It was my suggestion.
I remember fondly the many happy meals (and drinks) we used to have at the original Trader Vic's restaurant in Scottsdale.
It was loaded with kitsch, fake food of the islands and powerful drinks.
But we young(er) romantics loved it.
So when I read about a bar and restaurant called Hula's Modern Tiki in Central Phoenix, I had to check it out.
We stopped in one day just for a peek and a drink.
The drinks are shown on the banner at the top of this page.
Mine is a Pink Bikini Martini, which featured watermelon juice.
SWMBO said she'd try a Zombie, a drink she hadn't tasted for decades.
Probably for a good reason.
Esquire Magazine's recipe is on the web.
It has light, dark and golden rum mixed with lime, pineapple and papaya juice and a teaspoon of superfine sugar.
Then to top it off there's a "float" of 151-proof rum!
And there's a toothpick with two cherries surrounding a cube of pineapple atop the drink.
Don the Beachcomber supposedly invented the drink back in the 1930's for some guy with a horrendous hangover.
It is said that no self-respecting bartender will allow a patron more than two of these killer cocktails.
SWMBO said hers was good and we left after one to go home for a nap.
All of this has absolutely nothing to do with this next song but I always enjoyed it back in the mid-20th Century.
