Post #113707 by Sabina on Fri, Sep 10, 2004 7:00 PM

Yes, Tiki does live on in MD, too!

Mike and I threw a small get together of primarily people from the MD/DC Tiki board (http://www.marylanddctiki.com/marylandwelcome.htm)
last weekend.

What was originally envisioned as sort of an intimate get together for a few cocktails grew into an initial event for our home bar, The Lounge of the Seven Pleasures.

As you'll see from the pictures, it's still pretty rough, with cloth draped bookcases, that will eventually get doors and my Tiki postcard collection, as one of several examples. But a good time was had despite the nagging details. We just couldn't let another summer go by without having a few friends over.

Everyone pitched in to help, and Will brought homemade syrups for Mai Tais and Navy Grogs he based on what he could reconstruct of Honolulu's recipes, so there are a few pictures of folks comparing drinks made from Dave and Anna's mix to Will's mix. Quite good!

So ultimately, while this may have begun as an event Mike and I decided to throw, the whole MD/DC community co-hosted and made it all possible :)

The pictures are in the first gallery- "The first ever Night of the Seven Pleasures..." http://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/

Enjoy!