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First historical episode of the Adventures of Paradise series, broadcasted on ABC TV on 5th October 1959. Starring Gardner McKay, as Adam Troy, captain of the schooner Tiki. Swilling down rum while watching the box set souns like a great idea — searching eBay now!
We’re meeting Santa tonight!
Les Baxter’s exotica release Jewels of the Sea, featuring Diane Webber (star of Mermaids of Tiburon) on the cover. What doesn’t it have!
Mark those calendars..
- Marina the Mermaid!
- Beachbum Berry!
- Los Straightjackets!
- The Intoxicators!
- Three-hour tour on Tiki Raft!
I got some sad news this morning on the Quiet Villiage podcast on the passing of Yma Sumac (obit, site, other site, wiki, allmusic, youtube), the amazing Peruvian singer. She had an amazing vocal range (four octaves) and personal style. Raise your Pisco Sour high tonight to this amazing artist and cultural icon.
Wine Country ‘Ukulele Festival
St. Helena, California October 10 – 11, 2008
A celebration of the ‘ukulele and the rich cultural heritage of the Hawaiian Islands, open to the public with proceeds to benefit Nimbus Arts, a not-for-profit corporation supporting art and music in the Napa Valley
Way too many activities, music, dancing, and food to detail here — check it out! Thanks to coruscate at Tiki Central for the find.
Strangely, this is not promoted on FI’s own website.
Aloha!
Forbidden Island is pleased to announce its first ever Customer Cocktail Competition! Now is your chance to gain an incredibly small amount of fame and glory and have your cocktail featured on our Fall Cocktail Specials menu! So get to work and craft your masterpiece:
Rules:
- All recipes must be submitted by email to fidrinkcompetition@gmail.com no later than 12:00PM PDT September 12th for consideration.
- All recipes should be expressed in ounces, (or fractions of ounces), dashes, or drops. No hot drinks.
- Include detailed instructions including preparation (e.g. shaken/stirred/blended), name, garnish, and glassware.
- Any spirit category is eligible- you don’t have to mix with rum, and no preference will be given to any particular base spirit.
- Spirits selected should be of appropriate quality, but not over the top. In other words, recipes calling for $200-a-bottle cognac will have other ingredients substituted.
- Seasonal & local products are always preferred. We can supply just about anything, however things like “pickled turkey gizzards” will be disqualified.
- JUDGING: The top ten finalists will be selected by Martin, and then prepared and tasted blindly by our panel of judges- the Forbidden Island Staff. They will know what the name of the drink is and the ingredients but not whose recipe it is.
- Grand Prize will be a Forbidden Island Gift Card, and of course your name on the specials menu. Plus the satisfaction that comes with “a job well done.”
- Contest is open to members of our exclusive email list and readers of Tiki Central. It will help if we’ve seen your face in the bar at least once.
There’s no time to lose! Get crackin’!
Three of my drinks have been submitted, I’ll be happy to see one of them in the top ten!
Marina the Mermaid from the Wreck Bar (a.k.a. MeduSirena, the Fire Eating Mermaid) is featured in this month’s Bachelor Pad online magazine.
You wanted more tiki in BPM and we heard you! Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid shows off her tail in the latest issue. We have plenty of hot mermaid on tiki action lined up for you.
Here’s what else you’ll find in Bachelor Pad Magazine 5, due out in September…
- See our cover girl and centerfold, Ivy D’Muerta, take a milk bath.
- Also, pin-ups from Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid, Monica Renee, and Ambur Rockell.
- Bachelor Pad fiction from writer James Stewart, “The Diamond That Was More Than Just Friends.”
- Comedian Kevin Downey, Jr. continues his never-ending journey to drink on $11 per city.
- Speak-easy review from Don Spiro.
- The world of sleazy pulp paperbacks.
- More lushy laffs from Tipsy Thomas.
- Gags from TJ Rappel of Krushervision and “Hubcaps and Taillights” from Frankie Ill.
- Columns from Heidi Van Horne, Penny Starr Jr. , and Will “The Thrill” Viharo!
- Drink recipes from mixologist Dr. Bamboo.
- Plus much more!
We are putting the finishing touches on this issue and we’re planning to hand it to the printers tomorrow. I have to tell you, Marina’s pages are as sultry as a tropical jungle! And that final full-page pin-up of her will send you running to the next cool lagoon!
www.bachelorpadmagazineonline.com
A public service announcement from Never Sea Land
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More West Virginians are winding up in the emergency room for some weird, warm-weather mishaps: suspected poisoning by tiki torches and glow toys.
The West Virginia Poison Center reports that so far this year four people have been treated for drinking the refillable liquid that fuels the tropical-themed torches, popular as patio décor and a favorite for backyard parties.
The yellowish oil frequently is left sitting out and mistaken for a beverage, said Dr. Elizabeth Scharman, director of the poison center.
“People were at a picnic and thought it was apple juice and swallowed it,” Scharman said of one call the center received this year.
At least one child also swallowed the liquid after a torch had been set up lower to the ground, giving the child more access to it, Scharman said.
No one in the state has died or sustained serious injuries after ingesting the tiki torch fuel, but tragedy has struck elsewhere.
The Chicago Sun Times reported one 84-year-old woman died after swallowing the liquid, which can cause aspiration pneumonia, an inflammation of the lungs and bronchial tubes related to breathing a foreign substance. more
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