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T TikiTomD Grand Member (6 years) Flagler Beach, FL Joined: Sep 20, 2009 Posts: 700	T TikiTomD Posted posted on Sun, Dec 4, 2011 1:12 PM Mark "TikiTender" Woods came about an hour before Luau party time to get set up and prepare the featured rum punch, Blood of the Kapu Tiki (from Beachbum Berry Remixed, page 114)... Shortly after he arrived, the fragrance of fresh squeezed limes danced about the bar. There were a lot of limes to squeeze, as Mark made the punch up in 1.5-gallon batches, requiring 24 fluid ounces of fresh lime juice for each batch. It was a popular cocktail choice, with approximately 3 gallons consumed. At the party conclusion, this was all we had left... The first guests started to arrive just before 3 pm, at about the same time as the Chief from Ohana Luau, here posing with the TikiTender... Then, a lovely surprise from Ohana Luau: Wailana in full costume made an appearance with her daughter, Tiana... Our Brevard Tiki friends initially assembled at The Storm Shelter, home bar of TikiHardBop (George) and TornadoTiki (Chris), then drove up to Flagler Beach in one vehicle. George brought us one of his wonderful custom creations, Falernum. Samples were passed around; it was so good as-is that there wasn't much left over for mixing. Mahalo to all for the gifts. As libations freely flowed from the TikiTender, the Chief got busy with his ukulele, here serenading Sheila... It was a beautiful afternoon, so many guests initially migrated to the deck outside the Blowfish Bar. Kathryn (center) from Rockledge is enjoying a painkiller while Jimi, her husband, and metikigal (Christina, left) are both starting out with Blood of the Kapu Tiki... Bill and Christina from Melbourne... Neighbors Gail and Mike... Son, Tommy, and TikiTomD himself... Neighbor Joe with a gift... Joe with his wife, Carol... My camera technique in taking a photo of TikiHardBop (George) was so bad it was beyond the capability of the built-in correction algorithm to repair; my regrets, George. I must have been overcome by your awesomeness :) After Wailana lei'd the guests, she and the Chief gave a performance out on the deck... With that performance, the atmospherics were never better at the Blowfish Bar... To be continued -Tom [ Edited by: tikitomd 2011-12-24 05:17 ]

Mark "TikiTender" Woods came about an hour before Luau party time to get set up and prepare the featured rum punch, Blood of the Kapu Tiki (from Beachbum Berry Remixed, page 114)...

Shortly after he arrived, the fragrance of fresh squeezed limes danced about the bar. There were a lot of limes to squeeze, as Mark made the punch up in 1.5-gallon batches, requiring 24 fluid ounces of fresh lime juice for each batch. It was a popular cocktail choice, with approximately 3 gallons consumed. At the party conclusion, this was all we had left...

The first guests started to arrive just before 3 pm, at about the same time as the Chief from Ohana Luau, here posing with the TikiTender...

Then, a lovely surprise from Ohana Luau: Wailana in full costume made an appearance with her daughter, Tiana...

Our Brevard Tiki friends initially assembled at The Storm Shelter, home bar of TikiHardBop (George) and TornadoTiki (Chris), then drove up to Flagler Beach in one vehicle. George brought us one of his wonderful custom creations, Falernum. Samples were passed around; it was so good as-is that there wasn't much left over for mixing. Mahalo to all for the gifts.

As libations freely flowed from the TikiTender, the Chief got busy with his ukulele, here serenading Sheila...

It was a beautiful afternoon, so many guests initially migrated to the deck outside the Blowfish Bar. Kathryn (center) from Rockledge is enjoying a painkiller while Jimi, her husband, and metikigal (Christina, left) are both starting out with Blood of the Kapu Tiki...

Bill and Christina from Melbourne...

Neighbors Gail and Mike...

Son, Tommy, and TikiTomD himself...

Neighbor Joe with a gift...

Joe with his wife, Carol...

My camera technique in taking a photo of TikiHardBop (George) was so bad it was beyond the capability of the built-in correction algorithm to repair; my regrets, George. I must have been overcome by your awesomeness :)

After Wailana lei'd the guests, she and the Chief gave a performance out on the deck...

With that performance, the atmospherics were never better at the Blowfish Bar...

To be continued

-Tom

[ Edited by: tikitomd 2011-12-24 05:17 ]

Post #616191 by TikiTomD on Sun, Dec 4, 2011 1:12 PM