Tiki History-Bali Ha'i at the Beach, Pontchartrain Beach, New Orleans, LA - General Tiki

DZ Dr. Zarkov Member Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 644	DZ Dr. Zarkov Posted posted on Sun, May 24, 2009 6:27 PM My mother's family is from New Orleans, but I don't remember ever visiting the amusement park when I was a kid. My grandparents lived on Lowerline, just above Audubon Park, so the zoo and the park were about as far as I got when I was a kid. However, for nostalgia's sake I did acquire a Bali Hai mug on Ebay a few years back. I think I paid $72 for it. It's in excellent shape. The few I've seen for sale in stores in New Orleans had lots of chips on them. You can see mine at http://www.flickr.com/photos/drzarkov/2303115346/ The Bali Hai mug is on middle shelf all the way to the right. In January 2005 my wife and I were visiting New Orleans (with side trips to Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Breaux Bridge and Avery Island) and on our last day we decided to try to visit the Pharmacy Museum in the French Quarter, which was closed when we stopped by earlier in our visit. We walked in and saw a bustling crowd in the courtyard behind the building. We were told that it was the opening reception for the Museum of the American Cocktail. I quickly apologized for intruding and my wife and I were preparing to leave when -- typical of folks in New Orleans -- they said, "No need to leave; come on in and have a drink and some food!" At the opening I bought a soft-covered book from 1913 with then-popular drink recipes (no Tiki drinks, natch) for $3. Someone had discovered boxes of them in a warehouse that hadn't been opened since they were originally printed. The folks at the Pharmacy Museum, which my grandfather helped found, had donated a floor to serve as the museum's first location. One of the glassed-in wall displays was dedicated to Tiki drinks and included a mug like the one I have. The Cocktail Museum has since been absorbed by the Southern Food & Beverage Museum, which is now located on the Riverwalk Mall. My wife and I attended a benefit for it at Acadiana Restaurant in Washington, D.C., a year or two ago. The cocktail museum's website is here: http://www.museumoftheamericancocktail.org/NewOrleans/

My mother's family is from New Orleans, but I don't remember ever visiting the amusement park when I was a kid. My grandparents lived on Lowerline, just above Audubon Park, so the zoo and the park were about as far as I got when I was a kid. However, for nostalgia's sake I did acquire a Bali Hai mug on Ebay a few years back. I think I paid $72 for it. It's in excellent shape. The few I've seen for sale in stores in New Orleans had lots of chips on them. You can see mine at http://www.flickr.com/photos/drzarkov/2303115346/ The Bali Hai mug is on middle shelf all the way to the right.

In January 2005 my wife and I were visiting New Orleans (with side trips to Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Breaux Bridge and Avery Island) and on our last day we decided to try to visit the Pharmacy Museum in the French Quarter, which was closed when we stopped by earlier in our visit. We walked in and saw a bustling crowd in the courtyard behind the building. We were told that it was the opening reception for the Museum of the American Cocktail. I quickly apologized for intruding and my wife and I were preparing to leave when -- typical of folks in New Orleans -- they said, "No need to leave; come on in and have a drink and some food!" At the opening I bought a soft-covered book from 1913 with then-popular drink recipes (no Tiki drinks, natch) for $3. Someone had discovered boxes of them in a warehouse that hadn't been opened since they were originally printed.

The folks at the Pharmacy Museum, which my grandfather helped found, had donated a floor to serve as the museum's first location. One of the glassed-in wall displays was dedicated to Tiki drinks and included a mug like the one I have. The Cocktail Museum has since been absorbed by the Southern Food & Beverage Museum, which is now located on the Riverwalk Mall. My wife and I attended a benefit for it at Acadiana Restaurant in Washington, D.C., a year or two ago.

The cocktail museum's website is here: http://www.museumoftheamericancocktail.org/NewOrleans/

Post #455962 by Dr. Zarkov on Sun, May 24, 2009 6:27 PM