Post #120271 by Alnshely on Mon, Oct 18, 2004 10:32 PM

Here's me and the Doc. I moved to Corona del Mar in 1969, some of the first people my family met were the Doc's clan, I have been friends with his family for 35 years. The Doc is a urologist who drives a piss yellow VW Bug with WE WE MD license plates (the DMV turned down his request for Dic Doc), he played banjo in a band called the Over-sextet and he married Doris Day's stand-in 50 years ago.

The Doc was in the Air Force in the early 60s, he was stationed in the Philippines. When he got out he bought a home in CDM and almost immediately started building this bar. He jokes that military training had taught him to prioritize:

1. Secure a beachhead
2. Dig the slit trenches
3. Build the officers club
   And in 1964 he did just that.
   
   I have been coming here since '68 and it looks exactly the same.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Much of the materials and decor was brought back from the PI. The bar was built to the Docs specifications and he plumbed and roped it himself.
   
   
   The Doc knows Tropical Drinks, he has been pouring them for quite some time. He has a tradition we must honor, and, that is the search for the Mumrath. The Mumrath is a legendary rum drink, and you must seek the recipe. When you find the recipe it is cause for great celebration, however, if you do it right you are to drunk to remember the what's in the recipe the next day.
   
   
   
   After 40 years the bar still sees plenty of action. This is Chris my friend of 35 years on the day of his parents 50th anniversary
   

Al

[ Edited by: Alnshely on 2004-10-18 22:34 ]

[ Edited by: Alnshely 2010-04-25 14:10 ]