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Pics update and a new Tiki Tuesday date this month

Posted by TraderTiki on April 12th, 2008 — Posted in Bilge, Site, Teardrop Tiki Menu

If you didn’t notice with today’s post, I’ve decided to start using NextGen Gallery for picture management. I’ve updated the Drinks Index and Original Recipes sections with this, and plan to continue using it moving forward. Please let me know what you think!

Also, Tiki Third Tuesday will be just Tiki Tuesday this month, due to some scheduling conflicts with the actual third Tuesday. For this month, Tiki Tuesday will be on April 22nd at Teardrop Lounge. I’ve got some exciting new stuff on the menu, including Trader Vic’s Navy Grog, Trader Vic’s Scorpion, and the Coronado Luau Special. Hope to see you there!

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Goings on

Posted by TraderTiki on April 1st, 2008 — Posted in Bilge, Site

Not much happening, just a hell of a lot of prep work.

I will be attending Tales of the Cocktail this year in New Orleans, LA. I’m pretty excited about this, having only seen the sights a girl can see from Brooklyn Heights. I’ll be participating as a contributer to the Tales of the cocktail blog, which should make for a nice work-style vacation, with plenty of drinking. Tickets are on sale today, so go and get yours! Gird your livers gentlemen and women!

I’ve added a page for TraderTiki on “teh FaceBook“. Check it out, become a fan, write on my wall… and yes, I have a personal profile and will gladly accept a game of Scrabulous.

I haven’t been putting up much as far as drinks lately, for which I apologize. The bar is undergoing a bit of a makeover for more storage space, and cocktails and sawdust don’t tend to mix too well. It’s pretty much popero aniversario on the rocks for a few more days.

Speaking of sipping rums, I got a chance to try the Tommy Bahama “White Sands” white Rum. It’s purportedly of Barbados origin, aged for 2 years in oak barrels. If you ask me, it’s distilled and filtered ’til there’s nothing left. No body, no nose, a nice buttery texture on the palate, but any flavor in there was far beyond the reach of my tastebuds.

I’ve got a few posts in the works, and a trip down to California next week, where there is no state board to double the cost of liquor.

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Updates and events

Posted by TraderTiki on March 7th, 2008 — Posted in Bilge, Events, MxMo, Site

Just a few notes on up and coming events and site changes. Nothing so thrilling as opening a new bottle of Ron Añejo Aniversario, but just some niftys nonetheless.

First off, I’m going to give the old heave-ho to the google ads. This should speed up the site a bit, which is worth a bit more to me than what the ads generate (just less than a bottle of bottom shelf booze).

Second, a reminder that Mar. 18th is the next Tiki Third Tuesday at Teardrop Lounge! Yes, it’s a recurring monthly event, with a special menu of tiki drinks and tropical cocktails put together by yours truly and slung by the magnificent bastards behind the bar at Teardrop. The special menu is available all night long, and rumor has it the drinks may even show up as nightly specials now and again, so be sure to drop in and let them know I sent ya. I’m not even sure I can express in words my gratitude for their dedication to the evening, and the culture of the cocktail,so head over there and express it for me with cash! The cocktails and conversation you trade it for are well worth the investment.

Last, I’ll be hosting Mixology Monday in May, with the theme of RUM! So post a review of an exceptional rum, make a fancy new rum drink, grab an island and talk about its various rums, work up a rum combination that’d make Donn Beach drool, just go for it! Damn you Rick for coming up with such a fantastic theme for this month, I’ll have to whip up something really deadly for that.

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