I Has Returnded! -Hollywood, CA to Hollywood, OR- The Novella - Tiki Central Ohana

RD Rum Demon Member Portland, Oregon Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 254	RD Rum Demon Posted posted on Wed, Dec 14, 2005 5:03 PM After five weeks spent living, playing, and of course working in LA, I'm safe and sound back in old Portland. Didn't get to fit in too much tiki unfortunately. I didn't have a car. My place was close enough to work that I could RIDE A BIKE. Yes, I'm one of those idiots who rides a bike around Hollywood, but kudos to LA drivers for not honking ONCE. So no Bahooka. No Lucky Tiki. Didn't even make it to Clifton's this time. I did make it out to Vic's in BH for an evening of bliss. Though I managed to spill one trademark Mai Tai. The frosty tumbler slipped right through my fingers. I almost cried. Did it right in front of our waiter too, who cleaned it up and replaced it lickety-split, no charge. We sampled much of the appetizer menu, but Vic's hamburger was the crowd favorite. A lack of souvenir mug options was the 2nd saddest event of the evening. Why Vic's? WHY? Soo many mugs you could be selling to hokey tourists like me... Tiki Ti was closed for the season as I'm sure we're all aware, but I did make it over to the Good Luck Bar for a mega-dose of thematic drinking. I'd never been. It could be my new favorite bar in the world. Though I was there early on a monday night so the place wasn't PACKED with people. Didn't think too much of their themed drinks. There seemed to be too much "flavored" this and "creme de" that going into them. To get the best bang for my buck I began ordering the "Double Happiness", a shot of Chinese Whiskey (which I'd never had) and a Chinese beer for $8. Not sure I "liked" my drink choice, but it fit the evening perfectly. Also, that place has the best damned jukebox I've ever encountered. Finally, before catching my plane, my friends took me to the Purple Orchid. Despite the blaring presence of college football on the toob we had a splendid evening of tiki immersion. Their drinks are ALL GOOD. Strong, too. Love the Purple Orchid. We even bought a couple of mugs, and what better way is there to cap off an evening of fruity drinking? Now that I'm back I'll be running more mugs and hopefully releasing them onto the evilBay soon. We're up to five designs, actually I just put the bottom on mold #6 last night. I left my camera cable in LA so I can't upload any new pictures right now, but SOON! Still running only 50 of each thankfully. Primo's mold is falling apart at #45 making cleanup of the pulls a real chore. Anyway. I've missed TC and look forward to whiling away my spare hours catching up on all the old posts. I hope you all find yourselves healthy and surrounded by warm loved ones this holiday season. -Joe

After five weeks spent living, playing, and of course working in LA, I'm safe and sound back in old Portland.
Didn't get to fit in too much tiki unfortunately. I didn't have a car. My place was close enough to work that I could RIDE A BIKE. Yes, I'm one of those idiots who rides a bike around Hollywood, but kudos to LA drivers for not honking ONCE. So no Bahooka. No Lucky Tiki. Didn't even make it to Clifton's this time.
I did make it out to Vic's in BH for an evening of bliss. Though I managed to spill one trademark Mai Tai. The frosty tumbler slipped right through my fingers. I almost cried. Did it right in front of our waiter too, who cleaned it up and replaced it lickety-split, no charge. We sampled much of the appetizer menu, but Vic's hamburger was the crowd favorite. A lack of souvenir mug options was the 2nd saddest event of the evening. Why Vic's? WHY? Soo many mugs you could be selling to hokey tourists like me...
Tiki Ti was closed for the season as I'm sure we're all aware, but I did make it over to the Good Luck Bar for a mega-dose of thematic drinking. I'd never been. It could be my new favorite bar in the world. Though I was there early on a monday night so the place wasn't PACKED with people. Didn't think too much of their themed drinks. There seemed to be too much "flavored" this and "creme de" that going into them. To get the best bang for my buck I began ordering the "Double Happiness", a shot of Chinese Whiskey (which I'd never had) and a Chinese beer for $8. Not sure I "liked" my drink choice, but it fit the evening perfectly. Also, that place has the best damned jukebox I've ever encountered.
Finally, before catching my plane, my friends took me to the Purple Orchid. Despite the blaring presence of college football on the toob we had a splendid evening of tiki immersion. Their drinks are ALL GOOD. Strong, too. Love the Purple Orchid. We even bought a couple of mugs, and what better way is there to cap off an evening of fruity drinking?
Now that I'm back I'll be running more mugs and hopefully releasing them onto the evilBay soon. We're up to five designs, actually I just put the bottom on mold #6 last night. I left my camera cable in LA so I can't upload any new pictures right now, but SOON! Still running only 50 of each thankfully. Primo's mold is falling apart at #45 making cleanup of the pulls a real chore.
Anyway. I've missed TC and look forward to whiling away my spare hours catching up on all the old posts. I hope you all find yourselves healthy and surrounded by warm loved ones this holiday season.

-Joe

Post #203136 by Rum Demon on Wed, Dec 14, 2005 5:03 PM