku-pepeiao-poko: “Ku of the short comb-cleats”; god of the seat braces by which the canoe is carried
- Ku-pulapula: “Ku with many offspring”
- Ku-pulupulu: “Ku, the chip-maker”; god of the forests
- Ku-pulupulu-i-ka-nahele: Another name for Ku-pulupulu
- Kulauka: Another name for Ku-pulupulu
The more I look at the beautiful work of other craftsmen out there, the more I think we are in need of big-time help from Kū!
This beautiful Ulua canoe honors Kū.
2007 Watercraft prize won by Oughtred canoe. [LINK]
Island-style, with bonus tiki.
Meet Lono, our family Tiki. Lono watches over us from a vantage point in the living room, surounded by family photos and totemic objects. He is decorated with shell leis from Maui, and a gold champagne-glass ornament from a bottle of Mumm DVX.
[Link] Lono, usually called Lono-makua(Father Lono) was the most humane of the three primary akua. He cared for the crops, maturation, fertility, forgiveness, healing, and other life-sustaining aspects of life. Hawaiian legends tell of Lono appearing to the people many hundreds of years ago and promising to return someday. Captain James Cook was mistakenly identified as Lono when he arrived in the Islands because of these verbal traditions.
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