1950s tiki bar

This man is so drunk he doesn't realize he's on the wrong side of the bar. Either he's had a bad day, or he's contemplating eating the purple umbrella. The woman in the back...past the tapeworm trees and the pineapple graveyard...is gazing disapprovingly at him. She shouldn't be so judgemental...in an hour, when she finishes her Blue Hawaiian, she's going to be topless on the bar screaming "Why don't you love me, Papa?!" at the top of her lungs. But judge her not...she's merely another…

First thing Monday morning, I had an terse email from Pam: “In case you want to hoard some for your tiki bar” with a link to Hukilau friend Tim “Swanky” Glazner’s photo of two big glass floats he found at his local HomeGoods. I had planned on using some glass floats in my future basement…

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Back of postcard reads: KOKEE LODGE, KOKEE "The Mokihana Bar, located in Kokee Lodge at the top of Waimea Canyon, on the garden island of Kauai. Good drinks served in a relaxing atmosphere." Color photo by Tom Wash Boy, this looks inviting, doesn't it?

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The Mai-Kai Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale — opened in 1956 and still running strong today — is my #1 favorite place in the world. The architecture and interior design! The Molokai bar! The history! The drinks! Every time I’m about to go inside, I am literally — and I do not jest — jumping up…