387 On Location At The Taki Tiki, Home Of Tiki Trail

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387 On Location At The Taki Tiki, Home Of Tiki Trail

After months of schedule planning we finally made it to the Tacki Tiki home of Tiki Trail.  Jeff and Vicki welcomed us into their home tiki bar for cocktails, wonderful food and a great time.  The Tacki Tiki is the home bar of Jeff and Vicki Ballard, many years in the making and full of kitsch and shared memories.  Like many home bars each corner is filled with items collected from travels and personal interests.  When you listen to to the podcast you will hear us talk about some of the significance of the various pieces of decor in the bar.  

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386 Visiting The Royal Hawaiian With Cinnamon Passion Punch

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386 Visiting The Royal Hawaiian With Cinnamon Passion Punch

On a much needed trip to Laguna Beach, Sunshine Tiki and a dozen friends in tow re-visited the Royal Hawaiian.  We had checked out the tiki classic after it reopened in 2015.  On that visit there was a lot to be desired.  But, after seeing all the work that Bamboo Ben had put into the place and with his strong recommendation we gave RH another go.  Without giving much away, we had a great time.  Listen to the podcast to hear our experience recorded during our visit.

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385 POG GROG And All You Can Eat Salad Bars With Music By Kris Dale

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385 POG GROG And All You Can Eat Salad Bars With Music By Kris Dale

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.  

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384 Passion Fruit Cocktails And A Call For Psychotherapy Help

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384 Passion Fruit Cocktails And A Call For Psychotherapy Help

Just after recording this episode Sunshine came down with a rather annoying and life changing cold.  The full blog entry will be added after he gets to it.  At this point, not even making his own food.  Just NyQuil, lots of liquids and rest.  You will be happy to see that Pumpkin joined us on this episode.  After just two cocktails her conversation gets nice and saucy.  

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383 Sensual Vegan Dining And Exotica From James Spencer

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383 Sensual Vegan Dining And Exotica From James Spencer

Step into the Zen Tiki Lounge for some Exotic vegan delights on this episode of the podcast.  Sunshine, Kalani and Starshine relax to the sounds of the new album by James Spencer, Exotica the piano cocktail hour and sample tasty vegan bites from James' cookbook Vegandisiac.   Its too bad our resident vegan Pumpkin could not join us this time.  She would surely LOVE cocktails and appetizers all made without animal products and all very very delicious.  Also on this episode we discuss the return of ZIMA, a tiki bar editorial and some don't miss late Summer events that a conscious imbiber should not skip.  

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382 Starshine Tiki and Her Two Handed "Richard" Joke

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382 Starshine Tiki and Her Two Handed "Richard" Joke

Just 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.

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381 Living The Tiki Caliente Lifestyle with Rory Snyder and playing Whats in Kalani's Bra!?

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381 Living The Tiki Caliente Lifestyle with Rory Snyder and playing Whats in Kalani's Bra!?

Would 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.  

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