136 Its a Vegan 4th of July in Tiki Style

After many many emails from our listeners we knew it was time to do a show on Vegan foods/party ideas.  Now and then Pumpkin brings us a little tid bit about the vegan lifestyle but we thought doing a completely vegan BBQ for Independance Day would be fun for all.  Sunshine naturally gives some vegan cocktail ideas (not to hard since almost all cocktails are vegan).  If you are new to the vegan lifestyle you will need a few cook books and a lifeline.  We recommend the following books: Garden of Vegan, Vegan a Go-Go!: A cookbook and survival manual for vegans on the go, Go Dairy Free: The guide and cookbook for milk allergies, lactose intolerance and casein-free living, Students Vegetarian Cookbook. Revised: Quick, Easy, Cheap and Tasty Vegetarian Recipes. For that vegan cocktail you don't have to look far, but here are Sunshines favorite Cocktail Bibles.  For those of you who just tune in for the shenanigans you won't be disappointed. Pumpkin gets a little smashed and we have a great time in the lounge as usual.

135 Not Enough Tiki on iTunes

Sunshine and Pumpkin are back together in the Zen Tiki Lounge doing what they do best.  Cocktails, chit chat and shenanigans.  Pumpkin has just returned from New Zealand with some tales of her two week visit.  Not to mention she vents a little about the wild goose chase for New Zealand rums that don't exist.  We try more Rum Jumbie which is quickly becoming our favorite new rum based spirit, hard to find but worth it.  Sunshine helps out a listener with some tips for planting your own ginger garden.  Rather than read listener mail we decide to share our iTunes comments.  The good, bad and ugly.....all publicity is good publicity.  But to bring our overall iTunes reviews to better accuracy we ask all our listeners to do a review of their own.  Just be sure you have an iTunes log in and tell everyone in podcast land what you think about the show.

134 McMahon, Fawcett, Jackson, Farewell

Mother always said that celebrities die in threesomes.  Over time we have noticed this to be just as true as politicians are all corrupt.  This week we lost Americas second banana, Ed McMahon.  Farrah Fawcett who some called Americas angel was not far behind.  And most recently Michael Jackson, Americas king of pop dies somewhat mysteriously.  Reason to raise a cocktail?  We think so.  Sunshine does a solo spot on the lounge this week and shares some memories on all three stars.  Sunshine also shares a visit to Rhumbar at Mirage Las Vegas.  You may have had a scorpion before, but this place mixes one of the best scorpion bowls Sunshine has ever tasted.  Listen, drink, reminisce.

133 Hukilau and the Mai Kai part 2

Sunshine, Starshine and Kalani are all in the Zen Tiki Lounge this episode bringing you a politically charged show.  Sunshine tells more stories of his recent trip to Flaaarida and the Hukilau 2009, as well as the Bahia Cabana and the world famous Mai Kai.  Feeling like you may have missed out?  Well be sure to visit TikiOasis.com and get your tix for the upcoming west coast tiki extravaganza.  Lets not forget the politics, sometimes world events are some of the best reasons to drink.  Mostly to forget.  Worried about North Korea or Iran?  Well blend yourself a nice drink and let us do the bitching for you.  Sunshine has put a bounty on Kim Jong-il.  So if our cranky little world neighbors aren't enough of a reason to visit the lounge we promise to give you many more in this very special podcast.

132 The Great Journey to Hukilau 2009 part 1

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You have heard us talking about Hukilau for many months now and its time to tell everyone about all the fun they missed.  Sunshine journeyed from the dimly lit Zen Tiki Lounge to the bright and sunny coast of Fort Lauderdale for this years Hukilau 2009.  Starshine joins Sunshine in the lounge to drink a splendid new cocktail discovered in Key West at the Rum Barrel.  While in Flaaarida we met many a great tikiphiles and imbibed many new cocktails as well as the old favorites.  Bumping into listeners of the podcast was not only fun by a great chance to put facebook/myspace names to real people.  Sunshine also had a chance to see the premiere of Tikimentary, a great short film about the phenomenom that is Tiki.  Duda Leite spent a good deal of time putting this film together and we were lucky enough to be there for the Hukilau premiere.  This is just part 1 of 2 for the Hukilau recap, be sure to listen to the next episode to hear all about the world famous Mai Kai and much more.

Make the Marooned cocktail

2oz Fresh Orange Juice

2oz Pineapple Juice

1oz Cruzan Vanilla Rum

1oz Cruzan Coconut Rum

1 tablespoon Coco Lopez

3/4oz Cruzan Black Strap

Shake all but Black Strap in a shaker very well with 1.5 cups crushed ice.  Pour unstrained into a large tiki mug and top with the Black Strap rum.  Garnish with a large orange segment on edge of mug.  Sip through  straw and enjoy the two layers or stir together if you please.  

131 Roe Sham Beau at LAX

You ever want to see sock puppets do naughty things to each other in an educational way?  We here at the Zen Tiki Lounge could think of nothing better.  So here they are drinking with us, sharing some ideas of their upcoming show and hopefully making a big splash very soon.  Pumpkin ensured that this show is like most, diving quickly to talk of body parts and bathroom behavior.  Sunshine is more preoccupied with renting the house from "Big Mommas House," and worrying about the demise of the much loved Polaroid picture.  Sit a spell, drink up and listen till your ears bleed.