374 Drinking Rumhattans With Morton Gould And His Orchestra - Jungle Drums

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374 Drinking Rumhattans With Morton Gould And His Orchestra - Jungle Drums

Raise your cocktail to the escapism lifestyle.  This episode of ZTL has over 40 minutes of vintage vinyl exotica to get you settled in your dimly lit corner.  Sunshine is in the lounge solo enjoying a Rumhattan made with Plantation 5yr Rum and Punta e Mes vermouth.  Don't forget the orange bitters.  While visiting the dimly lit tiki bar that lives in your mind you will no doubt savor the entire Morton Gould-Jungle Drums recorded from an original vinyl album.  The sound of this orchestral work is rich with colorful instruments and plenty of drums.

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373 Trying Calivore Spirits Blonde Rum With A Lime Daiquiri And A Vegan Pu Pu Platter

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373 Trying Calivore Spirits Blonde Rum With A Lime Daiquiri And A Vegan Pu Pu Platter

Falling in love is a splendid thing.  Here in the Zen Tiki Lounge we tend to fall for spirits in the rum category.  The current apple of our eye is a blonde rum from Calivore Spirits Co.  Aged in chardonnay barrels this version of cane goodness is not what you are used to.  We recommend grabbing a bottle of Calivore at Whole Foods in Southern Ca and also Hi Times Wine Cellars in South Orange County.

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372 @Don The Beachcomber Tiki Mâkeke with Rory Snyder, Calivore Spirits, OB Tiki and Jeremy Cross of Night Gallery

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372 @Don The Beachcomber Tiki Mâkeke with Rory Snyder, Calivore Spirits, OB Tiki and Jeremy Cross of Night Gallery

How do you quickly pass 5 hours with great artists, tiki drinks, live music and lots of Ohana?  You attend the Tiki Mâkeke at Don the Beachcomber in Huntington Beach.  Sunshine and Starshine took the podcast to the event and enjoyed a day with lots of friends and new faces.  We have several interviews for you in this episode that will give you some insight into upcoming events, get to know a new spirit or two and great conversation with the artists who make it all happen.

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354 A Quiet Zen Caliente Podcast @ Don the Beachcomber

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354 A Quiet Zen Caliente Podcast @ Don the Beachcomber

On this episode of ZTL we are joined by Rory Snyder of Tiki Caliente and Marty Lush of the Quiet Village Podcast.  All three crews combined at Don the Beachcomber for an epic LIVE recording of both shows in the truly amazing tropical setting of the Don the Beachcomber Tiki Mâkeke.  Listen to this full hour of inebriated shenanigans.

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353 Is It Caliente In Here? Music by The Do-Its, Voodoo Organist and Ding Dong Devils

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353 Is It Caliente In Here? Music by The Do-Its, Voodoo Organist and Ding Dong Devils

As pool season approaches its time to get ready for one of the first big events of the year.  Tiki Caliente 8 is May 12-15 in Palm Springs and this episode is our first of three featuring music, info and much more about this weekend long shindig.  Starshine and Sunshine are sipping coffee/coconut infused rum while discussing their plans for the upcoming shenanigans of room parties and room crawls.  Also, get some info on the upcoming LIVE recording of this podcast along with the Quiet Village podcast and TC host Rory Snyder at Don the Beachcomber on April 30th.  And much more...

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352 Does The Witch Dr. Prescribe Mexican Xanax?

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352 Does The Witch Dr. Prescribe Mexican Xanax?

Join Sunshine and Starshine in the Zen Tiki Lounge for cocktails and shenanigans.  While drinking Mexican Xanax and eating handfulls of nuts we take you on a journey to the island of Lesbos.  Haven't been to Lesbos?  Well its about time you went.  If its good enough for the Pope its good enough for all of us.  

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331 Tiki Caliente 7 LIVE Podcast

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331 Tiki Caliente 7 LIVE Podcast

Tiki Caliente 7 has come and gone.  So many cocktails.  So many parties.  So much fun.  As tradition would have it, we recorded a podcast LIVE at the event so you can all share in the shenanigans again or for the first time.  This was our biggest audience to date, so many of you joined us we couldn't be happier.  

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