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The bar's a work in progress, but installing this felt like a big step!

Found this little guy at a flea market! From my research I think it's from 1982, but if anyone who knows better happens to see this I'd love to hear from you! If it's worth more than I think I might sell it, but my plan is to crack it open and see how it works in a Halekulani and/or Polynesian Paralysis :)

My tiny basement bar/office is moving right along! I had some free time tonight so celebrating with a drink I've been wanting to try for a while, the Planter's Potion by Garret Richard. Not pictured: the pile of crap behind me and the plastic cover over the actual bar. I mixed and drank this upstairs and went down only for the photo op, lol.

Wrapping up our trip here and found some tiki-related things both planned and unexpected! First pictures are from Tiki Easy, in the back of Hi-Wire Brewing. Both the drinks and the vibe were pretty good! It helped that we went on Tuesday, when most drinks are 25% off, meaning lots of them were $10 or less. One thing that stood out was the space was way bigger than I expected, basically the same size as the brewery.

I didn't picture Asheville as a big tiki town, so I wasn't expecting to find anything in stores, but Madam Clutterbucket's Neurodiverse Universe had a whole section! Maybe it's just the demographics in my family, but everyone found something they liked there, actually. I highly recommend checking them out!

Last one is a beer called Ocean Mist from DSSOLVR Brewing. It was billed as a "citrus coconut sour," so I was expecting something pretty refreshing, but I wasn't expecting this. As someone who has tried a lot of beers and is especially a fan of sours, this one doesn't register as a beer in any way. It registers as a coconut cream cocktail! Also there's no indication on the menu that the beer will be blue, so this one is just full of surprises haha.