A dimly lit tiki bar that lives in your head. Each and every podcast we bring you a new exotic cocktail followed by plenty of tiki talk, exotica tunes and whatever else your loyal hosts Sunshine, Pumpkin and Starshine care to dispense. Politics, religion and current events are all free game. This podcast is not for the kiddies, so remember to get a sitter before tuning in. Mahalo.
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Read MoreJoin Sunshine Tiki and Starshine Tiki in the Zen Tiki Lounge for a walk down Circa Caliente Room Crawl memory lane. Over the past 13 years we have recorded live at many events but have never shared our thoughts on each room on the crawl in sequential order. Until now! Below you will find the room crawl list, and some pictures from each room in the order they happened over the awesome Circa weekend.
Read MoreAloooooooooooooooooooooha and Welcome to our much anticipated 400th podcast celebration recorded LIVE at The Reef Palm Springs @Caliente Tropics Palm Springs. Rory Snyder was gracious enough to allow us to host our very special celebration in his libation sanctuary The Reef. Fans, listeners and bar patrons joined us on a spicy hot Saturday to enjoy our top rated cocktail recipes along with meeting all four hosts of the ZTL podcast and a rousing game of “Whats In Kalani’s Bra?”
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Below: Sunshine Tiki takes you on a quick preview of room party hosted by Zen Tiki Lounge at Tiki Caliente 10 in Palm Springs, May 2018
Those of us who attend weekend long tiki parties often have a hard time explaining to others what we did for 3-5 days. The best way is to show you. Below you see lots of fantastic cocktails from all those who hosted on the crawl this year at Tiki Caliente 10. Room themes were outstanding as you can see. Pirates, mermaids, casino, Godzilla and Monkeys just to name a few.
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Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start... you know the drill, cocktails first, then get the music going and let's see what this podcast has for you. Great music, drinks and the usual shenanigans from everyones favorite dimly lit tiki bar that lives in your head.
Read MoreJust two rum lovers sitting behind a microphone chatting about nothing special. Like many visits to your favorite bar you probably don't plan your conversation ahead of time. That is exactly what we did this episode of ZTL podcast.
Read MoreWould you believe we are still recovering from four days of Tiki Caliente? 14 room parties. Dozens and dozens of cocktails. 4 trips to the local casino. Great food. Live music from more than 10 bands. Interviews. Sunday service by the pool.....and much more. So you may not be surprised that this episode was hastily edited and posted. We just might get around to a full set of links and credits. For now, listen to the podcast and enjoy a taste of Tiki Caliente 9.
Read MoreThe Zen Tiki Lounge podcast is hosted by a group of friends from our home tiki bar. The show focuses on Exotica Music, Cocktail Culture, Mid Century Modern, Kitsch and the "Island Lifestyle." Join us for a slightly inebriated trip into our dimly lit paradise.
