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Post #812505 by Boom Boom Room on Sun, Apr 7, 2024 2:01 PM

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Well, I've been busy. I'm now at 130. Updates from my list above: 110. Jet Set Tiki, Newburgh, NY 6/21/23 111. Taha’s Twisted Tiki, St. Louis 7/26/23 112. AO Hawaiian Hideout, Chicago 7/31/23 113. Tiki Tiki, Rosemont, IL (near Chicago 7/31/23 114. Tiki Shack, Put In Bay, OH 8/1/23 115. Rum Bar, Put In Bay, OH 8/1/23 116. Electric Cure, Denver 9/2/23 117. Ponche, Annapolis 3/15/24 118. The Arc Royal, Raleigh 3/27/24 119. Tiki Easy, Asheville 3/27/24 120. Phat Sammy’s, Huntsville 3/28/24 121. Latitude 29, New Orleans 3/28/24 122. Toasted Coconut, Houston 3/30/24 123. Lei Low, Houston 3/30/24 124. Swizzle, Dallas 3/30/24 125. 4 Kahunas Arlington, TX 3/30/24 126. Tarantula, Fort Worth 3/30/24 127. Shipwreck, Fort Worth 3/30/24 128. Saturn Room, Tulsa, 3/31/24 129. Flamingo, Oklahoma City 3/31/24 130. Lava and Tonic, Wichita 3/31/24

The last 11 were from my epic cross country tiki trek - 11 tiki bars in 4 days. I drove a heck of a lot of miles all by myself. My big day, 6 in Texas in one day, was accomplished using this strategy: Hit two bars in Houston, ordering the lowest alcohol content on the menus. I was under the legal limit to drive. Then sober up after a 3.5 hour drive to the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Then hit two more. Check into my hotel, and then hit the last two.

The most memorable non-tiki bar I went to was undoubtedly the Piano Bar at the Kelsto Club in New Orleans. The piano player and singer was none other than Bill Clinton's former mistress, Gennifer Flowers. She does not shy away from her sexual past. Her four specialty cocktails were: Lucious Lips, Blow Job on the Beach, Slow Screw, and 3 in the Bush. You … Can’t … Make … This … Stuff … Up! Pretty goog singer and pianist by the way. Very engaging with the clientele.