The Islands of the Fraternal Order of Moai

I assume I've lurked around here long enough, so I'll make my intent known to take it the next step. Looking forward to the journey.

Excellent. Fresh blood. Good luck!

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Happiness is a warm pun.

Hmmmm . . . maybe we eventually could task you with saving/restoring a classic tiki bar--I dunno.

Aloha! Tell us more about yourself, your favorite tiki outings, and a good cocktail recipe!

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Aloha and Welcome - cop a squat and tell us about you...

Here's me in the flesh talking to a cable access channel last week at the Bahi Hut:

https://www.facebook.com/12958963081623 ... =2&theater

Congratulations on starting the journey. I hope to be right behind you!


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KahunaCP (1/4 of the 4 Kahunas)
Baltimore-ish, MD

Great segment!

Welcome!

I really need to get over to the Bahi Hut. Maybe I'll do that along with the Ringling Museum one of these stormy weekends.

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-Matty Rum Buckets-
Denizen of the Island of Tampa, distinguished ruffian, drinker of Mai Tai made by others.

"There is nothing that rum and sarcasm cannot fix" - Me

Being the goodwill ambassador to the Bahi Hut I have to say publicly their mai tai is my favorite cocktail consisting of off-brand gold and off-brand white rums, both poured for 3 seconds, a splash of their secret red stuff (I know what it is finally but I am sworn to carry it to the grave), and a healthy topping of 151. This topped with a plastic sword skewering a cherry and a cube o' pineapple. After a couple minutes marinating in the 151, the aforementioned token fruit is like jello shots. They have been likened to kerosene or paint thinner. I lean toward the former, but they are pure rocket fuel, liquid roofies, as it were, and account for a huge chunk of the revenue there.

Off the record, We made Zombies following BB Berry's exact recipe in Sippin Safari for a birthday celebration and I think that is my new favorite drink.

At least once a month I go on a tiki quest of junk shops. I never come home empty handed. I have a circuit of out-of-the-way places I frequent that seem to be overlooked by collectors and pickers. Picked up a Witco Shield recently and it now hangs in the Bahi Hut.

The Hukilau is 4 hours away for me and I've done that a bunch, folks from 2010 will remember my room crawl room with Robby the Robot in attendance. Shag seemed fairly impressed and we won the decoration award (of course). I think we should have won the drink award too. Being a space theme, we made a drink called the Astro Tango, which featured Tang, the stuff astronauts drink, with a mix of bitters, lemon & lime to add the right amount of tartness, using the sponsor rum from Seven Tiki rum.

Folks that know my other hobbies know the robo portion of my robotiki TC handle comes from a room of robots. Big ones. As in life sized, as well as hundreds of tin ones. But that's another story........

Aloha and welcome!
You're lucky to be close (closer than me, anyway!) to the Mai Kai...it's my favorite spot on earth

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Best of luck with your trials~

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That's what I do, I drink and I know things.



"Feeling weird is how you know you’re still here."-Halt and Catch Fire

Good luck to you, sir!

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FOM MC

Rako Motu Nui

Well I have a sponsor in the form of Bohemiann. So whenever he is not circumventing the globe for photo adventures, I will be looking to him to guide me along the path. Meantime I'll be welcoming some Gumbo Limbo folks at the Bahi Hut this weekend.

Woohoo!

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A toast to Roger

GOOD LUCK GOOD SIR!!!

The goats nibbling tickels (at first at least)....so...ya know..brace yourself!

Just keep telling yourself..this will be over soon....this will be over soon. I find that the concentating part helps increase your survival rate!

Good luck.

FYI, the Goat never tickles. At least not guys.

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To Taua Na Moai Mau Loa, Roger, Rob and Matt.

Canyer robot protect you from the goat?
Awesome to see you declare! It has been a long time coming!
Happy Questing!

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Since you are sort of in the area, do you happen to know of any tiki in Tampa? I cant find anything but beach bars misusing the name...

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-Matty Rum Buckets-
Denizen of the Island of Tampa, distinguished ruffian, drinker of Mai Tai made by others.

"There is nothing that rum and sarcasm cannot fix" - Me

No, there are a gazillion places in Tampa that throw up Seminole Indian chikee huts (because they can do so without permits as long as there is a Seminole as the contractor) and call themselves a tiki bar but between the Trader Sam's and the Aku Aku in Orlando, and the Bahi Hut in Sarasota, I'm not sure what else there is as a true tiki bar north of the Mai Kai. If you go to the Tiki Weekender that is happening in Clearwater area soon, you may find out some places that I am not familiar with.....at least places that sell decently crafted drinks.

I'm waiting for my sponsor or some spirit guide or maybe some horned mammal to tell me what is next in this process.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qazaaq0msA

Thanks for the info.

So far as next steps, I have no idea. When you find out, let us all know

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-Matty Rum Buckets-
Denizen of the Island of Tampa, distinguished ruffian, drinker of Mai Tai made by others.

"There is nothing that rum and sarcasm cannot fix" - Me

My robot collection pales in comparison to yours, but it's certainly a fun hobby. Next to the 500 tiki mugs at the house was a room full of R2-D2's, but they've moved to my office now.

-CP

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KahunaCP (1/4 of the 4 Kahunas)
Baltimore-ish, MD

Good luck.


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