Road Trip: Tiki TNT in Washington, DC!

Our recent road trip/tiki tour in Washington, DC was fab! Here's our visit to Tiki TNT and Potomac Distilling Company. What a great afternoon!

Pearl on the Lam!

Aunt Pearl has been spotted sipping tiki drinks while on the lam! Will the authorities ever catch up with her? Stay tuned!

Go Go Flamingo Tiki Cocktail and Boozy Cherries

Here's the recipe for the drink we served in our crawl room at Ohana Luau at the Lake last weekend! Huge thank yous to all who attended - can't wait to do it again next year!

Bad Day? Visit Your Local Tiki Bar!

Having a bad day? Sometimes all you can do is visit your local tiki bar. We have another episode coming next week from Lun Wah, featuring some suspicious characters, so stay tuned!

Girls Movie Night with Dark Chocolate Rum

It's Girls Night here and my favorite cousin and I are drinking a large tropical bowl and watching the tube!

Porco Lounge & Tiki Room in Cleveland - Painkiller Recipe!

Are you ready for happy hour? Me, too! Today we're visiting Cleveland's fabulous Porco Lounge & Tiki Room for their delicious Painkiller! The title is apt - any pain you're feeling will evaporate after a couple of these little miracles. Cheers!

Road Trip to Tiki Underground in Akron - Mai Tai on the Menu!

Are you ready for a happy hour cocktail? Me, too! Today I'm enjoying the fabulous Mai Tai from Tiki Underground in Akron, Ohio. The recipe is in the video and highly (no pun intended) recommended. Be sure to drop in when you're driving through Ohio. Their decor is beautiful, their food is great and their drinks are spot on!

Hidden Harbor Pittsburgh Tiki Bar - Road Trip!

Today we're excited to bring you along on our recent to Hidden Harbor, Pittsburgh's fabulous tiki hot spot! Head bartender Max Stein makes three drinks, all of which are delicious, and their decor and ambiance are to die for! I wish I was there right now!

Mocktail Monday: Peaches & Kitsch

It's Mocktail Monday and today we're in a tiki mood, with a little something you can enjoy right now, without fear of being fired or thrown out of school, Peaches & Kitsch!

Peaches & Kitsch

2 oz Ocean Spray 100% Juice Cranberry-Mango

3/4 oz fresh lime juice

2 dashes Angostura bitters

4 oz IZZE Sparkling Peach soda

Combine all ingredients in a small tiki mug or double old-fashioned glass and stir gently.

Have a fabulous week!

Here Are MORE Cocktails For Our AIDS Walk Sponsors!

Here are three more cocktails for three more of our fabulous AIDS Walk New York sponsors, all created by Paul this time!

Jungle Primate (created for Amy)

1 1/2  oz dark Jamaican rum

1/2 oz Aperitivo Cappelletti

1 oz guava nectar

1/2 oz pineapple juice

1/2 oz fresh lime juice

A dash of grenadine

Shake all ingredients with ice and pour into a double old-fashioned glass.

The Savage (created for Patty)

1 1/2 oz aged rum

1/2 oz sherry

1/2 oz Ancho Reyes liqueur

1/2 oz fresh lemon juice

1/2 oz guava nectar

1/4 oz cranberry juice

1/4 oz honey mix (half honey, half water)

2 dashes of Jerry Thomas (find them here)

1 drop of Pernod

Shake all ingredients with ice and pour into a tiki mug.

Groovy Hibiscus (created for Kiki)

1 oz dark Jamaican rum

2 oz cranberry-hibiscus tea

1/2 oz fresh lemon juice

A dash of simple syrup

Club soda

A dash of Angostura bitters

Build in a chimney glass with crushed ice in the order given. Stir gently.

And speaking of groovy, we'll have even more cocktails for our groovy sponsors soon! 

I was pleased to receive this shot from the day of the walk from the talented Eddie Velasquez, one of the event's photographers. Thank you for the fabulous photo, Eddie! It was a great day!

Tropical AIDS Walk Cocktails

AIDS Walk New York may be done for 2016, but we have lots more cocktails to create for our fabulous sponsors! Here are three more, all with a tropical/rum theme. Cheers!

The Offering

The Offering (created for Dennis)

1 oz dark Jamaican rum

1 oz amber rum

1 oz tamarind syrup (click here to learn how to make your own)

1/2 oz grapefruit juice

1/2 oz cranberry juice

2 dashes of plum bitters

Shake with ice and pour into a tiki mug or highball glass.

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise (created for Ruth)

1 oz dark Jamaican rum

1 oz brandy

1/2 oz Chambord

1 oz guava nectar

1/2 oz fresh lemon juice

Chilled Prosecco

Combine all ingredients except the Prosecco in an old-fashioned glass with ice. Top with wine and stir gently.

Bitter Passion

Bitter Passion (created for Alan)

2 oz amber rum

1/2 oz passionfruit syrup

3/4 oz fresh lemon juice

1/2 oz Aperitivo Cappelletti

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

Whirlwind Washington, DC Trip & AIDS Walk New York

The past four days are a blur, but they certainly were fun! Thursday morning we hit the road for the Washington, DC area, where we shot an episode at Tiki Thirstday at House of Foong Lin, in Bethesda, then another the next day at Archipelago, in Washington, DC.  Tiki Thirstday was an absolute blast. If you're ever in the area on Thursday evening, definitely go! Chef Fu, who has won all kinds of "Best of Bethesda" awards for his fabulous food, and Miss Ling, the general manager and mixologist, are so sweet and the food and drinks are out of this world! And the tikiphiles who attend were incredibly friendly and welcoming. I wish we lived closer and could go more often!

The first of many cocktails at House of Foong Lin

Huge soft shell crabs at House of Foong Lin - heavenly!

The next day we did what we called the "45 minute tour" of monuments, then arrived at Archipelago, the new tiki bar in town. They were super nice as well and have a great place! The drinks and food were both fabulous, but the garnishes were really transcendent. I forgot to get a shot of the one that looked like two exotic dancers on a pole, but they were all pretty special. And they have a Tom Selleck shrine! It's a great place!

The Tiki Thirstday episode will be online May 24 and the Washington, DC episode on May 31!

Tom Selleck shrine at Archipelago

Is it a hat or an island? Or just a fabulous garnish?

Sunday was AIDS Walk New York, our 20th walk! The weather mostly held out (a little rain, but nothing awful) and they changed the route this year, which was so much better than previous years. There was much more space on most of the route, so you didn't feel like you were uncomfortably close to 30,000 strangers - always a plus. And we stopped for a celebratory lunch at Chan's Dragon Inn on the way home - the perfect way to end the weekend!

AIDS Walk New York Star Walker Breakfast

They even had a throne!

Flaming Virgin at Chan's Dragon Inn

I've only been home for two days, but I'm ready to hit the road again! If you have a location you'd like to see in an upcoming episode, please let us know!

Ready To Hit The Road!

If there's one thing I love as much as having a few lovely libations, it's traveling! In my ideal world at least half of our episodes would be done on the road and we're working to make that a reality. In fact, we're hitting the road next week, for our first road trip episode of the season! We'll be visiting Washington, DC and environs, starting with Tiki Thirstday, a weekly event at the House of Foong Lin in Chevy Chase, Maryland! If you're in the area we'd love to see you for tropical libations and fabulous food! Here's a link to the Facebook event page with all the particulars. We can't wait!