494 Charlie The Unicorn, A Brief History of Exotca and Pumpkin Can't Be Naughty on Demand

ZTL 494 - 8:22:26, 12.57 PM

In this episode of Zen Tiki Lounge, Sunshine and Kalani settle into the lounge for an evening of cocktails, conversation, and travel stories. The duo samples a pair of canned mai tais, one from Crafthouse and another from Tip Top, to see whether convenience and quality can successfully share the same glass. Plus travel logs from Las Vegas and Hawaii.

A Pack Of Coyotes And Piña Coladas Make A Fun Time At The Charity Event, And Don't Flush Butt Wipes Dawn Marie commands you to win up Sunshines version of a Piña Colada, the Sunshine Colada. After that you are free to enjoy the podcast. This episode our listener mail asks: Is there a recommended maximum number of Zombies a responsible tiki enthusiast at an event. Is there an official rule about how many cocktails umbrellas you can put on one drink? What’s one item that instantly makes a backyard tiki area feel more tiki that people overlook? Upcoming Tiki Events and Happenings:You have heard all of us talk about missing Don the Beachcomber after it closed its only mainland location that was located in Huntington/Sunset Beach. Don’s Ohana Reunion 2 Dallas Tiki Week May 17 - 24, 2026. We have not attended this event but had a few listeners say it was fun last year. This is the second year of the event and the line up is intriguing. Its mostly intriguing because the website still has last years info but the instagram page is current. If you attend, consider recording a voice memo on your phone and sending to us at [email protected]. Be our unpaid intern correspondent. The Tiki Bar at Excalibur Easy Sailor Rochester NY

Road Trip! Kalani, Starshine, Sunshine and friends visit Old Tony’s on the pier in Redondo Beach, then off to Tiki Kai, one of LA’s newest tiki bars. Plus we try a canned mai tai from Post Meridiem. Followed up by conversation about Beach Life music festival, dead relatives, rum recommendations and more.

ZTL 490 The AI Tiki Bar Of The Future: Will It Kill Us? AI Cocktail Recipes? Sure, why not? AI OverlordsWe try making a cocktail in a food processor. Mostly a fail. We learn that your drink has to be 66% alcohol to kill germs when sharing a bowl drink

Sunshine, Kalani and Neighbor Nicole in the lounge for a cocktail followed by an extra long listener mail segment. Plus we taste three spirits from Calwise Spirits, friends of the podcast.

On this episode of ZTL podcast: The Polynesian Threesome is the newest tantalizing cocktail in our library. Sunshine tries a new brand of coffee, Makenna Coffee Company and an interview with Mark Riddle ahead of his upcoming album release.

Go back to December of 2006 when Sunshine and Pumpkin recorded our first Holiday episode of ZTL. The audio wasn’t as good back then, and Sunshine did some rough editing back in the day. For those of you who ask for those old episodes, here it is.

An apology for all the unnecessary sound effects, but Pumpkin learned how to use the sound buttons. Listening to this episode all these years later makes it clear how far we have come. References to our myspace fans and the newness of twitter sounds nuts nowadays. Also out of date is our Las Vegas recommendations. Several of our top picks are long gone. Farwell to the Mirage volcano and Parasol Down to name a few.

Hena Moon and The Isis of Tiki journeyed to ZTL to help Nicole add some color to her usual all black attire. But first…ZTL Mai Tais and some lovely snacks.