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Remembering the Surfboard Bar

May 18, 2018May 18, 2018 swanky 0 Comments

The original bar at the Mai-Kai was not the Molokai Bar, but the Surfboard Bar. It was made from real,

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2018 Molokai Bar 60th Anniversary

May 7, 2018 swanky 2 Comments hukilau, molokai bar

Reserve your place for my presentation at the Hukilau HERE. We all know today’s Molokai Bar with it’s nautical theme

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Derby Daiquiri Ads

March 29, 2018 swanky 0 Comments derby daiquri, rum, rums of puerto rico

“The $100,000 drink” managed a bit of advertisement amazingness by having the Mai-Kai mentioned in the ads by Rums of

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#TBT 1958-59 The Okole Maluna Society

February 1, 2018February 1, 2018 swanky 5 Comments

This short lived idea to reward the regulars and promote camaraderie was another crazy brain-child of the Mai-Kai managers and

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#TBT 1959 Mai-Kai Entrance and Drink Menu

January 25, 2018 swanky 0 Comments

A couple on their honeymoon in 1959 came to the Mai-Kai. They revisited a few years ago and gave the

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Mariano Licudine – “The Houdini of the Liquids”

July 27, 2017July 27, 2017 swanky 13 Comments cokctails, filipino, florida, fort lauderdale, Mai-Kai, mariano licudine, mixologist, tiki

Mariano Licudine didn’t get the coverage I wanted in the book. I just was too pressed for time. I hope

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Presentation and Signing at Cane Rhum Bar, Charleston, SC Nov 19

November 8, 2016November 8, 2016 swanky 0 Comments cane rhum bar, caribbean, charleston, holy city, paul yellin, rhum, south carolina, yellin

We have been eagerly awaiting the opening of Cane Rhum Bar & Caribbean Kitchen in our second home of Charleston,

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The History, Mystery and Community of Tiki Bar Loyalty Clubs

August 27, 2016 swanky 1 Comment Mai-Kai, okole maluna, tales of the cocktail, tiki

A nice article on Tales of the Cocktail about drinking clubs at Tiki establishments. There is a chapter in my

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Swanky’s Headshrinker Recipe

August 24, 2016August 24, 2016 swanky 0 Comments cocktail recipe, recipe, tiki, tiki oasis

For those who attended my presentation on the Mai-Kai and Don the Beachcomber at Tiki Oasis 2016, here is the

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Tiki Oasis Presentation and Book Signing

June 29, 2016June 30, 2016 swanky 0 Comments b movie, don the beachcomber, Mai-Kai, monster movie, nani maka, pagan island, san diego, tiki, tiki oasis

Join me at the oldest, biggest, and grandest Tiki event in the world, Tiki Oasis, for a special Mai-Kai history

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