Post #684248 by Luckydesigns on Mon, Jul 1, 2013 2:30 PM

Though it was yesterday, June 30th, I wanted to share this quick Instagram video that my girlfriend and I made for National Mai Tai Day... It's a real quick 15 second video.

How to Make a Mai Tai! On this national Mai Tai day, Miss Dinah DeRosa shows us how to make a proper Trader Vic's Mai Tai as instructed by the lyrics of our own song, "Suck 'Em Up!" You can find that song, along with others by The Hula Girls, on iTunes! Okole Maluna!

Please take a look!
http://instagram.com/p/bNg78IJ3b-/

FYI: National Mai Tai Day is Sunday
Posted: Jun 28, 2013 1:34 PM PDT
Updated: Jun 28, 2013 1:46 PM PDT
By Sarah Keech, Web Producer

Mai Tai

This Sunday, June 30, is National Mai Tai Day! The popular tropical drink was created by Trader Vic's restaurant founder Vic Bergeron in 1944 in California.

According to Trader Vic's history, when Bergeron offered the experimental drink to a couple of friends who were visiting from Tahiti, one of them said "Maitra'i Roa Ae," which means "out of this world--the best" in Tahitian.

Mai Tais became a popular cocktail in the '50s and '60s. The drink was also prominently featured in the Elvis Presley film Blue Hawaii.

Today, the Mai Tai is synonymous with Polynesian culture both past and present.